EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN, AND ASIA REGION Balkans
Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia
Central and Eastern Europe
Moldova, Ukraine
North Africa and the Middle East
Morocco
The Caucasus
Armenia, Georgia
Central Asia
Kyrgyz Republic
Asia
Cambodia, China,3 Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka,4 Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam5
3 In January 2020, a Congressional Notifcation was sent stating Peace Corps’ intent to permanently close its post in China. The Peace Corps is not planning to return Volunteers to China in FY2022. 4 Following Congressional Notifcation in September 2017, the Government of Sri Lanka and the Peace Corps signed a new bilateral agreement in February 2018 to re-establish a program there. Deployment of Volunteers was delayed for several reasons, including the pandemic, so Volunteers are slated to begin their service there in FY 2022. 5 In July 2020, Peace Corps notifed Congress that Peace Corps and the Government of Viet Nam had signed an agreement to ofcially establish a Peace Corps program in Viet Nam. Education Volunteers are expected to arrive in FY2022.
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THE PEACE CORPS’ CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION 2022
