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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
06THEHAGUE2291	2006-10-23 13:15	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy The Hague

VZCZCXYZ0009
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHTC #2291/01 2961315
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 231315Z OCT 06
FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7190

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002291 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/UBI (REITER), FSI/SLS/CTT (WATKINS) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AFSI AMGT KFLO NL
SUBJECT: EMBASSY THE HAGUE'S FY 2007 FSI DIRECT FUNDING 
INITIATIVE PROPOSAL 
 
REF: STATE 155164 
 
¶1. Summary. Post is pleased to submit a FY 2007 Direct 
Funding Initiative (DFI) proposal for 12,506 dollars to fund 
Dutch language training and materials. Embassy The Hague's FY 
2007 program fund budget proposal is for 8,689 dollars. 
Post's FY 2006 DFI award was 5,988 dollars with a program 
fund budget of 6,700 dollars. End Summary. 
 
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FY 2006 Program In Brief 
------------------------ 
 
¶2. Using Embassy program and DFI funds, in 2006 post 
continued its already active language program, netting 
enthusiastic and committed students. Two contract language 
instructors lead beginner and advanced classes at the 
chancery and its nearby offices. Post's language library 
consists of textbooks, software, audio media, videos, and 
fiction novels. Classes are taught in the Embassy's two 
unclassified conference rooms. In FY 2006, post budgeted 
 
SIPDIS 
6,700 dollars for its language program, and spent a total of 
7,197. In FY 2006 post was awarded 5,988 in DFI funds and 
spent a total of 5,918. 
 
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Request for FY 2007 
------------------- 
 
¶3. Next fiscal year, post would like to use DFI funds to 
augment its program back to 3 and beyond 3 language training 
with an additional DFI-funded course of each. Demand from new 
officers has been exceptionally high this year; post seeks to 
start a course of each while continuing its program-funded 
courses for existing officers. Each course would involve a 
weekly class of 1.5 hours. Funds requested will pay the 
instructor her hourly wages and travel expenses. 
 
¶4. In FY 2007, post would like to use DFI funds to purchase 
another session of its popular and highly successful Out and 
About course. The course was developed in 2002 using DFI 
funds; in FY 2007 it will be taught using 6 two-hour 
classroom and field-trip sessions over two weeks. This method 
gives students -- using an intensive approach -- the chance 
to practice in everyday situations what they learn in class 
and develop survival language capability. It is targeted to 
new State Officers, Specialists, their spouses, eligible 
family members, and Marines and other agency personnel as 
appropriate. Funds requested for the Out and About will pay 
the instructor her hourly wages and travel expenses. 
 
¶5. Per reftel suggestion to support job-specific language 
instruction and other imaginative uses of instructor's time, 
post hereby submits a request for a new Dutch course for 
Consular officers: "Dutch for the Consular Window." Post 
seeks to offer, in small group sessions, a one month program 
of 4 two-hour sessions in FY 2007 that includes job and task 
specific language instruction followed by simulations at the 
consular window. Funds requested for these courses will pay 
the instructor her hourly wages and travel expenses. 
 
¶6. Post seeks to offer one shopping/chores field trip in FY 
2007, for the purpose of survival language training and to 
increase comfort levels among officers and spouses. A much 
more specific version of the Out and About course, the field 
trip will train students to accomplish their shopping and 
chores in Dutch using Dutch customs, expressions, and 
European sizes etc. Funds requested will pay the instructor 
her hourly wages and travel expenses. 
 
¶7. In FY 2007, Post also seeks to initiate a Conversation 
Table. These are small group sessions, held every two months 
with the aid of an instructor, where students at all levels 
can converse in Dutch over lunch. This program seeks to 
increase comfort for everyday social conversation in Dutch, 
with the goal of supporting the Embassy's priorities in 
outreach and other events aimed at promoting USG messages and 
generating contacts. Funds requested will pay the instructor 
her hourly wages and travel expenses. 
 
¶8. Finally, post would like to purchase new Taal Vitaal 
language materials for incoming students. 
 
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FY 2007 Proposal Budget 
----------------------- 
 
¶9. The detailed budget for the items described in paras 3-8 
is as follows. Note: all costs are in U.S. dollars at an 
exchange rate of 0.798 euros to 1 dollar, hourly instructor 
charges are 35 euros, and travel expenses are 17 euros per 
 
session. 
 
-- One Back to 3 Course. Sessions: 52 at 1.5 hours each. 
Hours: 78. Instructor cost: 3,421. Travel cost: 1,108. Total 
Cost: 4,529. 
-- One Beyond 3 Course. Sessions: 52 at 1.5 hours each. 
Hours: 78. Instructor cost: 3,421. Travel cost: 1,108. Total 
Cost: 4,529. 
-- One Out and About Course. Sessions: 6 at 2 hours each. 
Hours: 12. Instructor cost: 526. Travel cost: 128. Total 
Cost: 654. 
-- One Consular Dutch Course. Sessions: 4 at 2 hours each. 
Hours: 8. Instructor cost: 351. Travel cost: 85. Total Cost: 
¶436. 
-- One Shopping/Chores Field Trip. Sessions: 1. Hours: 6. 
Instructor cost: 263. Travel costs: 21. Total Cost: 284. 
-- Conversation Tables. Sessions: 6 at 2 hours each. Hours 
¶12. Instructor cost: 526. Travel cost: 128. Total Cost: 654. 
-- Taal Vitaal Language Text Book at 39.50 each and Work Book 
at 31.50 each. Quantity: 20 each. Total Cost: 1,420. 
-- TOTAL REQUEST: 12,506 
 
¶10. Point of contact for post's language program and this 
proposal is: Jay Heung, Post Language Officer. Office Phone: 
31 70 310-2339. Email: heungj2@state.gov. 
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