AID grant to Partners of the Americas for human resource development and to increase USAID-funded participant training opportunities in the United States

training opportunities to participants from the Eastern Caribbean in the areas of business, tourism, nontraditional agriculture, youth leadership (including drug abuse education), and, to a lesser extent, emergency preparedness. Approximately 80 participants will be selected per year from the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, St. Christopher and Nevis, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Barbados. Training programs will range from 1-24 months and will include medium- and long-term programs for 24 persons and short-term programs for 216 persons. Project funds will also be used to support the establishment of a partnership between Grenada and a New York State county. (Partnerships are already established for the other participating countries.)