Past Programs 2011

September

Energy Efficiency and Green Growth within the APEC Region
September 10-14, 2011
Multi Regional

This program will teach about national, state, and local initiatives, regulations, and standards for energy efficiency and green growth. The group will explore programs to develop sustainable green communities and discuss the challenges, opportunities, and debates in the development of green and efficient technologies. The delegation will also examine cooperation between government, industry, non-profits, and citizens to promote green initiatives. Essentially, the visitors will explore techniques to help industry improve energy efficiency while continuing to maintain jobs, product development, and production efficiency.

Canada- Sensitizing the Public to the Need to Protect IPR
September 21-24, 2011

Four experts on Intellectual Property will be coming to our city to explore our approach to IPR protection from the perspective of government, private sector entities, and universities. While in Cleveland the delegation will connect with experts from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the Canada United States Law Institute, with members of the Cleveland Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, a local corporation that has international offices, Cleveland Clinic Innovations Center and the FBI.

November

North Africa and the Near East-Human Rights
November 2-5

12 participants representing various Human Rights NGO’s will be coming to Cleveland to examine the history of human and civil rights protections in the U.S. with emphasis on particularly vulnerable groups, including children, women, indigenous groups, and other minorities. The program will illustrate how American NGOs work with federal, state, and local government bodies to influence policy and how the U.S. implements and enforces international human rights standards. It will also highlight NGO management, fundraising and marketing, and advocacy and outreach campaigns designed to influence American public opinion and U.S. human rights policies. While in our city the delegation will particularly focus on Human rights issues in international law, Strategies for NGO management ,Promoting tolerance and interfaith dialogue, Equality for women in nontraditional professions, and Volunteerism in America