McCLOY FELLOWSHIPS IN URBAN AFFAIRS
According to Councilmember Debbie Quinn, the National League of Cities has asked Fairhope to nominate a "mid-career civil servant" to participate in its exchange program with German counterparts Deutscher Staetetag and the American Council on Germany.
The purpose of the program is to "give American and German professionals an opportunity to broaden their professional experiences and to establish working relationships with their trans-Atlantic counterparts."
Chosen American participants are to travel for three weeks in Germany this September; and their German counterparts will visit the U.S. next year, staying in host's homes.
Funding will be provided by the Fellowship fund: there will be no cost to the city or selected employee.
FUND ESTABLISHED IN 1976
.The John J. McCloy Fund of the American Council on Germany was established in 1975 as a tribute to John J, McCloy, soldier, statesman, lawyer, banker, and the first civilian U.S. High Commissioner for Germany.
Mr. McCloy worked constantly to strengthen friendship and cooperation between Germans and Americans according to their website.
The non-profit American Council on Germany was founded in New York in 1952 to encourage reconciliation between the countries after the "two disastrous wars."
According to Councilmember Debbie Quinn, the National League of Cities has asked Fairhope to nominate a "mid-career civil servant" to participate in its exchange program with German counterparts Deutscher Staetetag and the American Council on Germany.
The purpose of the program is to "give American and German professionals an opportunity to broaden their professional experiences and to establish working relationships with their trans-Atlantic counterparts."
Chosen American participants are to travel for three weeks in Germany this September; and their German counterparts will visit the U.S. next year, staying in host's homes.
Funding will be provided by the Fellowship fund: there will be no cost to the city or selected employee.
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.The John J. McCloy Fund of the American Council on Germany was established in 1975 as a tribute to John J, McCloy, soldier, statesman, lawyer, banker, and the first civilian U.S. High Commissioner for Germany.
Mr. McCloy worked constantly to strengthen friendship and cooperation between Germans and Americans according to their website.
The non-profit American Council on Germany was founded in New York in 1952 to encourage reconciliation between the countries after the "two disastrous wars."
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