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a ~ coordinates; ~all~international_cultural, educational and etc., taking into consideration the recommendations of exchange of persons activities and the cultural aspects of training programs for foreign nationals. - b. Directs the Department's cultura) and educational exchange programs, 5.11 Policy and Coordination Staff ; Serves as the body which assists the Special Assistant in the coordination aspects of the Burean’s functions; maintains liaison and consults with other Government agencies and with private foundations and other non- Government groups; provides advice and guidance in the establishment of priorities and other program con- siderations and information on plans and program activities both Governmental and private in the educa- tional and cultural field. 5.12 Becretariat of the U.8. Advisory Commission on Educational Erchenge and the Advisory Committee on the Arta Provides such staff functions as are necessary to enable the Advisory Commission and the Advisory Committee to fulfill their respective responsibilities as provided by law. 5.13 Secretartat-Untted States National Commiseton for UNESCO a. In consultation with the Plans and Development Staff, the National Commission and the Bureau of Inter- national Organization Affairs, develops policies governing substantive U.S. participation in the UNESCO program. b. Coordinates activities incident to the participation of the United States tn UNESCO. c. Provides staff functions for the National Commission including services for its meetings, conference and travel arrangements. 5.14 Eaccutive and Reporte Staff Provides executive leadership and direction, and ad- ministers the organization, budget and fiscal, security, personnel and administrative activities of the Bureau. Issues all reports of the Bureau, including those re- quired by legislation. Provides a clearing house of in- formation involving the collection of information and preparation of reports about all Government and private activities in the international educational and cultural fields. a. Financial Management Branch b. Beports Branch e. Organization and Procedures Branch da. Administrative and Personnel Branch 52 Plane and Development Steff a. Plana are prepared by geographic area planning officers for the Department's educational and cultural ac- tivities, including exchange of persons, cultura) presenta- tions, multilateral cultural activities, cultural agreements and conventions, ete., and for the Department’s assistance to private activities in this field. Develops a total educa- tional and cultural program for e&ch country and for regional cultural programs including those for OAS {Organization of American States], NATO [North Atlan- ~~-tie Treaty Organization], SEATO [Southeast Asia Treaty Organization], CENTO [Central Treaty Organization], - May 23, 1960 _ Overseas missions. Obtains political_guidance from the geographic bureaus and program information from other elements of CU as a basis for planning. : b. Advisers in the Office of the Director (1) assemble information on the extent of educational and cultural - resources within the United States and advise on the manner in which those resources are t0 be taken into ac- count in planning the Department’s educational and cul- tural activities, and (2) ensure an appropriate relation- ship between over-all 0.8. cultural interests and programs and U.S. participation in UNESCO and other multilateral cultural programs in collaboration with the Secretariat- U.8. 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The “Evaluation Branch” acquires, interprets and evaluates information on educational and cultural pro- grams on & country-by-country basis for the purpose of appraising progress and effectiveness and giving guidance in formulating policies and plana. 53 Office of Educational Eechange Conducts, directly and by agreement or contract with public or private agencies, activities in the educational and cultural field which are academic in nature and in- volve programs for bringing selected persons from other countries to the United States for study, teaching, and research and for sending selected Americans abroad for similar purposes; administers a program to provide facilt- tative assistance to interchanges of privately financed individuals and groups. 581 Operations Steff of the Board of Foreign Schoiarships Provides such staff functions as are necessary to enable the Board of Foreign Scholarships to fulfill its responsi- bilities ander Public Law 584, 78th Congress. 6.82 Student Division Directs the exchange of persons programs which bring foreign nationals to the United States for study in Ameri- ean educational institutions and which send Americans abroad for study in foreign educational institutions. a. American Branch b. Foreign Branch 5.33 Professional Division Directs (1) the exchange of persons programs which bring foreign professional educators and scholars at the university level to lecture or to undertake research in the United States and instructors at the elementary and secondary school level to teach, and (2) programs which send the same type of American professional people abroad for these purposes; directs the establishment of Chairs in American Studies in foreign institutions as well as Seminars in American Studies overseas. a. Lecturers and Research Scholars Branch b. Teachers Branch &4 Office of Cultural Eochange Conducts, directly and by agreement or contract with public or private agencies, activities in the educational and cultural field other than those of an academic na- -tare;.conducts_ programs for bringing key persons from 845 ean ee ean Ea RE ee aT Ae ener nen tee oti eet neta