Tonight, Richmond City Council will receive and welcome a visiting delegation from the west African country of the Republic of Mali. The delegation will include six members of the country’s government who are in Richmond for the day as part of a government training program sponsored by the Institute for Global Training,...
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
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COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, 10 May 2010
Council to welcome visiting delegation from Republic of Mali during Formal Council Meeting tonight
WHAT Tonight, Richmond City Council will receive and welcome a visiting delegation from the west African country of the Republic of Mali. The delegation will include six members of the country’s government who are in Richmond for the day as part of a government training program sponsored by the Institute for Global Training, USAID in Washington D.C. and are being show state and local government by the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center’s Virginia Institute of Government. The group (which will include a French-English speaking interpreter) will include:
Republic of Mali
Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Affairs of Mali
• SME. General Kafougouna Kone Kone, Minister of Territorial Administration and Local Affairs
• Mr. Boubacar Diarra, Chief of Staff, Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Affairs
• Mr. Adama Sissouma, National Director, National Direction of Territorial Affairs (DNCT)
• Mr. Ibrahima Sylla, Technical Advisor, Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Affairs (MATCL)
Ministry of Education of Mali
• Mr. Abou Diarra, Director of Decentralization, Division of the Ministry of Education
• Mr. Bakary Casimir Coulibaly,National Director of Secondary Education
And USAID/Mali
Mr. Yacouba Konate/Good Governance Team
Mr. Ibrahima Sissoko/Education Team
Institute for Global Training
(Host organization and primary contact)
Mohamed Coulibaly, President
Virginia Institute of Government of the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center
Tedd Povar, Associate Director
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Having no relation to this visit, Richmond has a Sister Cities partnership with the city of Segou in the Republic of Mali.
WHEN During first part of Richmond City Council Formal Meeting
Monday, 10 May 2010
6:00-8:00p.m.
WHERE Richmond City Council Chambers, Richmond City Hall, 2nd floor;
900 E. Broad Street
CONTACT For more information, please contact Steve Skinner, Council Public Information Manager, 804.646.6052 (office);335.4054 (mobile); 937.1386 (home/mobile) or skinnesr@ci.richmond.va.us (email)
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