SABIT Accepting Applications (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 19:10:20 -0500
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Subject: SABIT Accepting Applications


               SABIT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

        The Special American Business Internship Program (SABIT) is
accepting applications from U.S. companies for participation in its
"basic" internship program. The basic SABIT program makes grants to
individual companies to defray the cost of training up to ten
English-speaking managers and scientists from NIS countries in the United
States. Training can last from three to six months. Grants are awarded
competitively.

The Basic Program
        More than 600 U.S. companies in numerous industries have benefited
from the SABIT program since it began in 1992. SABIT-supported internships
often form the basis for long-term business relationships once an intem
returns home. Judith A. Foster of AeroMap U.S. says that with two
successful SABIT internships, her company "has developed personal
relationships with key Russian individuals in our industry, and we have
gained valuable insight into Russian technology, business, and culture."

        For managers, the basic program stresses hands-on training at the
middle to senior levels, with emphasis on doing business in a market
economy. Scientists' training targets commercial applications and the
development of scientific research.  Priority sectors include
agribusiness, defense conversion, energy, environment, financial services,
health care, housing, standards/quality control, telecommunications, and
transportation. Applications are also welcome from businesses outside the
priority sectors.

Specialized Programs
        SABIT also manages four specialized training programs that provide
two months of comprehensive training in particular industrial sectors to
groups of 17 to 20 mid-level private and public officials from the NIS.
The four specialized programs are in standards, financial services,
environmental technologies, and agribusiness/food industries. Each session
begins with a two-week orientation in Washington, DC, followed by six
weeks of hands-on training with 2O to 3O U.S. companies, organizations,
and institutions from each field. Participating firms are located
throughout the United States.

The deadline for SABIT basic program applications is March 31, 1997.  For
application forms and more information, contact SABIT at 202-482-0073, or
visit the SABIT Home Page at http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/sabit/sabit.html