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As a part of the StrategEast Young Leadership Program 2018, a group of deputy ministers from 9 countries, which proclaimed or restored their independence after the collapse of the USSR, visited the United States between June 3rd and June 10th. The deputy ministers participated in meetings and trainings led by high-level U.S. officials and think tank representatives. The goal of the program was to educate the young officials about how the U.S. government works internally and the role government authorities play in economic processes. The Young Leadership Program was organized by the center for political and diplomatic solutions StrategEast in cooperation with the Open World Leadership Center and Eurasia Foundation and took place in Washington, D.C., Richmond, VA, and Philadelphia, PA.
The nine participants of StrategEast Young Leadership Program 2018 were English-speaking deputy ministers under the age of forty representing their home governments of Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. A crucial part of the program was exchanging and learning new information about reform and state management not only between the host and the participating parties but also between the deputy ministers.
