The Downtown Topeka Rotary Club is hosting the delegation for Open World. Managed by the independent Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress, Open World enables emerging Eurasian political and civic leaders to work with their U.S. counterparts and experience American-style democracy at the local level. 

Missed our meeting?  Watch it here.

While in Topeka, the delegates have visited local businesses and government entities, including the Kansas State Capitol, the Topeka City Council, the Topeka Water Plant and Stormont Vail Regional Medical Facility.

The Open World Leadership Center has awarded a grant to AED, the Academy for Educational Development, to administer this and similar exchanges in 2011.

The Open World Program is a unique, nonpartisan initiative of the U.S. Congress designed to build mutual understanding between the United States and Eurasia. Over 16,000 Open World participants have been hosted in all 50 U.S. states since the program’s inception in 1999. Delegates range from members of parliament to mayors, from innovative nonprofit directors to experienced journalists, and from political party activists to regional administrators.

 The weekly program, including the presentation by the Russian group can be seen below. 

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