Coming to Tampa Bay in the Fall 2022:
Scores of IVLP ​Global Change-Makers!

Program Themes

Journalism & Disinformation
Education
Global Security
Law Enforcement
US Foreign Policy (International Trade)
Sustainable Energy
Starting in late July...Where else in the World will you find...Over 70 photojournalists who have created "A Global Moment In Time" chronicling stories of COVID-19 in their countries? Global security officials working to make our world a safer place? Energy experts? Women STEM leaders? Journalists battling disinformation? Cybersecurity policy makers?

Right here in Tampa Bay! This fall, the World is coming back to your neighborhood...in droves!

​Highlights, include:
Promoting Cybersecurity in the Quad
Australia, India, and Japan
 
This project will highlight the importance of cybersecurity to U.S. economy and national security and examine how laws and policies on cybersecurity are created, and why they require constant updates to keep up with technological evolution. 
Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists –
Media Responsibility in an Age of Disinformation
Regional Project for Europe

These projects explore the role that journalists play in U.S. society as they investigate issues, raise awareness, and inform the public about corruption, graft, abuse of power, and other issues that affect government, local communities, business, the environment, health, safety, and society.  Participants will explore the values and ethics that underlie journalistic investigations and the importance of investigative journalism in an age of disinformation and misinformation.  
A Global Moment in Time:
Photojournalists Document Challenges and Opportunities in the COVID Era
Multi-Regional Program
Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Eritrea, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, People’s Republic of China, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zambia
 
This hybrid “Global Moment in Time” special initiative includes a virtual component hosted by World Partnerships in October 2021 and an in-person component in Fall 2022. This group is so geographically diverse that we had to do two programs in one morning/evening to capture all the participants! We expect over 70 photojournalists for the in-person project, and we hope they are bringing their cameras!

For the entire year of this project, photojournalists from around the world have been creating indelible images of their towns, countries and regions as each struggled with the societal, economic and human effects of the pandemic. This program will examine the role of photojournalism in civil discourse, public opinion, and public understanding of how COVID-19 has disrupted society, as well as how it has brought people and organizations together.

Photos by Associated Press photojournalist Thoko Chikondi, Malawi. "Oxygen" (above), and "Market" (below). Copyright by Thoko Chikondi
Hidden No More -
Empowering Women Leaders in STEM
Multi-Regional Program
 
Inspired by screenings of the award-winning film Hidden Figures at more than 120 U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide, this special initiative program began in 2017 to highlight and develop the important contributions of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). “Hidden No More” brings to the United States 50 women from around the world who have excelled in STEM careers such as spacecraft engineering, data solutions and data privacy, and STEM-related education. World Partnerships first hosted this distinguished program in 2019 (see photos at right).
 
This project examines women’s contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through research and development, education and teaching, leadership, and public policy formation.  Participants will explore best practices in the effective recruitment, training, and development of women and other underrepresented groups in STEM and learn how they can institutionalize opportunities for women in their own countries.  This project supports the Department’s strategic goal of enhancing economic growth through the contributions of women.  The project focuses on the advances of women’s employment in STEM fields and addresses how they are mentoring the next generation. 
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