In mid-November the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council welcomed 11 visitors from across Latin America as part of a U.S. Department of State International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) project highlighting entrepreneurship in the U.S. and ways to expand the small business network across the Americas. These distinguished visitors came to us from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,...
The Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council’s last group of 2105 was a group of six visitors from Latin America participating in a U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program project titled “Understanding U.S. Drug Control Policy and Demand Reduction Efforts.” All of the delegates work in the fight against drug trafficking and substance abuse...
In late October, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council hosted a group of six visitors from China who looked at NGO capacity building as part of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. The visitors’ week of professional appointments kicked off with a visit to Pensacola City Hall where Councilman P.C. Wu gave a...
For eight days in late October, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council hosted a group of visitors from Ukraine and Russia who arrived as participants in the U.S. Congressional Open World exchange program. This year’s Open World program focused on young NGO leadership & volunteerism, specifically developing skills in NGO management, youth involvement, local government,...
