On November 18, 2020, IVLP participants from Albania, Ukraine, Thailand, Bahrain, Burma, Uganda and Guyana met with Dr. Frances Levine of the Missouri Historical Society to exchange ideas and strategies for museums to engage the community as part of the NGO Management III program. Participants came away from the meeting feeling energized and inspired with new ideas to implement in their countries.
In January, World Affairs welcomed a group of four IVLP visitors from Rwanda who arrived in St. Louis as part of the program “Combating Trafficking in Persons.” While here, they had the opportunity to meet Read more…
All U.S. Department of State Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) international exchange programs, including the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) are currently paused until May 31, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Ties U.S. Read more…
2020 National Meeting – Faces of Exchange From January 22-25, 2020, over 900 attendees from around the U.S. and the world convened at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC to celebrate the "faces" who make exchange programs happen every day: participants and alumni, locally-based hosts and coordinators, government agencies, and more. This year’s theme is Faces of Exchange.