Programs & Education
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Great Decisions Program
Each year community groups across America meet to discuss eight foreign policy issues pre-determined by the Foreign Policy Association. The Great Decisions Global Affairs Education Program celebrated 50 years in 2004, making it the longest standing Global Affairs education program in the country. To rationally guide the discussions, the Great Decisions book offers informative essays on the topics at hand. Furthermore, a Great Decisions DVD with expert discussions is provided to aide in moving along the discussion. Once a topic is explored to members' satisfaction, opinion polls are filled out by participants, compiled and sent to Washington to aide in policy formulation.
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International Education Summit
The International Education Summit is a program designed to raise awareness of high school students regarding their future careers in the international field. Each year a different global topic is chosen and experts in that field are brought in to discuss their role in combating the issue. Not only are students able to listen to a panel discussion on the designated subject, but they are provided individual opportunities to speak directly with the presenters in “speed networking” sessions where they are encouraged to interact and learn from the professionals in their field of interest. The Summit focuses on all workforce opportunities as representatives from governmental, community and private organizations are represented.
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Academic WorldQuest
Academic World Quest is one of the flagship programs of the World Affairs Councils of America. It is the ultimate, international group trivia competition that pits Greater Cincinnati’s high schools against each other in a battle to be the ‘Best of the Quest.’ Topics have included geography, flags, current international events, foreign policy, alternative fuels, migration patterns, genocide, transnational crime and leaders. Scholarships are awarded to first, second and third place teams, and the first place team is sent to represent our region in the national competition in Washington, D.C.
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Model APEC
Our Model APEC simulation, similar to Model UN, puts high school students in the positions of government ministers, where they negotiate resolutions, debate, and resolve issues on their assigned economy’s behalf. Model APEC provides students with knowledge of contemporary world issues such as free trade, terrorism, and the effects of globalization. It also develops skills in research, negotiation, critical thinking, diplomacy and persuasion. Through learning about this organization, students will work through the problems that economic leaders face first hand, and they will learn about the costs and benefits of an economic liberalism.
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World In Transition
World in Transition (WIT) is a teacher training flagship Program of the World Affairs Councils of America, developed by the Southern Center for International Studies. With a goal to increase student’s international education and awareness, the World Affairs Council has partnered with the Cincinnati Public School system and other area schools, to bring the World in Transition program to teachers so they can prepare students for our transitioning, globally connected world. Teachers receive lesson plans, maps, video footage and CEU forms. Regions covered in the workshops include: Europe, The Middle East, Russia, Latin America, East Asia, South Asia, Africa, and the End of the Soviet Union.
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World In a Minute
Produced by the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council, the World-in-a-Minute program focuses on helping primary students (ages 5-13) better understand and appreciate the affect that globalization and foreign influence have on their everyday lives. Professionally recorded one -minute audio clips spotlight not only the interdependence between all nations, but also educate the students on cultures and lifestyles which may be foreign to their own. These recordings are written in a manner that provides an educational experience to students of all ages and strikes interest for further inquiry into international topics.
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Teacher Resource Page
This page is dedicated to helping educators share ideas and resources for the teaching of Global Issues, Geography, Cultures, Languages, Politics, Economics and Ideas. If you have a powerpoint, website, lesson plan, etc. that you would like to post, please e-mail it to info@cincyworldaffairs.org, Attn: Teacher Resource Page.
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US Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program
The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) at the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council is the local leader in the US effort to involve citizens in international public diplomacy. Since 1964, our mission has been to build global understanding through designing and coordinating best-in-class international training, education and exchange programs.
We work in collaboration with the US State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, national program agencies and the National Council for International Visitors to implement the prestigious US Department of State, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). GCWAC custom-designs professional development programs for current and emerging world leaders who are selected by US embassies to come to the US/Greater Cincinnati to meet their professional counterparts to learn and exchange information and ideas about a specific topic, for example, Economic Development, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Journalism, Environmental Sustainability and NGO-Capacity Building.
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USAID Community Connections Program
The Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council was selected as the training organization to design and conduct the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Community Connections (CC) development program. The GCWAC designs the three week international training and exchange program. Leaders and professionals are invited to participate as guests of this USAID program from countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. USAID is the sponsor and funder of the CC Program and World Learning is the programming agent.
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Library of Congress Open World Program
The Open World Program is a distinctive, nonpartisan project of the US Congress. Its mission is to enhance understanding and capabilities for cooperation between the United States and the countries of Eurasia and the Baltic States by developing a network of leaders in the region who have gained significant, firsthand exposure to America's democratic, accountable government and its free-market system. Open World combines professional learning with people-to-people relationships. Leaders and professionals are invited to participate as guests of the program from countries like Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. Over 15,000 Open World participants have been hosted in all 50 US states since the program’s inception in 1999.
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