2023 Greening Diplomacy Initiative Awards announced
By Qiana Smith
The Department of State’s 2023 Earth Day celebration was presented by the office of Under Secretary for Management (M) John Bass, April 25. The celebration featured a video (internal link) message to...
ConGen Jeddah leverages community sports in Saudi Arabia
By Dan Buchman
Throughout 2023, the U.S. Consulate General in Jeddah has coordinated with American non-profit Global Sports Partners, and a local organization, Team Up, to train Saudi coaches in U.S. coaching styles and sports. This initiative—which...
Empowering LE staff through training
By Sewit Mulat
The Office of the Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Strategic Communications and Policy Division (SCP) conducted the first successful in-person procurement training for locally employed (LE) staff in Rome, March 27-31....
Soccer brings regional partners together in Bangkok
By Eiampichairit “Pinky” Chompoonuj and Russell Phillips
Nearly 600 players, supporters, friends, and family members from U.S. embassies and consulates in Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Rangoon, Vientiane, Chiang Mai, and Ho Chi Minh City came...
Mocktail challenge ignites employee creativity
By Karina Guzman
In April, for Alcohol Awareness Month, the Bureau of Medical Service’s Wellness Program and Employee Consultation Services’s Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program partnered to host a virtual challenge called, “Beyond Club Soda...
Northeast Asia FAST workshop promotes new ideas
By Scott J. Lavon
Emerging from some of the world’s longest COVID lockdowns, first and second tour (FAST) personnel from Mission China, the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong, Mission Japan, Mission Korea, and Mission...
Tech glitches offer clues to exposing disinformation
By Davor Devcic, John Noren, Benjamin Friedman
The Global Engagement Center’s (GEC) Technology Engagement Division ran a hybrid Tech Engagements Talk regarding artificial intelligence (AI) tools, July 14, 2022, at the Harry S Truman Building.
Recent...
U.S. Mission Mexico pollinator conservation initiative
By Katiana Garcia Rosado
The U.S. Mission in Mexico launched a conservation initiative to build pollinator gardens at posts across Mexico, illustrating America’s commitment to sustainable environments for critical migratory species, while also strengthening cross-border...
Promoting religious diversity in Pakistan through cultural preservation
By Shah Bano Durrani
Peshawar Valley is located northwest of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and contains some of the most fertile lands in all of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The area was not only a melting pot...
English program in Uruguay attracts attention
By Lucia Arbelbide
The U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay Heide Fulton and Uruguay’s First Lady Lorena Ponce de Leon launched the Sembrando Inglés Comercial program in March 2023.
Embassy Montevideo celebrated the program’s third consecutive year by...