Note: Responses/inquiries relating to this notice should be directed to Karen
Lazar at "lazar@usita.gov" (see below).
The SABIT Program at the U.S. Department of Commerce is now recruiting small, medium, and large U.S. businesses to train a group of 17-20 agribusiness experts from the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union in the areas of agribusiness equipment, food processing, and food packaging (the first of two sessions) for a period of one to four days from January 25- March 25, 1997.
The Program
SABIT, which has successfully trained over 900 NIS managers and scientists
since 1991, has designed a specialized management training program focusing
on agribusiness equipment and food processing and packaging. The SABIT Agribusiness
Program offers NIS agribusiness plant managers and experts two months of comprehensive
group training in the U.S. Each session includes a two-week orientation in
Washington, D.C., followed by six weeks of training with U.S. companies and
organizations involved in the agribusiness sector. The goal of the program
is to familiarize participants with the latest agribusiness equipment and
technologies for food packaging and processing in the U.S. The training will
not only enable trainees to further the development of the agribusiness industry
in the NIS, but will also help them to improve their global competitiveness
by learning market fundamentals and by gaining access to technologies, expertise,
and contacts in the U.S.
The Program will be a unique marketing tool for U.S. companies interested in doing business in the NIS to partner with their counterparts in those countries. The program's interns will be mid- to senior-level NIS managers in the agribusiness sector. Upon returning home from their U.S. training, the interns will be in a position to facilitate contacts between U.S. and NIS businesses, generating a receptive climate for future U.S. exports and business opportunities. Millions of dollars in U.S. export revenues have already resulted from the U.S.-NIS relationships fostered by the SABIT Program. In fact, 60% of the interns who train in the United States continue their relationships with the U.S. companies, i.e. through joint ventures, trade, etc.
The Department of Commerce screens and selects all interns. For those Applicants selected as interns for this program, the U.S. Government pays for round-trip airfare from Moscow to the United States, domestic travel in the U.S., housing, emergency medical insurance coverage, and a per diem for meals and incidental expenses, interpreters, and a facilitator to travel with each group. SABIT interns travel on B-1 business visas which do not allow for the receipt of a salary or honorarium. SABIT interns may not seek permanent employment in the United States. At the end of the internship, interns must return to their home countries.
Procedures
Interested companies should develop a comprehensive one to four day work/training
program for the group as a whole which will allow the interns to gain a fundamental
understanding of the agribusiness equipment and food processing and packaging
technologies and applications at work
in the U.S. market. To apply, mail or fax the attached application and a work
plan to SABIT at the address below, or for more information regarding SABIT
or the Agribusiness Program contact:
SABIT Program
Attn: Karen Lazar
Room 3319
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: (202) 482-0073
Fax: (202) 482-2443
Email: lazar@usita.gov
Or to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate nearest you. Please ask to speak to the Commercial or Economic officer and ask them to forward your application to:
SABIT Program, Room 3319
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20230
Phone: (202) 482-0073
Fax: (202) 482-2443
Email: sabit@usita.gov
SABIT Moscow (covering Russia)
SABIT Program
U.S. Commercial Service
15 Novinskiy Bulvar
Moscow, 121099, Russia
Phone: (095) 255-48-48 or 255-46-60
SABIT Kiev (covering Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) SABIT Program
U.S. Commercial Service
7 Kudriavskiy Uzviz
Kiev, 254053, Ukraine
Phone: (38044) 417-26-69
Fax: (38044) 417-14-19
SABIT Almaty (covering Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan)
SABIT Program
U.S. Commercial Service
531 Seyfullina Prospect, Room 301
Almaty, 480083, Kazakstan
Phone: (3272) 63-68-18, or 63-69-09, or 63-36-03 Fax: (3272) 63-88-11
SABIT Tbilisi (covering Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) SABIT Program
U.S. Program
Antonelli #25
Tbilisi, Georgia
Phone: (995-32) 98-99-67, or 93-38-03
Fax: (995-32) 93-37-59
APPLICATION FOR THE SABIT
AGRIBUSINESS PROGRAM
(January 25 - March 25, 1997)
Have you applied to or participated in any SABIT program in the past?
____YES _____NO If yes, When_____
Company Name:
Address:
Internship Contact Person:
Telephone:
Fax:
Type of Business:
Products/Services Sold:
Type of training to be offered (i.e. site visits, tour specific divisions, product/technology presentations, lectures, discussions, etc.):
Length of Training Program:
Dates available to host NIS interns:
Company Objectives in Hosting SABIT Interns:
*Please attach a company proposal which outlines the details of the training program you plan to implement for the visiting interns.