Funded by the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan, the Uzbekistan Business Leaders Program is a program for business persons and entrepreneurs from Uzbekistan with at least five years of demonstrated leadership experience in the fields of business, entrepreneurship, innovation, social entrepreneurship, regional economic development, and technology.

Program Summary

American Councils will bring business leaders from Uzbekistan, aged 27-50, to the U.S. in 2026 for a five-week program that includes a series of professionally-relevant business and leadership activities. The Program will provide young business leaders and entrepreneurs from a wide range of economic and geographic areas with the experience, skills, and inspiration needed to foster new forms of innovation, strengthen leadership, stimulate private sector economic growth in both Uzbekistan and the U.S., assist U.S. small- and medium enterprises in expanding their businesses globally, and cultivate productive ties between U.S. and Uzbekistan businesses and communities. Through engagement with the U.S. business community, entrepreneurs from Uzbekistan will learn values such as fair trade, business integrity, collaboration, and commitment to clients, which they can adapt to their businesses at home.

The program for 2026 is tentatively scheduled for five weeks in June 2026.

Apply here. Please submit your application by Wednesday, 7 January 2026, 7:00am ET/5:00 PM Tashkent Time

UBL Includes

• Three-week customized workplace experience in the U.S.

• Skill-building workshops on effective communication, negotiation, and persuasion

• Opportunity to develop a customized reciprocal project with a U.S. business

• In-depth mentoring program