The 2020 IDEAL Workshop: Identify challenges. Develop a better understanding. Establish plans. Act. Lead...
From August 15-18, 50 FLEX and YES alumni from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia gathered on Zoom for...
It’s Ukraine! Not THE Ukraine!
The FLEX program is pleased to announce the second place winner of the FLEX 20th Anniversary competition Share Your FLEX Story Essay Contest Jodi Meek....
Branko Backovic ’07 Co-Founder of Epi.School: Learn to code, work with a mentor, and...
Branko Backovic ’07 (Despotovac, Serbia, Lisle, IL), management consultant turned entrepreneur, recently released a venture that he co-founded with partner Paul Orland. Epi.School is a...
FLEX Alumni Celebrate American Independence Day in Chisinau, Moldova
FLEX Alumni Coordinator (AC) Nicu Gaibu ‘12 together with former AC Natalia Andreev ‘07 hosted the American Independence Day celebration sponsored by the Creative...
Share Your FLEX Story Audio Contest Winner Natalya Dolgoborodova ’06
The FLEX program is pleased to announce the winner of the FLEX 20th Anniversary competition Share Your FLEX Story Audio Contest Natalya Dolgoborodova ’06 (Moscow, Russia)....
The Day of Science and Ecology in Kyrgyzstan
On November 11, a team of FLEX alumni in partnership with the Institution of Youth Development and Move Green organized an event called the...
“The Starry Room” Project
"During my exchange year, I explored some of the biggest cities in the world - New York and Washington, DC. The sightseeing and what...
Back to School FLEX Camp
On August 20, at the Rohatyn, Ukraine Gymnasium five alumni organized the Back to School FLEX Camp for two groups of 25 eighth and...
FLEX Alumni Coordinator Training Conference
Nineteen FLEX alumni coordinators worked with American Councils staff and guest trainers in Peredelkino, Russia September 20-22, for the annual FLEX Alumni Coordinator Training...
FLEX-Ability Workshop 2023
The FLEX-Ability Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship and Career and Workplace Skills, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, was an immersive and capacity-building experience that fostered...














