This May, we are hosting six delegations as part of Citizen Diplomacy Programs at WorldBoston. Check below to see where the visitors are from and what the objectives of their visit are.
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
A Multi-Regional Project
Examine best practices in emergency preparedness, management, planning, funding, and coordination among federal, state, and local government and the private sector.
Investigate how various stakeholders anticipate and develop contingency plans for natural disasters, pandemics, technological hazards, and/or terrorism threats.
Analyze the recruitment, training, leadership development, and funding for paid professionals and volunteer-based Emergency Management Service (EMS) personnel.
Explore public-private partnerships and programs that address community and trauma recovery.
Promoting Economic Growth: Diversification and Public-Private Partnerships
A Single Country Project for Botswana
Explore legislative best practices, anti-corruption mechanisms, financial auditing systems, and modernized legal frameworks.
Meet with economic development agencies, and private sector leaders to examine strategies for diversifying economies beyond natural resources to include renewable energy, agriculture, and IT.
Assess U.S. initiatives to promote job creation and entrepreneurship.
Engaging Youth in Economic Development
A Single Country Project for Georgia
Observe best practices in operational strategies and innovative solutions to overcome common challenges in start-ups and small businesses.
Explore funding mechanisms and culture for entrepreneurial ventures through public-private partnerships.
Learn about consumer behaviors, market needs, and regulatory environments for American start-ups and small businesses in the global market.
Connect with the network of small business and start-up leaders for mentorship and partnership opportunities.
Transparency and Accountability in Government
A Project for Eurasia
Examine policy and programs at the federal, state, and municipal levels across the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to foster government transparency.
Explore best practices in detecting, investigating, and prosecuting cases handled by specialized fraud and financial misconduct units within special law enforcement divisions.
Highlight the role of partnerships and interagency task forces in fostering information sharing to counter government corruption.
Strengthening Press Freedom
A Single Country Project for Peru
Explore First Amendment rights, reviewing the history and importance of press freedom in the United States and highlighting the American philosophical and legal commitments to freedom of expression.
Discuss the role of journalism, specifically awareness campaigns and educational programs, in supporting anti-corruption efforts at the local level.
Learn about the formation and growth of local and national press collectives.
Equip participants with strategies to maintain high standards of journalistic ethics and integrity.
Investigations and Case Management
A Single Country Project for Turkmenistan
Examine how different U.S. agencies (local, state, federal) investigate various crimes and collect the information in various databases.
Examine how law enforcement agencies share information and cooperate with each other using each other’s specialized skills and responsibilities.
Examine in these situations the close relationship between prosecutors and investigators, as well as the strict adherence to prosecutorial guidelines and legal procedures in place to protect both the innocent and guilty of police overreach.
Learn how various stakeholders process a crime scene and collect and log evidence to preserve a chain of custody.
Observe how stakeholders coordinate and share information acquired through a variety of sources across the federal, state, and local government as well as with partner nations in an effort to protect against global criminal organizations and terrorism
Analyze databases and information technology used to share and maintain information on the border.
