About Us
Global Cleveland is a new program of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs that showcases the region’s international assets, fosters greater understanding about and participation in the global economy, and encourages partnerships to meet global challenges and opportunities that impact our region. Its web site serves as the region’s portal to information through a calendar of international events as well as connections to the region’s experts, resources, and institutions with economic, social, political, and cultural ties to the rest of the world.
The initial geographic focus is on the metropolitan region that encompasses two major cities – Cleveland and Akron – and the seven counties of Cuyahoga, Summit, Lake, Lorain, Geauga, Medina and Portage. Global Cleveland ultimately will expand to include all 16 counties of the Northeast Ohio economic region.
Global Cleveland adds a new dimension to the three long-standing areas of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs which has served the Cleveland metropolitan area for 85 years. This new area focuses on global issues and activities that have a direct impact on the Cleveland/Northeast Ohio region.
The responsibilities of Global Cleveland include serving as
- convener and collaborator around mutually identified issues
- provider of forums on critical economic issues
- provider of seminars to help area businesses be more competitive in the global economy
- the portal to information about all things international in the region
- a collaborator with the Council’s thee ongoing program areas
- public lectures, young professional events, and briefings for community leaders
- Model United Nations conferences, professional development for teachers, and other curriculum-based activities for elementary, middle and senior high school students
- an international visitors program through which the Council each year arranges sessions for hundreds of emerging leaders and other visitors from around the world to meet with experts and professional counterparts in Greater Cleveland.