New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council (NOCDC) facilitates professional and personal contacts with International leaders while in the New Orleans Area.

What is hosting a visitor?
The term “hosting” means bringing a visitor to your home for dinner, which allows the international visitor to join in the “American Experience.” The dinner can be a simple New Orleans meal such as red beans and rice, or as gourmet as you would like.

The purpose is to share a part of your life with the visitor, whatever your lifestyle may be. The only requirement is that hosts pick-up visitors from their hotel and bring them back after dinner.

More details here

2010	Country/ Region	Theme	Visitors
May 26-31	Indonesia	Arts and Music	1
June 5-10	Regional Project: Caribbean	Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery	15
June 9-12	Regional Project: Africa	Women as Political Leaders	9
June 10-15	Regional Project: East Asia	Livable Cities	7
June 12-16	Regional Project: Middle East and North Africa	Engaging Youth Through Music	12
June 13-16	Regional Project: Europe	The Role of Arts in Political and Social Commentary	8
June 26-30	China	Wetlands Management in the United States	10
July 13-17	Regional Project: Central and South Asia	NGO Management of Youth Programs	12
July 15-19	Regional Project: Southeast Asia	Watershed Management	5
July 29-August 3		Crisis Management
October 20-26	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Judicial Engagement Project	8
October TBD	Russia	University Administration of Service Learning Programs	6