Enhancing Global Understanding
Save the Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024
Speaker: Oksana Marafioti
The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program. Launched in 1940, the IVLP is a professional exchange program that seeks to build mutual understanding between the U.S. and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the U.S. for current and emerging foreign leaders.
Upcoming International
Visitor Group
Focus: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
January 31st – February 5th
Countries: Belarus, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Turkey
Focus: The role of small business in driving sustained economic growth and prosperity and honing skills to encourage entrepreneurship.
Law Enforcement and Community Policing
February 11 – 15th
Countries: Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Focus: Community alliances and countering terrorism through community engagement
Combating Trafficking in Person
February 18th – 22nd, 2025
Countries: Angola. Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Djbouti, Guinea, Lesotho, Madaghscar, Repiblic of Congo, Senegal , Togo
Focus: This project examines best practices in combating trafficking in persons, focusing on both forced labor and commercial sex trafficking.
Recent International Visitor Delegations
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Armenia
“What Happens in Vegas Can Change the World”
Our role is to identify pockets of excellence in the community with the potential to create positive change.
Numerous departments at UNLV have used this program as an opportunity to build
relationships with peers around the world.
WACLV has hosted more than 1,100 visitors from over 100 countries in the past 10 years.
Notable IVLP Alumni
Since inception, over 350 Chiefs of State and /or Heads of Government are IVLP program alumni
Our Previous Visitors & Programs
Global Ties U.S. powers individuals, communities, and nations to build trust and advance peace and prosperity through international exchange.
The organization, established in 1981, is a non-partisan, non-profit.
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