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activities in the region!
COUNTERPART MEETINGS & PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
Meet your American counterpart. Mayors meeting mayors, members of parliament meeting an American governor, senator or member of congress. Executives, lawyers, presidents of banks, universities, hospitals
and corporations meeting their American counterparts. Police, fire fighters, teachers, social workers
and people from all professions learning how people in the U.S. do their jobs. Learning from each other.
IVC arranges it all.
As the main leadership exchange organization for Eastern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware, IVC can put you in touch with your American counterparts.
For 52 years we have been creating a global network of counterparts who better understand
each other's country, business and way of life.
IVC can arrange for you:
A carefully designed program - one day to one month itinerary - with meetings that address your interests through professional discussions with counterparts or specialists in specific industries
Program escorts who understand your program's theme and who can provide added information
Consecutive or simultaneous interpreters
Wireless interpretation equipment
IVC can also arrange:
Formal or informal meetings over lunch or dinner
Formal or informal receptions in hotels or restaurants with community representatives or business counterparts
Informal dinners in the home of a counterpart
"Shadow days": experiencing a "day in the life" of an American executive
Speaking opportunities with business or educational groups
Meetings with local press
Professional or courtesy visits with government officials
Included will be:
Background information about the experts you will be meeting and organizations you will be learning about.
Detailed directions to get to each appointment (if no escort is arranged) - with ample time between each. Suggestions as to whether to walk or take a cab, including approximate costs of taxis to get to each appointment. (Car rentals and limousines are arranged in advance.)
24-hour emergency numbers of IVC staff
Restaurant, theater and other cultural recommendations
Name badge, evaluation form and self-addressed envelope
Contact IVC's president at 215.683.0999 for more details and to let her know your interests.
Don't forget to let us know what part of the world you're from!
Citizen diplomacy engages citizens in international relations. Meeting counterparts and experiencing everyday American life provides an authentic & more accurate view of the "real" U.S.
