Embassy of the United States Bogotá, Colombia

Promotes appreciation for the cultures of both nations. It co-sponsors and develops a broad irange of cultural activities, such as art exhibits and musical presentations, with academic, public and private institutions.

• Under its artistic program it presents activities sponsored by the U.S. government.
• It organizes analytical programs in current events with the participation of U.S. cultural specialists.
• Through its international visitor program, every year it sponsors and facilitates visits to the U.S. of between 3,000 and 5,000 professionals from the public and private sectors, from all over the world.
• The summer institutes program is designed for academics with experience as professors on subjects dealing with American studies.
• The Information Resources Center was established to support the objectives and programs of the Public Affairs Section, offering trustworthy information about U.S. policies, federal legislation, and social subjects. The Center supports other Embassy sections as well. Through its products and services, the Center tries to fill the nformation needs of a select audience, thus contributing to greater understanding of U.S. policies and the intellectual context in which they are developed. The Center maintains a small library and takes advantage the new technologies and telecommunications for reference service.
• The Information Resources Center produces "For Your Information", a bimonthly alert service which includes abstracts of documents and articles in U.S. newspapers and journals, covering arts, science and technology, politics, international relations, economics, education, and environmental issues. This service is also sent by e-mail approximately every two weeks, depending on the availability of new documents on the Internet.
• The Information Resources Center also publishes "EAS", a quarterly list of economics-related articles in English and Spanish in subjects of current interest, including the environment, economic policies, trade, and business administration.
• The Fulbright Commission offers information on studying in the U.S., and related financial information. In Cali and Medellin this information is found at the Student Counseling Offices of the Centros Colombo-Americanos (binational centers).
• Each bi-national center best known as Centro Colombo-Americano in Colombia, besides teaching English, offers a bilingual library containing information about English teaching; English language programs in the U.S.; schools, universities, and summer camps in the U.S.; about the exams required for admission to U.S. colleges and universities; tourist information about the U.S. and its major cities; as well as conferences, exhibits and other cultural activities.