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International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)
Promoting a deeper understanding of the political, social, economic and cultural diversity of the United States.
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Our Programs
Promoting a deeper understanding of the political, social, economic and cultural diversity of the United States.
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Since 1940, more than 200,000 visitors have interacted with Americans through the International Visitor Leadership Program. IVLP annually brings approximately 5,000 international visitors from around the world to the United States to meet and confer with their professional counterparts.
The international visitors are current or potential leaders in government, politics, the media, education, the arts, business and other key fields. Alumni of the program include more than 335 former Chiefs of State or Heads of Government, who proudly call themselves IVLP alumni.
The IVLP is organized within the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and operates under the authority of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961.
Learn more on the IVLP page on the State Department website or follow @StateIVLP on Twitter.
In October 2021, Cultural Vistas will celebrate its tenth anniversary of becoming a National Program Agency selected to facilitate the IVLP. This program has created an exciting opportunity for our nonprofit to apply its wealth of experience towards programming short-term visits and exchange opportunities between international and American professionals.
Some of our Cultural Vistas’ previous IVLP participants have met with the following organizations and representatives:
In February 2015, Cultural Vistas created a documentary to celebrate the program’s 75th anniversary.
A year later, in February 2016, we celebrated our 1,000th IVLP visitor.
All IVLP participants are selected and nominated annually by American Foreign Service Officers at U.S. Embassies around the world.