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PROGRAMS

The Institute conducts four or more study missions each year. Below are links to agendas from several past programs (links in PDF format).

Macedonian Study Mission on Constituent Outreach and Young Leadership
Washington, DC and Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina
June 7-17, 2009

Liberian Study Mission on Disaster Response and Recovery Initiatives
Washington, DC, Jackson and Gulfport, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana
June 6-16, 2009

Cambodian Study Mission on Increasing the Effectiveness of Legislators
Washington, DC and Annapolis, Maryland
May 31 - June 7, 2009

West African Study Mission on Extractive Industry Overisght, Electoral Reform, and Poverty Reduction
Washington, DC and Austin, Texas
February 8-18, 2009

Brazil Study Tour on U.S. Trade Policy Formulation
Washington, DC and New Orleans, Louisiana
April 17-23, 2005

Georgia Political and Economic Reform Exchange
Washington/Boston Itinerary
March 14-24, 2005

Strengthening the Institution of Parliament:
Committees, Legislative Research Capacity and Constituency Relations
Study Mission for the Democracy Committee of the Turkish Parliament
Washington, DC, and Annapolis, Maryland
March 7-17, 2005

HIV/AIDS: Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
Washington/Atlanta Itinerary
September 18 - October 2, 2004

Legislators and the Democratic Policy-Making Process:
Roles of Political Parties, Advocacy Groups, Think Tanks and Constituents
Study Mission for Jordanian Parliamentarians
Washington, DC and Annapolis, Maryland
September 18-30, 2004