From Miami to the Mile High City: My YLAI Experience

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Alejandro and the other Denver-based YLAI fellows had the opportunity to visit Vail

Alejandro Carbonell is a young entrepreneur from Panama who was selected to attend the 2016 Young Leaders of the America’s Initiative (YLAI) pilot program by the U.S. Department of State. This presidential initiative supports social and business entrepreneurs from across Latin America and the Caribbean. Here are some of his reflections on his experience attending this prestigious U.S.-based exchange. Written March 11, 2016  After a short flight from Panama, and a very long wait in Miami’s Airport, I finally went through the door, looking for some sort of sign that I could recognize of the YLAI program. Instead I saw two...

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Meridian bids farewell to veteran Arrivals Officer Paula Manganelli

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Paula Manganelli (center in pink) poses with Professional Exchange Division colleagues.

For all these years she has been our mainstay, And she has done it in her lovely, quiet way So miss her we will, but we know you’re not far away. We’re happy for you — you can relax every day. Thank you Paula, for your kindness to us. That’s it.  That’s all.  What’s more to discuss? Meridian International Center Program Officers in the room greeted the farewell couplets with applause and laughter as Paula Manganelli, the guest of honor, sat by smiling. Paula retired last month after over 30 years of experience scheduling arrivals for Meridian’s Professional Exchange Division....

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To Go Far, Go Together

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Global Partnerships Week official launch was held on Monday, March 7, 2016

From March 7-13, 2016, we recognize, participate, and celebrate public-private partnerships (PPPs) during the annual Global Partnerships Week (GPW). With an all-day kickoff held at the United States Institute of Peace on Monday, March 7, 2016, public and private organizations were able to convene to recognize the critical role PPPs play in today’s world. As a team member of GlobalConnect, I’ve come to recognize the value each program brings not only for new opportunities given to participants, but the long-term partnerships that come out of them. GlobalConnect’s clientele varies from U.S. government agencies to non-profits organizations to private companies....

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Top 5 Tips for Best P3s

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Effective global leaders need to understand and cultivate public private partnerships for sustainable outcomes.

Public Private Partnership : a government service or private business venture that is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. Whether in Washington or around the world, many are justifiably weary of the term. We hear it frequently. It is thrown around as a “catch all” term, but has no intrinsic value; it is simply a descriptor. The marker of a public private partnership is attached to all manner of initiatives from the electric grid to highways and job training. PPPs, as they are dubbed in the alphabet soup of Washington,...

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