Friday, March 30, 2012 "Coffee Customs & Tea Traditions from Around the World" -with international ethnic fashion show  & welcome a 15-member young professional delegation from Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia at the Inverness Club of Toledo (4601 Dorr St. Toledo, OH 43615)

11:00AM Networking with international guests

11:30AM Buffet brunch

12:30pm Program: introduction of the European guests and international ethnic fashion show

Tickets: $30.00

Seats are limited and advance ticket purchase is required. Please buy your tickets by March 1, 2012. 

For tickets please call Elizabeth Balint at GLC Office, or send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

(The international guests are visiting on a professional fellowship program in NW Ohio: "Citizens Legislative Advocacy in Minority Communities"sponsored by the U.S. State Department Educational and Cultural Affairs), organized by the Great Lakes Consortium. 

Welcome a 6-member delegation from Kyrgyztan in NW Ohio from March 9-17, 2012 sponsored by the Open World program. Participants are interested in "Accountable Governance: Economic Development & Innovation". If you are interested to meet this delegation, become a host family (for 8 nights) or participate in public events, please contact GLC at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Welcome a 15-member delegation from Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia from March 28, 2012 (tentative) to NW Ohio sponsored by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Professional Fellows Program participants are interested in "Citizens Legislative Advocacy in Minority Communities". European fellows will travel around the US (in 5 states) to meet with their counterparts and have joint workshops, discussion, consultancy, plus they will have 3-week internships before they re-unite in Washington, D.C. at the U. S. State Department "Professional Fellows Congress" in early May. As part of this exchange US mentors will travel to Europe in July for a 3-week program working with program alumni presenting workshops and assisting with consultation. 

10-year anniversary celebration of GLC and Tanzania working successfully together in November 2011

Great Lakes Consortium for International Training and Development (GLC), Lourdes University and the World Affairs Council of Northwest Ohio (WAC-NWO) presented “Experience Tanzania” program and celebrate 10 years of GLC and Tanzania working successfully together on Saturday, November 5^th, 2011 at the Franciscan Center Conference Room of Lourdes University (6832 Convent Boulevard, Sylvania, OH 43560). This event was FREE and OPEN to the Public.

For more information and event flyer click here

For Tanzania website go to www.artistsoftanzania.org

Visual Arts Intiative Exhibition in Tanzania, East Africa in July 2011

Visual artists from the U.S. entered to an exhibition sponsored through a grant by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs that was held in Tanzania, East Africa during July 2011. Facilitating this visual arts project and exhibition is an important way to foster goodwill, engage foreign audiences, and provide insight into American culture and values.This program was let by Martin Nagy with great success in Tanzania.

If you interested to see our VAI-TZ prospectus click here

For more information about VAI_TZ and Visual Art Entries click here

Delegation from Northern Caucasus Federal District of Russia participating in 3-weeks program in NW Ohio on  "The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises in Community Development"

Professional program for a 10-member delegation from the Republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia of Russia in NW Ohio from February 17 to March 10, 2011.

Program was sponsored by USAID Community Connection Program with the World Learning as programming agent, locally organized by GLC. If you are interested to host one or more guests during these three weeks in your home and/or participate in Welcoming Reception, please contact Elizabeth Balint at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Volunteer Professional Internship Opportunity - On-line!

(Starting December 2011)

GLC is accepting applications for volunteer internship. Students or community partners who already have experience or interested to gain experience in international training and development activities (incl. event planning and organization, coordination of international visitor programs, grant research and grant writing, global and local communication, web-update, documentation, PR and media connection) please contact Elizabeth Balint at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will tailor your activities to your interest. You can work from home but having a skype connection is a plus.