OPEN WORLD PROGRAM
Sponsored by:
Open World Leadership Center
WOMEN ASPOLITICAL
LEADERS OF RUSSIA
JULY 14 - 22, 2007
AGENDA
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Vital Voices Global PartnershipAgenda
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Yelena IvanovaTatyana Karpova
Yelena KazakovaNatalya Merkulova
Tatyana MelnikovaNatalya Orlova
Irina ShakhovaYelena Selkova
Olga TikhonovaYana Yemelyanova
Vital Voices Global Partnership
Tanya Woynarowsky
1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 620
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 861-2625, x- 3027
Fax: (202) 861-4290
Emergency/Cell Phone Number: (973) 441-4742
Administered by
American Councils for International Education – ACTR/ACCELS
Vital Voices believes in the transformative value of women’s participation in society. We invest in emerging women leaders – pioneers of economic, political, and social advancement in their countries – and build the capabilities, connections, and credibility these women need to unlock their potential as catalysts of global progress. Vital Voices identifies and convenes women around the world in a powerful network to enable them to share knowledge and best practices, form innovative partnerships, recognize their impact, and cultivate ongoing professional support. Vital Voices leadership development programs focus on three key areas that we believe have the greatest impact for sustainable social change: generating economic opportunities, expanding political participation, and protecting human rights.
Saturday, July 14th
7:45 amParticipants hotel checkout and storage of their luggage in preparation for weekend stay at host family
8:00 – 9:00 amBus picks up at hotel and transports to White House Visitor Center
Purpose: All tours are significantly enhanced if visitors stop by the White House Visitor Center before the tour. The Center features many aspects of the White House, including its architecture, furnishings, first families, social events, and relations with the press and world leaders, as well as a thirty-minute video.
9:00 - 9:45 amTour of the White House(See White House Area Map on page 13)
(Photo ID required)The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
Visitors Office: 202-456-2121
10:00 amBus picks up at White House and transports to hotel:
11:00 amHost Family Pickup
Families pickup delegates at hotel
Embassy Suites Hotel
1250 22nd Street NW
Washington,D.C.20037
Tel:(202) 857-3388
Fax:(202) 785-2411
Sunday, July 15Host Family Return
7:00 pmFamilies return delegates to hotel
Embassy Suites Hotel
1250 22nd Street NW
Washington,D.C.20037
Tel:(202) 857-3388
Fax:(202) 785-2411
Monday, July16
Sessions will be held at
Embassy Suites- Wine Room
1250 22nd Street NW
Washington,D.C.20037
Tel:(202) 857-3388
9:00 - 9:45 amWelcoming Session
Melanne Verveer, Co-Founder and Chairman, Vital Voices
Tanya Woynarowsky, Program Officer, Central and Eastern, Vital Voices
9:45– 10:30amVital Voices’ Response to Human Trafficking Violence Against Women
Wenchi Yu Perkins, New York Office Representative & Human Rights Program Director, Vital Voices
Purpose: To learn innovative approaches to this important issue, showcasing Vital Voices’ approach in the U.S., Russia and elsewhere in the world andto share new knowledge and resources.
10:30 - 10:45amBreak
10:45 – 11:45 amUS Government Funding Opportunities
Ruth Pojman, Senior Anti-trafficking Advisor for the
Europe and Eurasia (E&E) Bureau, USAID
Purpose: To learn about the US Government's interest in supporting women's programs in Russia, including USAID and Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons.
12:00 pmLunchat hotel
1:00 – 1:45 pmGlobal Leadership Network
Alyse Nelson Bloom,Vice President and Senior Program Director, Global Leadership Network, Vital Voices
Purpose: To introduce Vital Voices Global Leadership Network, the benefits of joining the network, and the purpose of the network.
2:00 pmBus picks up from hoteland transports to:
(Photo ID required)Maryland's Secretary of State
Jeffery Building, First Floor Conference Room
16 Francis Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel: 410-260-3865
3:00 - 4:45pmOffice of the Secretary of State- Annapolis, MD
Jean Hitchcock, Secretary of Appointments,
Office of the Secretary of State
Mendy Nitsch, Acting Director of International Affairs,
Office of the Secretary of State
Patricia Harrison, Visitor Program Coordinator for Maryland,
General Assembly Visitors Office
Purpose: To learn about state government.
The Office of the Secretary of State is responsible for carrying out international functions on behalf of the Office of the Governor. The functions fall under one of two divisions in the International Affairs Office; the Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs and the Maryland Sister States Program. The objective of the subcabinet is to encourage open communication and collaboration among state government agencies. It convenes on a regular basis for the purpose of developing, evaluating, and coordinating a cohesive international strategy to enhance the State’s competitiveness and stature in the global market place and international arena.
4:45 pmBus picks up and transfers toPusser's Landing Restaurant for Dinner
5:00 - 6:15pmDinner at Pusser's Landing Restaurant
80 Compromise St
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 626-0004
6:15 pmWalk down to pier with staff escort
Schooner Woodwind at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel
80 Compromise St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel.: (410) 263-7837
6:30 – 8:30pmAnnapolis Skyline Sunset Sailboat Tour
8:30pmBus picks up from Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel and transports to hotel
Tuesday, July 17
8:30 amWalk to Vital Voices with staff escort
9:00 - 11:00 amAdvocacy Training
Stephenie Foster, Strategic Planning Trainer
Purpose: Create the context so that your advocacy goal is more likely to succeed in order to influence policy.
11:00 - 11:15 amBreak
11:15 – 12:45 pmFundraising
Melissa Peterson Smith, Associate Director of Development, Vital Voices
Purpose: To explain fundraising and show how it can be used by both business and private sectors when trying to raise funds for a cause.
12:45 – 1:00 pmBreak
1:00 – 3:30pm
(Catered Lunch)Leadership Training
Dr. Karen Otazo, Global Executive Coach and author of “The Truth About Managing Your Careers” and “The Truth About Being a Leader”
Purpose: Global training techniques to help women advance in the workforce and become competent leaders.
3:30 - 3:45pmBreak
3:45 – 4:45pmEffective Communications: Strategies for Delivering Your Message to Your Audience
Mary Yerrick, Principal, Primetime Solutions, Inc. and Board Co-Chair and Co-Founder, Vital Voices
Purpose: To expose participants to communication methods and tools to effectively influence target audience.
4:45 pmBus picks up and transports to hotel
5:45 pmBus picks up from hoteland transports to
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
6:00-8:00 pmKennedy Center Millennium Stage- The Wiyos Performance
The Wiyos are a Brooklyn-based trio comprised of three vocalists who use the washboard, harmonica, kazoo, guitar, and upright bass to play old-time American music—vaudevillian ragtime blues, early swing, jugband, and country.
8:00 pmBus picks up from Kennedy Center and transports back to hotel
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
9:00 amBus picks up from hotel and transports to
The League of Women Voters
1730 M Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036-4508
Tel.: (202) 429-1965
9:30 – 10:30 amZaida Arguedas, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Global Democracy Programs, The League ofWomen Voters
Pilar Velásquez,Global Democracy Specialist, The League of Women Voters
Purpose:To learn about some of the major public policy issues affecting the U.S. and how educating the public can influencing policy and make democracy work for all.
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League's enduring vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels.
10:30 amBus picks up and transports to the
National Women's Political Caucus
1003 K Street NW, Suite 637
Washington, DC 20001
11:00 – 1:30 pm Women’s Political Participation in the U.S
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(Catered Lunch) Clare Giesen, Executive Director, The National Women's Political Caucus
Purpose: To discuss the important role of women in politics and the challenges, achievements and progress made and discuss future methods of increasing women’s political participation worldwide.
The National Women's Political Caucus is a multicultural, intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process and creating a true women’s political power base to achieve equality for all women. NWPC recruits, trains and supports pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government regardless of party affiliation. In addition to financial donations, the Caucus offers campaign training for candidates and campaign managers, as well as technical assistance and advice. State and local chapters provide support to candidates running for all levels of office by helping raise money and providing crucial hands-on volunteer assistance.
1:30 pmBus picks up and transports to
IFES
1101 15th Street NW, 3rd Fl.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: (202) 350-6700
2:00 – 3:00 pmAnthony Bowyer, Program Manager, Central Asia/Caucasus,IFES
Purpose: To learn howIFES has been instrumental in developing democracies around the world and discuss past and future projects in Russia.
IFES is a nonprofit democracy development organization that works to give people a voice in the way that they are governed. Formerly the International Foundation for Election Systems, IFES is the world’s premiere election assistance organization, providing countries with the technical advice and tools they need to run democratic elections. Our work is nonpartisan and also includes projects that help citizens to participate in their democracies, increase politicians’ accountability to the electorate and strengthen government institutions.
3:00 pmBus picks up and transports to City Hall
The John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 404
Washington, D.C. 20004
Tel.: (202) 724-8105
3:30-4:30 pmMeeting with Councilmember Carol Schwartz
Purpose: To understand state and local relations and citizen participation in city government.
Councilmember Schwartz assumed chairmanship of the Committee on Workforce Development and Government Operations on Wednesday, January 3, 2007. The Committee on Workforce Development and Government Operations is responsible for matters related to elections, campaign finance, general services, personnel, including employee appeals and general administration of the government of the District of Columbia; maintenance of public buildings, employment and manpower development, property management, including the declaration of government property as no longer required for public purposes, human rights; federal grants management; government procurement; matters related to the general operations and services of government; workforce development issues; and concerns of the aging.
4:30 pmBus picks up and transports to hotel
6:00 pmBus picks up and transports to home of Nancy Folger forWelcome Reception
Nancy Folger Residence
2918 33rd Place, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: (202) 338-3860
8:00 pmBus picks up and transports to hotel
Thursday, July 19
8:30 amBus picks up at hotel and transports to the
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th Street Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20230
9:00 -10:00 amPhilip H. de Leon, Director, USFCS/BISNIS, Department of Commerce
Purpose:
BISNIS is the U.S. Government's primary market information center for U.S. companies exploring export and investment opportunities in Russia and Eurasia. BISNIS provides U.S. companies with the latest market reports and tips on developments, export and investment leads, and strategies for doing business in Russia and Eurasia. Since opening in 1992, BISNIS has facilitated more than $4.5 billion worth of U.S. exports and overseas investments.
10:00 amBus picks up and transports to
National Democratic Institute
2030 M Street, NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20036-3306
Tel: (202)728-5500
10:30am – 12:00pm National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Gabriella Borovsky, Women’s Political Participation Team, NDI
Laura Jewett, Senior Advisor for the Eurasia Team
Chris Speckhard, Russia Program Officer, NDI Alison Paul, Program Officer on the Governance Team, NDI
Purpose: To learn more about the programs and projects NDI is engaged in throughout Russia and the world. Specifically to learn more about the local governance, women's political participation, democratic government, and citizen participation programs.
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide. Calling on a global network of volunteer experts, NDI provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and institutions. NDI works with democrats in every region of the world to build political and civic organizations, safeguard elections, and to promote citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.
12:00 pmBus picks up and transports to Clyde's Restaurant
12:00-2:00 pmLunch at Clyde's of Gallery Place
707 7th St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 349-3700
2:00 pmBus picks up and transports to
Georgetown University Law Center
Workplace Flexibility 2010
600 New Jersey Ave NW, Rm. 340
Washington, DC 20001-2022
2:30 – 3:30 pm Flexibility in the Workplace
Kathleen Corrigan, Co-Director, Workplace Flexibility 2010
Purpose: To learn about how Workplace Flexibility 2010 was formed, how it works and how public policy can support workplace flexibility for women and employees in general. As well as to share some information on the private sector.
Workplace Flexibility 2010 is a campaign to support the development of a comprehensive national policy on workplace flexibility at the federal, state and local levels. The vision of Workplace Flexibility 2010 is an American workplace where viable flexibility options, benefiting employers and employees alike, are the standard. Workplace Flexibility 2010 believes that social change occurs best through a combination of voluntary action and government action. The American workplace is a complex, constantly changing, and rich human environment. We believe the best policy approach to workplace flexibility must therefore combine thoughtful and careful government regulation, robust voluntary and individualized efforts by employers, and governmental support of innovative voluntary efforts.
3:30 pmBus picks up and transports to
Emily’s List
1120 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: (202) 326-1400
4:00 – 5:00 pmSusan Markham, Campaign Corps Director,Emily’s List
Purpose: To learn how Emily’s List was formed, how it works on the national and grassroots levels, and to discuss ways in which their techniques might be applicable in Russia to women political candidates.
EMILY's List, the nation's largest grassroots political network, is dedicated to electing Democratic women to federal, state, and local office. The network comprises over 85,000 Americans - from all across the country and all walks of life - committed to recruiting and funding viable women candidates; helping them build and run effective campaign organizations; and mobilizing women voters to help elect progressive candidates across the nation.
5:00 pmBus picks up and transports to hotel
5:45 pmBus picks up from hotel and transports to
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
6:00-8:00 pmKennedy Center Millennium Stage- Ecuador’s Jazz Envoys
Ecuador’s Jazz Envoys blends the indigenous sounds of the group’s homeland with jazz to create a unique groove. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Ecuador.
8:00 pmBus picks up from Kennedy Center and transports back to hotel
Friday, July 20
7:30 amWalk to Vital Voices with staff escort
8:00 – 9:00 amWorking with the Media to tell Compelling Stories
Kevin Corke, News Correspondent, NBC Network News
Purpose: Participants will learn about ways to work with the media in order to publicize their stories and help promote their issues.
9:15 amBus picks up at Vital Voices and transports to
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
1025 F Street NW, Suite 800
Washington DC, 20004
Tel.: (202) 378-9700
9:30 – 10:30 amDr. Nadia M. Diuk, Senior Director, Europe and Eurasia,
National Endowment for Democracy
Purpose: Central and Eastern Europe continued to be plagued by political instability, inter-ethnic tension, and economic problems. The participants will learn about NED, their projects in the region and discuss efforts that citizens of Russia can take to reform their political and economic systems.
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. The Endowment is governed by an independent, nonpartisan board of directors. With its annual congressional appropriation, it makes hundreds of grants each year to support prodemocracy groups in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union.
10:30amBus picks up at NED and transports to
Vital Voices
10:45 – 1:30 amProven Strategies for Transparency and Accountability,
(Catered Lunch) Decentralization and Financial Management
Pamela Gomez, Project Leader of the Open Budget Initiative, International Budget Program, Center on Budget and PolicyPriorities
1:30 pmBus picks up at Vital Voices and transfers to
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States Senate
476 Russell Senate Office Building, Room 476
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4451
2:00 – 3:00pm Tour of the United States Capitol Building
3:00 pmBus picks up and transfers to
Voice of America
330 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20237-0004
3:30 - 5:00 pmOn Camera!
George Mackenzie, External Relations, Voice of America (Tour)
William Skundrich, Russian Service Chief, Voice of America(Interview)
Purpose: To give the participants real practice with interviewing on camera and to speak about women’s issues.
5:00 pmBus picks up at Voice of America and transfers to hotel
6:00 pmBus picks up and transfers to Lauriol Plaza for Dinner
6:30 - 8:30 pmCelebration Dinner at Lauriol Plaza,
1835 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-0035
8:30 pmWalk to hotel with staff escort
Saturday, July 21
10:00 - 11:00 am Breakfast Meeting
Feedback, Evaluations
Tanya Woynarowsky, Program Officer, Vital Voices Global Partnership
11:00 amBus picks up at hotel and transport to Tysons Corner Mall with staff escort
10:30 am – 6:30 pmShopping/Lunch
6:30 pmBus picks up and transports to hotel
Evening free
Sunday, July 22
8:30 amBus picks up and transports to Reagan Washington National Airportwith staff escort
White House Area Map
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