What is IVLP?
The International Visitor Leadership Program is the U.S. Department of State’s professional exchange program for current and emerging international leaders. Launched in 1940, it builds mutual understanding through carefully designed short-term visits to the United States.
What WACLV does in Las Vegas
WACLV is the local host for IVLP visitors assigned to Las Vegas. The Council connects visiting delegations with professionals and institutions across Southern Nevada, arranging peer conversations, site visits, cultural experiences, and Home Hospitality.
Visitors encounter the region beyond its familiar skyline. Local professionals explain their work, exchange practical knowledge, and learn how colleagues in other countries approach shared challenges. UNLV departments are among the local resources that have used these exchanges to build international relationships.
Local expertise. Global relevance.
Water Conservation
How communities manage limited water, plan for growth, and share lessons in conservation.
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Entrepreneurship
A recurring area of exchange connecting business creation, opportunity, and local economic development.
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Human Trafficking
A recurring, serious public-interest area addressing prevention, collaboration, and the protection of people affected by exploitation.
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Combat Sports
An opportunity to connect international exchange with Las Vegas expertise in sports, major events, and community leadership.
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Be a Professional Resource
Host a professional discussion or site visit relevant to a delegation’s interests.
Learn moreWelcome visitors to your table
Share an evening meal and a window into everyday life in Southern Nevada.
Learn moreSupport an exchange
Contribute time, organizational support, or local connections.
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Why Las Vegas matters
A global meeting place. A local point of view.
Tourism, conventions, entertainment and sports bring the world here. Water, energy, research and international business give us shared questions to explore.
Explore Southern Nevada’s global connections ↗Read the local briefings ↗
From the published record
The exchange continues around the table.
Reported in 2024 / Global Ties U.S.
Food as a way into conversation
A published account describes a Las Vegas host welcoming ten IVLP visitors with Korean dishes and conversation about work and family. The setting made everyday experience part of an international exchange.
Read the Las Vegas story at Global Ties U.S. ↗Explore this exchange story →
Reported in 2025 / Global Ties U.S.
A meal became a musical exchange
Another Council hospitality account describes dinner with a local family followed by a spontaneous gathering around guitars and drums. Shared interests gave hosts and visitors a personal connection.
Read the dinner-diplomacy account ↗Explore this exchange story →Delegation record
The published delegation materials are preserved below as institutional records. Their dates and specific program details remain as printed, not as new or upcoming announcements.
Read image text: Published WACLV visitor statistics
Text from the published WACLV graphic. Historical dates and claims remain attributed to that source.
WACLV has hosted more than 1,100 visitors from over 100 countries in the past 10 years.
…To name a few.
This is the claim printed on the saved source graphic. The graphic does not identify the ten-year reference period. It is preserved as historical material, not used as a newly verified current statistic. Rows of national flags illustrate the published claim.
Read image text: Strengthening U.S.-Egyptian Cooperation in Water Resources Management and Security
Text from the published WACLV graphic. Historical dates and claims remain attributed to that source.
Strengthening U.S.-Egyptian Cooperation in Water Resources Management and Security.
May 27 - June 2, 2026.
Historical delegation record. Graphic shows a tap, water droplets, and Egyptian and United States flags.
Read image text: Strengthening Mechanisms for Combating Trafficking in Persons
Text from the published WACLV graphic. Historical dates and claims remain attributed to that source.
Strengthening Mechanisms for Combating Trafficking in Persons.
May 27 - June 1, 2026.
Iraq Delegation.
Historical delegation record. The graphic uses a shadowed figure and the Iraqi flag. The photograph is not used to identify any individual or establish their experience.
Read image text: Trafficking in Persons: Prevention and Mitigation
Text from the published WACLV graphic. Historical dates and claims remain attributed to that source.
Trafficking in Persons: Prevention and Mitigation.
Prevention • Protection • Prosecution • Partnership • Policy.
A 24 Nation Delegation.
March 10th - 14th, 2026.
STOP.
Historical delegation record. The graphic includes a raised palm labeled STOP and a row of national flags.
Read image text: Mega Sporting Events and Economic Prosperity
Text from the published WACLV graphic. Historical dates and claims remain attributed to that source.
Mega Sporting Events and Economic Prosperity.
A 23 Nation Delegation / March 15 - 18, 2026.
Historical delegation record. The collage includes stadiums, an arena and national flags. Venue signs include Bank of America, American Airlines Arena and Allegiant Stadium; the collage alone does not establish a delegation visit to each venue.
A program with a long international history
WACLV’s historical record names António Guterres, Felipe Calderón, Julia Gillard, Jacinda Ardern, Mary Robinson, and Mwai Kibaki among notable IVLP alumni. Their published historical office dates and photographs are retained in the historical record. These are alumni of the national program, not a claim that WACLV hosted each person.
Explore the historical IVLP recordFrom the archive: Read the historical record.