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UPCOMING EVENTS- 2026

 - May 29-June 29 – Professional Fellows Program, to be partnered with mentors; from
Armenia, Georgia, Poland
ï‚· - June 26-July 1 – Agricultural Innovation and Technology, as part of the America 250
celebration, from 6 countries (to be determined), staying at a hotel
ï‚· - July 1-7 – The U.S. Constitution’s Enduring Legacy, America 250; Freedom 250, from 6
countries to be determined, staying at a hotel
ï‚· - July 16-23 – Open World, Members of Parliament, from Serbia, staying with host families

 

PAST EVENTS 

ï‚· - March 13-April 11 – YSEALI, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative; Cambodia, Indonesia,
Timor Leste, and Vietnam; stayed with host families
ï‚· - February 5-12 – Open World, Members of Parliament, Project for Tajikistan,
stayed with host families
ï‚· - November 7-15 – Open World, Modern Mining Operations, Project for Tajikistan,
stayed with host families
ï‚· - October 10- 17 – Open World, Members of Parliament, Project for Papua New Guinea;
stayed with host families
ï‚· - September 13 - October 6   -- YTILI, Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative,
Hungary, Latvia, North Macedonia, and Slovenia; stayed at a downtown hotel
ï‚· -September 17-21 -- International Visitor Leadership Program for Edward R. Murrow
Journalists, Investigative Reporting, with emerging leaders from Austria, Belgium, Latvia,
Norway, Poland, Romania, and Serbia
ï‚· - September 19-October 20 – Professional Fellows Program, Armenia, Moldova, Türkiye,
and Ukraine; staying with a Host family
ï‚· - September 24-30 -- International Visitor Leadership Program for We the People: The
Enduring Global Legacy of the U.S. Constitution, with participants from Algeria, Burundi,
Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Indonesia, and Panama
ï‚· - September 26- October 25 -- YSEALI, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, Indonesia
and Thailand; staying with a Host family
ï‚· - October 10-17 -- Open World, Members of Parliament Project for Papua New Guinea;
staying with host families
ï‚· - August 2-6, 2025 – International Visitor Leadership Program for Advancing Economic
Prosperity: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, with emerging leaders

from Comoros, Egypt, Ghana, India, Italy, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, and
Uzbekistan
ï‚·-  May 15-20, 2025 – International Visitor Leadership Program for Disaster Preparedness
and Emergency Management, Kyrgyzstan
ï‚· - March 7-15, 2025 -- Open World from Vietnam, Parliamentary Staffers, (Staying with
host families)
ï‚· - March 16-20, 2025 -- for Little Rock and Bentonville, International Visitor Leadership
Program on Binational Tourism, Japan

Programs We Host
 

 YSEALI : Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative

YSEALI/PFP is a U.S. Department of State initiative. This too is a month-long homestay within the community in a family home.  This individual works with businesses or other mentors for one month. It is, in effect, an immersion in entrepreneurship.  It is focused on business, agriculture, and more.  There is a reciprocal exchange with the mentor if the project developed is chosen.

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Several of our Fellowship hosts have been chosen as a reciprocal programming recipient.  This means they were able to travel to their Fellow’s country to help set up a special project developed while in Arkansas.​​

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Open World: Ukraine Visits Little Rock​

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