Vermont Council on World Affairs
This past year the Vermont Council on World Affairs welcomed 226 international visitors to Vermont through the international visitor programs and other custom programs. From our local network of partners and professional meeting hosts, we coordinated 117 professional meetings last year between our visiting leaders and Vermonters from around the state. Through our speaker and Ambassador Series, we have hosted 27 speakers discussing important topics ranging from relations on the Korean Peninsula to the relationship between the United States and Albania.
Economic.
As we bring visitors from around the world to Vermont through our programming, we have created millions of dollars in economic impact and continue to look for ways to grow this impact.
Education.
We promote cross-cultural competencies through public forums, dialogue, and engagement. Our events and programs provide community members with unique opportunities to foster long-standing business and personal relationships while working towards a more vibrant, diverse, globally-conscious, and prosperous community. These exchanges also aim to equip emerging leaders with skills to solve increasingly complex challenges facing our interconnected world.
Diplomacy.
As 802 Diplomats, we advance diplomatic relations in Vermont and around the world through our local network of volunteer partners and meeting hosts. Our programs also enhance our national interests by building relationships with international leaders in various fields and providing opportunities for visitors to experience American culture firsthand.
Addressing the issues that matter.
Each year the VCWA welcomes hundreds of international visitors from around the world to Vermont. The result? An exchange of ideas that prepares communities around Vermont and the world to address today’s most pressing issues.
The Vermont Council on World Affairs invites you to review our 2021 Annual Report. Learn more about our work’s local and global impact by clicking our report below.
“This organization you’re running is the neatest, most educational, most personally expansive and rewarding of any organization I’ve been involved with, and there’ve been a ton.”
-Don McIntyre, VCWA Member