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Success Stories of International Visitor Leadership Program Alumni
Delphi arranged projects for the following distinguished IVP alumni,
whose noteworthy recent accomplishments are described below.
Posted June 10, 2004
Algeria
Mr. Brahim Tigamounine, chief of the international desk at Arabic-language
newspaper Sawt Al Ahrar, has published a series of eight
in-depth articles stemming from his recent experience as a participant
in a February 2004 project on "Foreign Policy Decision-Making Processes."
The participants traveled to Washington, D.C., San Diego, Fort Worth,
Cleveland, and New York City. One article states, "The world's
current political situation requires that U.S. policy allow for open dialogue
and for the establishment of a process designed to give Arab and Muslim
countries a better understanding of its key points."
Antigua
Harold Lovell is the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, International
Transportation and Trade. Mr. Lovell took part in an individual
project on "Ethics in Government and Business," in 2000, and
returned to Antigua with numerous ideas for reforming the election system
and government accountability and increasing civic education.
Bolivia
Miguel Angel Butron, who participated in a regional project on Anti-Terrorism
and International Crime Issues in 2004, returned home convinced of the
importance for countries in the Western Hemisphere to coordinate efforts
against organized crime and terrorism. He has made plans to contact
his Peruvian counterparts at the Bi-National Center for Border Control,
to discuss possibilities for improvements in technology at the Bolivia/Peru
border to curb illegal immigration, transnational crime and terrorism.
China
In Heilonjiang province, Ju Haiyang and other top health officials are
developing the first province-wide HIV/AIDS awareness program in China.
The current plan is to set up 17 free testing centers in all the major
cities of the province. Mr. Ju's office has already started its
public awareness campaign, with lectures and exhibits arranged for universities
and with the educational bureaus around the province. In designing
the program, Mr. Ju has drawn from lessons learned during his individual
project on HIV/AIDS awareness in 1993.
Georgia
David Shervashidze has been named Minister of Agriculture. Mr. Shervashidze
took part in a multi-regional project entitled, "Agriculture and
the World Economy," in 2002. Participants examined U.S. agricultural
and trade policies and practices, visiting Washington, D.C.; Research
Triangle, North Carolina; Grand Island, Nebraska; Sacramento; Tulsa; Iowa
City; and Freeport and Chicago, Illinois.
Malta
The new Prime Minister, Lawrence Gonzi, is an alumnus from 1990.
At the time, Dr. Gonzi was Speaker of the House of Representatives and
Chairman of the National Committee for the Disabled. His individual
program examined the organization of the U.S. Congress as well as organizations
working with the mentally and physically disabled. He visited Washington,
D.C.; St. Paul, Minnesota; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Louisville and Frankfort,
Kentucky. Tonio Borg is the newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Justice and Home Affairs, and Jesmond Mugliett is now
Minister for Urban Development and Roads. Mr. Borg participated
in a multi-regional project on "U.S. Presidential Elections"
in 1988, and Mr. Mugliett took part in a 1996 multi-regional project on
"Presidential Primaries in the U.S."
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