The Little Rock Workforce Development Board’s Executive Director, W. J. Monagle, is serving as host and point of contact for the U.S. State Department’s Professional Fellows program. The program is operated in Little Rock through a group called Global Ties Arkansas.
Mr. Seymur Valiyev from Azerbaijan is visiting Little Rock from October 18th through November 14.th He is an up and coming young professional in the field of youth development. He has attended local meetings and participated in job shadowing activities with local youth development professionals. Mr. Valiyev currently serves as Chairperson to the Bridge to the Future Youth Public Union, a national NGO established in April 2000 by youth initiative. The organization assists in the active participation of Azerbaijan’s youth, establishment of a healthy civil society, and youth representation of Azerbaijan on an international level. You may view his full bio here.
Mr. Monagle and the LRWDB are pleased to have introduced our visiting Fellow to initiatives that organizations within the City of Little Rock and immediate region have made toward youth development. We also appreciate the opportunity to learn about youth development efforts in Azerbaijan and around the world through the experiences of individuals like Seymur Valiyev. Thank you to all who make the U.S. State Department’s Professional Fellows program a success!