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The World Heritage USA International Exchange Program (IEP) provides advanced training and hands-on experience for preservation professionals early in their careers. Hosting an intern enables an organization to establish international connections and help train future professionals through preservation work experience at a modest cost to the host organization. The IEP fosters lifelong relationships between participants and their host organizations, creating a global network of heritage professionals. Since the program's launch in 1984 by ICOMOS-USA, these connections have resulted in continued collaboration between people, communities, and organizations on heritage projects around the world.Public or private nonprofit heritage organizations interested in hosting an intern must formulate a project that can be completed by the intern within a 10-12 week period. The project should provide the intern with practical work experience / training and must be supervised by a designated mentor for the duration of the internship. Hosts commit to providing for all project-related expenses, arranging for intern housing, and completing two internship evaluations.