Results are Tagged with "Sports Visitor Program"
I Call the Shots! - Sports Diplomacy Empowers Female Referees
Fourteen female basketball officials from Mexico joined counterparts in the U.S. for professional development and women’s empowerment workshops.
Virtual Sports Visitor Program Connects Coaches and Administrators from Ten Countries
Last month, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division hosted a virtual Sports Visitor Program (SVP) with participation from approximately 60 soccer coaches and sports administrators from ten countries including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Burma, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Israel, and Nicaragua.
International Sports Delegates from Belgium Visit the U.S.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division brought 12 adaptive martial arts coaches and administrators to the U.S. from Belgium for the Sports Visitor Program.
Sports Diplomacy: Kazakhstan Boxing
A delegation of 12 Kazakhstani boxers and trainers traveled to the United States to visit community boxing programs and the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Sports Visitor Program Promotes Disability Rights
State Department and U.S. Embassy Brasilia focused its Sports Visitor program on people with disabilities.
Mobility International USA – Armenia
Mobility International USA (MIUSA) collaborates with Armenians partners to conduct a two-way exchange program to expand opportunities for youth with disabilities to engage in sports.
Sports Visitors to China Focus on Underserved Populations, Youth with Disabilities
The University of Montana conducted a two-way exchange between participants from the U.S. and China to share best practices, as well as receive training in project management and development.
Middle Eastern Soccer Coaches Team-Up for Sports Exchange in the U.S.
Organized alongside the excitement of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Sports Diplomacy hosted a Sports Visitor soccer program for coaches from Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen.
Sports Diplomacy Celebrates Soccer Diplomacy at the 2014 World Cup
Sports Diplomacy sponsors soccer programs all over the world that help bring people from different cultures together on the field to share their love of the beautiful game.
Empowering Women and Girls through Sports: When Final Four Is Only the Start
On April 6, the first annual UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace synced with the midpoint of the U.S. Department of State's 2014 NCAA Women’s Final Four Basketball Program, a flagship multi-nation sports visitor program, administered under the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative.