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Open WorldSister Cities International and World Services of La Crosse, Inc. have partnered to support the Open World Program, providing unique local hosting capability. World Services of La Crosse, Inc. works with Sister Cities International and other program administrators to place delegations with sister city communities and attempts to identify delegates from their sister city communities overseas. Sister Cities International and World Services of La Crosse, Inc. also handles delegate nominations for Sister City communities capable of identifying prospective delegates from their sister cities. By involving the sister cities network, the Open World Program strengthens existing partnerships and encourages the formation of new relationships between U.S. communities and those in the participating countries.Over 130 of Sister Cities International’s U.S. affiliates have established sister city partnerships with cities in Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, the countries where Open World has programs currently or had programs in the past. By the end of 2006, 47 sister city chapters in 25 U.S. states will have hosted 107 Open World delegations. Twenty-eight of these sister city communities nominated and hosted delegates from their Sister Cities in Russia. To date, a total of 208 nominated Open World delegates visited their U.S. sister cities. Contact Jim Doumas, executive vice president, Sister Cities International at jdoumas@sister-cities.org or 202-347-8630 ext. 8636 for more information. Click here to download the 2011 Host Profile Form — Eurasia Click here to download the 2011 Host Profile Form — Russia & Ukraine Click here to view the 2011 themes and travel dates. Contact Deborah Lutjen, World Services of La Crosse, Inc. at dlutjen@wslax.us for additional information. |
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