The International Visitor Program is expecting a busy summer! Please call us directly at the Council if you would like to host an individual or group of visitors for dinner in your home. Please also feel free to contact the group’s programmer if you or your company/organization is interested in hosting the group for a professional meeting.

Please also feel free to contact the group’s programmer if you or your company/organization is interested in hosting the group for a professional meeting. The International Visitor Program will also have opportunities in 2010 for local companies to host receptions for visiting guests. Please contact Amy Barss at (503) 306-5252, or amy@worldoregon.org, for more information.

• Iraq, June 3 – 8, Young Leaders: Political and Civic Engagement, 9 visitors
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• Russia, June 5 – 9, Law Enforcement in Forestry, 6 visitors
  For more information, please contact Andrew Neal or Amy Barss


• Indonesia, June 9 – 12, Health Care and Women’s Leadership, 1 visitor
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss
  


• China, June 9 – 12, Civil and Human Rights and the Justice System, 1 visitor
  Dinner hosting needed.
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• North Africa and Near East, June 11 – 17, NGO Management of Youth Programs in the U.S., 12 visitors: United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt (3), Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• North Africa and Near East, June 15 – 19, Political Cartoonist, 7 visitors: Algeria, Syria, West Bank, Egypt, Iraq (3)
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• Georgia, June 16 – 20, Juvenile Justice System, 5 visitors
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• East Asia, June 20 – 23, Livable Cities, 7 visitors: Indonesia (2), Japan (1), Thailand (4)
  For more information, please contact Mariko Gilman


• Pending - China, June 22 – 26, Public Health, 2 visitors
  Dinner hosting to be determined.
  For more information, please contact Mariko Gilman


• Democratic Republic of the Congo, (Dates TBD), Sexual and Gender Based Violence, 6 visitors
  Dinner hosting to be determined.
  For more information, please contact Mariko Gilman


• Latin America, June 30 – July 3, Civil Society, 15 visitors: Bolivia (2), Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua (2), Panama, Peru (2), Uruguay, Venezuela (4)
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• European Commission, June (Dates TBD), Transportation planning and Climate Change, 1 visitor
  For more information, please contact Mariko Gilman


• Multiregional, July 6 – 10, American Libraries, 23 visitors: Angola, Bangladesh, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan, Macedonia, Mexico (2), Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Korea (2), Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates
  Dinner hosting needed.
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• Latin America, July 21 – 25, Sustainable Urban Development, 7 visitors: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
  Dinner hosting to be determined.
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• Iraq, July 24 – 28, Interfaith Dialogue, 7 visitors
  Dinner hosting needed.
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• Multiregional, July 25 – 30, Environmental Law Enforcement in the U.S., 20 visitors: Bangladesh, Czech Republic, Haiti, India (2), Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Serbia, Montenegro, Nigeria, Oman, Serbia, Thailand, Uganda (2), Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank
  Dinner hosting to be determined.
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• Latin America, July 21 – 25, Sustainable Urban Development, 7 visitors: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
  Dinner hosting to be determined.
  For more information, please contact Amy Barss


• Pending - China, August 18 – 21, Environmental Protection, 8 visitors
  For more information, please contact Mariko Gilman


• Pending - East Asia and the Pacific, Lower Mekong Basin, July 27 – 31, Watershed Management, 8 people: Cambodia, Thailand (2), Vietnam (2), 3 TBA
  Dinner hosting to be determined.
  For more information, please contact Mariko Gilman

Multiregional group members all speak English; for other groups, translators are available for those with limited English.