Bringing the World to #TampaBay
Vol. 2, Issue 3, October 2023
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Upcoming Event - October 30, 2023!
Panelists from:
Antigua, Brazil, Norway, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Uganda & Uzbekistan
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Moldova "Sustainable Cities"
Showcases Tampa Bay and Fort Myers Sustainability & Resilience Initiatives
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This IVLP group of city planners, architects, and accessibility advocates from Moldova explored numerous aspects of building and managing sustainable cities. Their Florida experience led them to Babcock Ranch near Fort Myers, the "Green Globes" protocols for construction of the new St. Pete Police Department headquarters, the City of St. Petersburg's "Integrated Sustainability Action Plan", the Hub in St. Pete's Innovation District, and USF's cutting edge Center for Urban Transportation Research...
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Professional Exchange Spotlight:
"The Benefits of Transparent Fisheries Management
in the Western Indian Ocean"
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
September 14-19, 2023
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Encountering their first Manatee at Mote Marine Institute! Photo by Maryvonne Kerzabi. |
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Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico provided an ideal setting for these marine scientists, policy officials, and business executives from the South-West Indian Ocean to explore best practices in transparent fisheries management with world-renowned experts, and discover new methodologies for public-private partnerships. Dive into their meetings with TRAFFIC, an international organization dedicated to monitoring wildlife trade; a Florida Aquatic Preserve in Dunedin, the USF College of Marine Science, the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub in St. Pete's Innovation District, and Mote Marine Institute in Sarasota...READ MORE!
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"Strengthening the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Through Base-Hosting Community Leadership Development"
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Tampa Bay was the ideal place to begin this project, given its longtime role as a host community for MacDill Air Force Base, the home of the 6th Air Refueling Wing of the 18th Air Force (USAF), and the headquarters of United States CENTCOM and United States SOCOM. The region is also host to one of the United States Coast Guard Service's largest commands, Sector St. Petersburg. The Tampa Bay community surrounding these important military bases is comprised of a growing defense high tech industry, major Veterans Administration hospitals, and hundreds of thousands of military veterans...
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"International Parental Child Abduction":
Bulgarian and Tampa Bay Practitioners Exchange Law Enforcement, Judicial Best Practices
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This distinguished IVLP group featured judges, lawyers, and NGO child advocates, and their Tampa Bay program featured law enforcement, the Federal Judiciary, and lawyers specialized in the field of international parental child abduction.
Participants exchanged ideas, case studies and best practices with...
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Help Build More World Partnerships!
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At the Enoch Davis Center in December 2019, WP IVLP alum Vimlendu Jha, environmental champion from India, engaged the founding "farmers" of the St. Pete Youth Farm in team-building and leadership activities. One of the many ways World Partnerships brings the World to our community! |
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As the official Tampa Bay regional partner of the United States Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), World Partnerships gratefully acknowledges that this publication is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of State, with funding provided by the US Government and administered by Global Ties U.S.
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