IVC Detroit

Programs

The International Visitors Council of Detroit has various programs to enhance the global reach of the Detroit region.

International Visitor Leadership Program

IVC Detroit administers the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) bringing participants each year to Detroit from all over the world to meet and confer with their professional peers and to experience the U.S. firsthand.  The visitors, who are current or emerging leaders in government, politics, the media, education, and other fields, are selected by the American Embassy in their countries.  More than 200 current and former Heads of State, 1,500 cabinet-level ministers, and many other distinguished world leaders in government and the private sector have participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program.  Alumni of the Program include: Gordon Brown(UK), Hamid Karzi (Afghanistan), Felipe Calderon (Mexico), Nicolas Sarkozy (France), Pratibha Patil (India).

While in Detroit international visitors

  • Visit business, scientific, educational, and governmental organizations
  • Enjoy dinner hospitality in American homes with IVC Detroit hosts
  • Participate in cultural, social and recreational events in the metropolitan area

Community Connections

In 1999, IVC Detroit began administering the Community Connections Program (CC) for business entrepreneurs and professional administrators from Russia and Eurasia. The program offers:

  • Hands on training internships and training seminars focusing on American professional and business practices in a free market society
  • Site visits to professional and business facilities
  • IVC member hosted homestays, dinner hospitality and Detroit area cultural venues

Open World

Open World is an exchange and partnership program that builds U.S.-Eurasian cooperation and mutual understanding.  It does so by bringing emerging Eurasian leaders to the United States to work with their American counterparts, and by facilitating ongoing partnerships between both sides through virtual networking and post-visit activities.  The U.S. Congress created Open World in 1999, and many Representatives and Senators meet with delegations and take part in other program activities.

Upcoming Projects

Russia Demographic Data Analysis January 26th – February 1st  
Italy Good Regional Governance & Engagement in the Broader World  February 1st – February 4th
Greece Integration of Migrant Muslim Youth February 14th- February 17th
 Russia Provincial Papers in the 21st Century  February 23rd
Haiti Impact of Social Entrepreneurs March 4th-March 7th
Tajikistan Small Business Development March 7th-March 10th
Multi Regional Film Industry in the U.S. March 18th- March 21st

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