Coastal and Marine Management was the name of a recent U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program for two visitors from the People’s Republic of China. The visitors examined the topic through a series of site visits and professional meetings. These were complimented by informal interactions with locals, starting with a warm welcome at...
In November, ten visitors from Tunisia arrived in Pensacola as part of the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program. Their project, Anti-Corruption and Accountability in Government, focused on “the role and structure of ethics in government in the United States.” Its purpose also included to “explore best practices underlying transparency and accountability; to...
When women succeed, communities succeed. A group of eight visitors from Bahrain, Belize, Burma, El Salvador, Gambia, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, and Sudan explored this topic in northwest Florida through an International Visitor Leadership Program project titled Women in Entrepreneurship. For their first meeting, they met Marny Needle who spoke about IMPACT 100, a non-profit organization whose...
In the autumn of 2017, 13 Members of Parliament from the Central African Republic arrived in Pensacola as part of an U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled U.S. Government and Institutions. Its purpose “to examine U.S. federal, state, municipal, and grassroots efforts to formulate policies and communicate effectively with constituents...
In October, a group of four visitors from Kazakhstan arrived in Pensacola as part of an U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled Teaching STEM in English. The professional objectives were “to explore best practices in multilingual and STEM education models for students grades Kindergarten through 12th; to learn about extracurricular programs...
In late October 2017, a group of six visitors from Indonesia arrived in Pensacola as part of an U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled Maritime Economic Development and Environmental Protection. The professional objectives of the project were “to assess the effect of federal and state laws regulating the commercial fishing...
Hidden No More: Empowering Women Leaders in STEM was an U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) which brought women in science to the United States in the fall of 2017 to explore innovation, STEM education, and scientific research. Eight visitors from Australia, Bermuda, Chile, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, South Korea, and Spain came...
Dear Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council: Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of the 2018 Emerging Leaders Program at the 2018 Global Ties U.S. National Meeting in Washington, D.C. To be amongst 20 other Emerging Leaders, over 70 ambassadors, and more than 1,000 exchange makers was truly an extraordinary experience. When I...
This autumn, six Nicaraguan visitors spent time in Pensacola as part of a U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program titled Building Small Business Development Centers. The goals of the project included “to introduce participants to the U.S. Small Business Development Center model…to examine the economic, political and social factors that influence and encourage the...
Last September, four visitors from Indonesia arrived in Pensacola as part of a U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program titled NGOs and Social Services. The purpose of this project was “to learn about the role of NGOs in providing educational services for children with disabilities, to explore how NGOs provide programming and opportunities...
