Calendar
Orlando, FL: Ukraine: Government Funding/Oversight of Educational Institutions
Modesto, CA: Ukraine: Innovation and Education
Hendersonville, NC: Ukraine: Innovation and Education
Grand Island, NY: Ukraine: Promoting STEM Education/Alternative Learning
Bethlehem, PA: Ukraine: Community College/Vocational Education
Oklahoma City, OK: Ukraine: IDP Issues, Displaced Universities
Roseburg, OR: Ukraine: Promoting STEM Education/Alternative Learning (Roseburg nominating)
Akron, OH: Serbia: Higher Education Reform
Albuquerque, NM: Serbia: English Access Program
Columbia, SC: Russia: Entrepreneurship
The Villages, FL: Russia: Infrastructure/Construction Development/Public-Private Partnerships
Mount Pleasant, MI: Russia: Political Party Development
Branchburg, NJ: Russia: Social Inclusion: Autism
San Francisco, CA: Russia: Think Tanks for Southern Russia
Providence, RI: Uzbekistan: Innovation/Entrepreneurship
Sacramento, CA: Ukraine: Governance/Decentralization
Chicago, IL: Ukraine: Governance/Decentralization/Clean Urban Development
Durham, NH: Ukraine: Governance/Decentralization/Youth Development
Bismarck, ND: Ukraine: Governance/Decentralization/Regional Economic Development
Tulsa, OK: Ukraine: Governance/Decentralization/Regional Economic Development
South Bend, IN: Georgia: Social Inclusion, Religious Tolerance, and Religious Pluralism
Palantine, IL: Georgia: Municipal Development, Newly Elected Mayors/City Councils
Huntsville, AL: Kazakhstan: Parliamentary Staffers
Santa Clara, CA: Russia: Public Defenders
Rochester, NY: Russia: Women Civic/Political Leaders
Council Bluffs, IA: Russia: Zoo Management
Homer, AK: Russia: Sustainable Fishery Development and Management
St. Louis, MO: Kazakhstan: Prison Reform
<p>Social Issues: Open World will invite mixed delegations of legislators, executive branch and NGO officials, and other community leaders to the Unites 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 specials 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).</p><p>Civic Rule of Law: Programs aimed at legal professionals in the fields of legal educations, 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.</p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
Little Rock, AR: Ukraine: Decentralization/Intergovernmental Relations
Minneapolis, MN: Ukraine: Health Care Management and Quality Assurance
Ixonia, WI: Ukraine: Health Care Management and Quality Assurance
Dayton, OH: Ukraine: Health Care Practitioner Innovation, including Telemedicine
Jacksonville, FL: Ukraine: Health Care Practitioner Innovation, including Telemedicine
Madison, WI: Georgia: Urban/Environmental Planning, Clean Air
Los Angeles, CA: Georgia: Women Entrepreneurs
Minneapolis, MN: Mongolia: Judges