Recruitment of the Community Connections groups for 2008/2009 was successfully completed. In total, 58 Participants from Serbia travelled to the US under the program.

Village and Rural Tourism (10 participants)
Training placement: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Host organization:  World Services of La Crosse, Inc (www.wslax.us)
October 1 -22, 2008

Youth and Sports (10 participants)
Training placement: Charlotte, North Carolina
Host organization:  International House of Metrolina (www.ihclt.org)
October 29 – November 19, 2008

Marketing (10 participants)
Training placement: Portland, Oregon
Host organization: World Affairs Council of Oregon (www.worldoregon.org)
March 11 – April 1, 2009  

Youth and Employment (10 participants)
Training placement: Chicago, Illinois
Host organization: Heartland International (www.heartlandinternational.org)
March 18 – April 8, 2009

Agricultural Cooperatives and Associations (9 participants)
Training placement: Columbus, Ohio
Host organization: Columbus International Program (www.cipcolumbus.org)
May 6 – May 27, 2009

Municipal Local Economic Development (9 participants)
Training placement: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Host organization: Tulsa Global Alliance (www.tulsaglobalalliance.org)
July 8 – 29, 2009