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In October 2018, the Chevening Scholarships Programme celebrated its 35th anniversary by awarding a total number of 1,800 scholarships from 160 countries for the 2018–19 school year. [8] Earlier that year, the number of Chevening alumni also hit the 50,000 mark. [9] In 2024, Chevening celebrated its 40th anniversary. [10]
The Chevening Scholarship is the UK government's international awards scheme, founded in 1983 to develop global leaders. While the programme takes its name from the house, the Chevening Secretariat administers the awards on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
The Centre for Talented Youth Ireland (CTYI) is a programme for students of high academic ability between the ages of six and seventeen in Ireland. [1] There are sibling projects around the world, most notably the CTY programme at Johns Hopkins University, the original model for CTY Ireland. CTY students are eligible to participate in CTY's ...
The Funds exist in 12 countries around the world, the largest member of the network being The American Ireland Fund, [1] and, after Atlantic Philanthropies, may be the second largest non-governmental donor to Irish causes. The co-founder and for many years global chairman of The Ireland Funds, was businessman Tony O'Reilly. The funds have ...
The program is now actively developing partnerships with other government departments, universities, businesses, foundations and individuals that will support its core program and help expand alumni programs. The Washington-Ireland Program is an extension of Project Children, a program that sponsors six-week summer holidays in the U.S. for ...
The International Fund for Ireland is an independent international organization established in 1986 by the British and Irish governments with the objectives of promoting "economic and social advance" and "to encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between nationalists and unionists throughout Ireland." [1]
Teaching is based entirely on the official French curriculum. The initial mission of the Lycée français international Samuel Beckett is to provide schooling for French-speaking students living permanently or temporarily in Ireland. A host family program is also offered for Lycée classes.
According to the OECD, Ireland’s total ODA (USD 2.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022, mostly due to higher in-donor refugee costs and higher contributions to international organisations. ODA represented 0.64% of gross national income (GNI). [6] The Irish Aid programme is an integral part of Ireland's foreign policy. [7]