US Embassy: SABIT "Agribusiness Innovation and Efficiency” Program

US Embassy: SABIT "Agribusiness Innovation and Efficiency” Program

• 22.03.2016

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) has established a program to train up to 18 specialists from the Eurasian agribusiness sector. SABIT has successfully trained over 6,000 executives and scientists from Eurasia, South Asia, Northern Ireland, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. SABIT provides trainees the opportunity to become familiar with a U.S. industry sector and its regulations, make contacts to establish valuable business relationships, learn about innovative technologies, equipment, and services, and understand market-based business concepts.

The program will be three weeks in length, beginning with one week of training which may include sessions on policy, legislation, standards, certification, business plan development, cross-cultural negotiations and management for both associations and global business. This will be complemented by site visits and meetings with a cross-section of U.S. companies in the agribusiness sector and supporting industry associations.

This program will focus on agrichemicals, breeding, crop production, distribution, farm machinery, processing, and seed supply, as well as marketing. Applicants for this SABIT program must be in positions of significant decision-making responsibility in their employing organizations and have several years of industry experience to be considered for participation. The program will be conducted in English with a simultaneous translation into Russian. Participants must be fluent in either English or Russian!

Applications must be accompanied by a letter from the candidate’s supervisor in his or her employing organization which contains the following: a description of the Applicant\'s present duties, and permission for the Applicant to participate in the program. If the applicant is the CEO or President of the organization, a letter of recommendation from a business partner with a brief description of joint projects should be attached to the application form. All documents should be in both English and Russian. Applicants should also attach a copy of their international passport’s first (picture) page.

Applicants should also insert a recent passport-sized photograph in the application.

Applicants are screened and selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce based on their professional and educational achievements and experience in specific industrial sectors. SABIT will make final determinations regarding the applicants are selected for training. Those who are selected will be notified by the SABIT coordinators in Moscow, Kiev or Almaty. Knowledge of English is helpful but not necessary – two simultaneous interpreters will provide interpretation into Russian. Selected candidates should prepare a short presentation about their company prior to coming on the program.

For those selected to participate in this program, the U.S. Government will arrange and pay for round-trip airfare from Istanbul, Kiev or Moscow to the United States, lodging, a comprehensive training program, emergency medical insurance, and a stipend of USD 400 to defray the costs for meals and incidental expenses. Each participant must provide his or her own transportation to the designated departure city and possess a valid international passport on which to travel. Each participant will travel on a U.S. visa, which prohibits the receipt of a salary or honorarium. Participants are responsible for the cost of the U.S. visa and related expenses. SABIT participants may not seek permanent employment in the United States. Participants may not be accompanied by any family member(s).

Each participant will be required to share a hotel room with one other individual from the training group (of the same sex).

Any material misrepresentation on the part of the Applicant, either orally or in writing, will automatically be grounds for disqualification or expulsion from the program whether the participant is already selected or in the United States. By submitting this application you agree to the terms and conditions of the program.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN APRIL 29, 2016!

Applicants from Ukraine, Moldova, and Azerbaijan, please send the complete set of documents, preferably in one .pdf file, by email to the SABIT Program Coordinator in Kyiv, Nataliia Shknyeyeva, at Nataliia.Shknyeyeva@trade.gov. The complete set of documents include the application with a photo, letter of recommedation and copy of the first page of your international passport.

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