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Who are These Visitors and What is the International
Visitors Program?
The International
Visitor Program (IVP) operates under authority
of the Mulual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
(Fulbright-Hays Act). The Department
of State directs the program in cooperation
with a wide range of non-profit organizations
operating under cooperative agreements with the
Department of State.
The IVP brings participants from all over the
world to the United States each year to meet and
confer with their professional counterparts and
to experience the U.S. firsthand. The visitors
are current or potential leaders in government,
politics, the media, educaiton, and other fields.
They are selected by American Embassy officials
overseas.
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 teh International
Visitors Program. Forty-seven Current Heads of
Geovernment and Chiefs of State are International
Visitor Program Alumni. |
