Youth Outreach: Conflict Resolution & Empowerment

Visitors from France will discuss the best methods of engaging youth in community organizations and grassroots advocacy groups that foster youth leadership skills and engage young people through education, economic…

Education Reform in the United States

Six educators, school administrators, and university-based researchers from China, will be traveling to Cleveland to learn how local government and school districts work creatively to address challenges in today's education…

Promoting Peace and Tolerance Among Educated Youth

This project for Pakistan will connect visitors to Cleveland resources that will highlight the role of universities in either peace, tolerance, and messaging around anti-radicalization, intolerance, and extremism.  Visitors will…

Accountability and Reforms in Education

Education leaders from Armenia will participate in this International Visitor Leadership Program exchange to address accountability and reforms in the U.S. education sector. Meetings with governmental agencies, school districts, and…

Managing Facts in the Age of Digital Media

Eight visitors from Thailand, highly respected reporters and leaders in journalism, will approach the issues facing media and news emerging in the digital age.  By meeting with Cleveland-based news outlets as well as…

Promoting Best Practices in Museum and Cultural Management

Five museum officials from Slovenia will participate in this project concerning strategies in managing museums and cultural institutions. While in Cleveland, visitors will meet with museum officials and discuss best…

Managing Start-Up Incubators for Growth

Through this project, Pakistani visitors will explore start-ups and business incubation in the U.S. and the involvement of both the private and public sectors. Small business in Northeast Ohio is tightly…

New Economic Map for the Korean Peninsula

South Korean policy advisors involved in formulating the Moon Jae-in administration's "New Economic Map for the Korean Peninsula" will visit the U.S. to examine a wide range of government agencies,…

Global Economic Cooperation

As the world economy continues to grow, local businesses and economies have the opportunity to connect with the larger global market. In this Multi-Regional Project, visitors from the Colombia, Egypt,…

Protecting Soft Targets Against Terrorist Attacks

International security and law enforcement agents from Argentina, Denmark, Hong Kong, Kenya, and Luxembourg will be traveling to Cleveland to learn about how this city plans to prevent and respond…

Privacy Protection and Enforcement

Visitors from across the European Union will be in Cleveland on a State Department-sponsored program to see firsthand how government agencies, private businesses, nonprofits, healthcare, and law firms in Cleveland…