Funded by ECA, the International Sports Programming Initiative was a two-way exchange designed to ensure professional competence among sport coaches responsible for physical education of children aged eight to eighteen. For three weeks, American coaches instructed visiting Bangladeshi coaches in sports training methodologies through seminars, practical demonstrations, and work shadow opportunities. American participants later spent three weeks in Bangladesh conducting workshops, site visits and operating a training camp on sports coaching for the Bangladeshi government, schools, and youth organizations.