Accountable Governance: Local programs on accountable governance emphasize the legislative process, administrative capacity-building, transparency, service delivery, financing of government services, media relations, community development, and environmental management.
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Gulfport, MS: Ukraine: Environmental Protection
Toledo, OH: Ukraine: Decentralization
Gadsen, AL: Ukraine: Decentralization
Accountable Governance: Local programs on accountable governance emphasize the legislative process, administrative capacity-building, transparency, service delivery, financing of government services, media relations, community development, and environmental management.
Winfield, KS: Russia: Environment (Novosibirsk)
Westminister, CO: Russia: Environment (Vladivostok)
TBD, AK: Russia: Environment (Arctic Wilderness)
Kalamazoo, MI: Russia: Environment (Fire Control)
Berne, IN: Russia: Agriculture
Bloomington, IL: Russia: Agriculture (Vladimir)
Princeton, WV: Tajikistan: Eco-Tourism
Accountable Governance: Local programs on accountable governance emphasize the legislative process, administrative capacity-building, transparency, service delivery, financing of government services, media relations, community development, and environmental management.
Social Issues: Open World will invite mixed delegations of legislators, executive branch and NGO officials, and other community leaders to the United States to see how their counterparts here work to address social services delivery and funding issues. Programs should enable delegates to learn on-site about the operations, structure, and funding of leading public and private social service agencies; job-shadow their professional counterparts; meet with legislators and legislative staff to discuss social services issues, legislation, and funding; and meet with NGO leaders who work with or advocate for special populations (e.g., disabled, elderly, or economically disadvantaged citizens; adoptive families and children in the foster care system; abused, neglected, or abandoned children; victims of domestic violence; substance abusers; and those with life-threatening diseases and conditions).
Maryville, TN: Kosovo: Technology and Uses of E-Governance Against Corruption
Reno, NV: Georgia: General Rule of Law
Miami, FL: Ukraine: Anti-Corruption Programs
Longwood, FL: Ukraine: Anti-Corruption Programs
Civic Rule of Law: Programs aimed at legal professionals in the fields of legal education, juvenile justice, and legal advocacy for underserved populations should provide delegates with the opportunity to see how these issues are dealt with in the United States at the national level and enable the delegates to explore these issues in-depth with their American counterparts at the local level.
Cedar Rapids, IA: Ukraine: Government Transparency and Access to Public Information
Dover, NH: Ukraine: Media's Role in Society
Central, NC: Ukraine: Investigative Media and Exposing Corruption
Accountable Governance: Local programs on accountable governance emphasize the legislative process, administrative capacity-building, transparency, service delivery, financing of government services, media relations, community development, and environmental management.
Accountable Governance: Local programs on accountable governance emphasize the legislative process, administrative capacity-building, transparency, service delivery, financing of government services, media relations, community development, and environmental management.
Santa Cruz, CA: Ukraine: Agriculture and Managing Agricultural Enterprises
Branchville, NJ: Ukraine: Agriculture and Managing Agricultural Enterprises (Truskavets)
Sacramento/Modesto, CA: Ukraine: Agriculture and Managing Agricultural Enterprises (Khmelnitsky)
Accountable Governance: Local programs on accountable governance emphasize the legislative process, administrative capacity-building, transparency, service delivery, financing of government services, media relations, community development, and environmental management.
Annapolis, MD: Ukraine: Specialized Rule of Law
Judicial Rule of Law: Delegates explore U.S. approaches to court proceedings, the jury-trial process, the adversarial system, plea-bargaining, alternative dispute resolution, law enforcement and corrections practices, and the legislative process. Other possible topics include judicial independence, judicial ethics, juvenile justice practices, financial dispute resolution, bankruptcy proceedings, and judicial administration. Delegations usually meet with federal, state, and/or (if applicable) local legislators or their staff to discuss judiciary-related legislative issues and funding.
Civic Rule of Law: Programs aimed at legal professionals in the fields of legal education, juvenile justice, and legal advocacy for underserved populations should provide delegates with the opportunity to see how these issues are dealt with in the United States at the national level and enable the delegates to explore these issues in-depth with their American counterparts at the local level
Dayton, OH: Russia: Young Professionals and Ethnic Minorities
Tampa, FL: Russia: Young Professionals and Ethnic Minorities
Accountable Governance: Local programs on accountable governance emphasize the legislative process, administrative capacity-building, transparency, service delivery, financing of government services, media relations, community development, and environmental management.