ECA Program Management and Outreach System
Investment ID: 014-000000052
Overview
Program Title
ECA Program Management and Outreach System
Agency
Description
ECA-PMOS supports management and administration of exchange programs managed by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). It tracks and manages the full life cycle of ECA programs in order to support ECA's public diplomacy goals. The program life cycle includes planning, solicitations, proposals, projects, itineraries, participants, results and outreach to exchange alumni.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
The investment supports ECA global programs that generate and sustain people-to-people connections for individuals and institutions. More than one million people have participated in ECA-funded programs since they began more than 80 years ago, including more than 230,000 U.S. citizens. An additional 4.4 million participants have traveled to the United States on the privately funded, ECA-facilitated BridgeUSA Program. ECA exchange alumni have considerable impact and reach in the areas of education, culture, sports, health, civil society, business, and all levels of government. These alumni are often key partners for the United States in achieving foreign policy goals alumni include 42 current members of the U.S. Congress, 656 current or former heads of state and government, and 86 Nobel Prize winners. Visits to American Spaces programs in FY 2021 surpassed 7.6 million and 48.3 million people participated in in-person, virtual, or hybrid programs at ECA's global network of nearly 600 American Spaces. PMOS ensures our programs are consistently evaluated for effectiveness of achieving foreign policy priorities, with expanded data analytics capabilities in the bureau providing more accurate bureau-wide reporting.