International Programs and Services
The LBJ School's program of professional development
has a growing international component that both brings public officials
to the School from countries throughout the world to gain new skills and
information and provides for LBJ School faculty and staff to deliver educational
programs in those countries. Prior events have included:
- Professional training seminar for potential community
leaders from Argentina conducted with the Fundación Universitaria
del Río de la Plata (FURP).
- A cooperative policy research training program for representatives of Brazilian civic organizations.
- A long standing relationship with the Leadership
Academy of the German State of Baden-Württemberg to provide international
internships.
- Eight years as one of eleven U.S. institutions of
higher education that hosted the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program,
a year-long program for mid-career professionals from developing countries.
- Three-year series of Ford-Foundation-funded international
conferences on local governance, bringing together representatives from
25 countries at locations in the U.S., the Philippines and Brazil.
- Lectures on government reform at the National School
of Administration in Beijing, China;
- Leadership and strategic planning seminar for senior
government officials in Riga, Latvia.
- Partnerships and Collaboration Meeting to Establish
Collaborative Programs between Mexican Universities and The University
of Texas at Austin in conjunction with the RGK Center for Philanthropy
& Community Service at the LBJ School.
- International symposium, funded and convened by
the Organization for American States Pro-Corridor Project to discuss
several OAS funded transportation projects in Latin America.
- Annual meeting of the project directors from the
U.S., Canada, and Mexico for the US Department of Education's Fund
for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE).
For more information on these events and/or to explore
partnership opportunities, please call the Office of Conferences and Training
at 512-471-0820 or email lbjpd@uts.cc.utexas.edu.
