The International Cultural-Educational Association (ICEA) in partnership with the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC) has invited a group of Ukrainian mayors, municipal workers, architects and business owners to participate in a program to be conducted in San Francisco and will continue in Los Angeles California and Las Vegas, Nevada during June 24 – July 1, 2012. 


The objectives of this program are to introduce the delegation to: 


- American municipal system,


- the Mayors' Institute оf City Design,


- the Sister Cities International program, 


- the American cultural and historical heritage in relation to tourism. 


The following activities are planned for the program:

 
- visit the San Francisco Mayor's office, Business Economical and Public works Departments,


- meet with managers of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce,


- meet with the representatives of American Institute Architects, San Francisco Chapter,

-meet with local Ukrainian organizations.

Participants will learn about the innovations in American municipal system, development of local small businesses, and urban planning in American suburbs and large cities.

For more information contact Elena Seitz – ICEA Program Director

e-mail elenaseitz@hotmail.com phone (847) 477-7819

The International Cultural-Educational Association (ICEA) invited a group of Ukrainian municipal workers and business owners from the city of Melitopol, near Zaporishzha, to participate in a program that was conducted in Elizabeth, New Jersey and Washington D.C., during November 29-December 6, 2011. 

Members of Ukrainian delegation are Mayor of Melitopol – Sergiy Valter, Deputy Mayor of Melitopol – Valeriy Govorkov, Chief of International Business Development, Melitopol City Council – Iuliia Lysenko. They were interested in learning more about the American municipal system and the Sister Cities International program. Melitopol is looking at Elizabeth as a potential sister city. 


The program provided presentations and meetings hosted by collaborating local Ukrainian organizations and the Mayor’s office of Elizabeth, which provided opportunities to network and develop new business relationships. 


We are very grateful to the Elizabeth community leaders for meeting with the delegation from the Melitopol, Ukraine and arranging presentations and tours.

Our thanks to: 
Christian Bollwage – Mayor of Elizabeth; William Reyes- Director, Department of Planning and Community Development; Phyllis Reich – Public Participation Specialist, Department of Planning and Community Development; Bridget S. Zellner – Business Administrator; 
Carlos Carvalho – Superintendent of Public Works Department, Gordon F. Haas – Chief Executive Officer, Greater Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce. 


Ukrainian delegates had important meetings in Washington D.C. with Olexander Motsyk – Ambassador of Ukraine in the United States of America, Yuriy Romanchuk – First Secretary of Ukrainian Embassy; with Nadia K. McConnell – President US-Ukraine Foundation, Markian Bilynskyj – Vice President, Director of Kyiv Office Operations.
This is the third ICEA Program in partnership with the Association of Ukrainian Cities (www.auc.org.ua ) during 2011. 



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