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: Leveraging U.S. STEM Expertise to Power Vietnam’s Economy
Dates: October 1st - 4th, 2024
Country: Vietnam
Project Description: Connect Vietnamese leaders in STEM education to experts in the United States who understand how to modernize and implement education that is aligned with STEM industry needs, from elementary school through higher education and into adult education. Creating this skilled STEM workforce benefits Vietnam’s economy, people, and the many U.S. companies operating in Vietnam.
Focus: Advancing Next Generation Telecoms: 5G and Open RAN
Dates: October 8th - 12th
Country: Multi-Regional
Project Description: Developed in collaboration with the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP/ICP), this project addresses 5G and next generation telecoms approaches, including Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN). It examines the relationship between federal, state, and local programs; explores research and development of telecoms technologies and commercialization of these technologies.
Recent International Visitor Delegations
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Country: Georgia
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“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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