Piura-Maryland Sister State Mission – October 2019
Piura-Maryland Sister State Mission – October 2019
The Maryland-Piura Sister States Committee will be traveling to Peru from October 9th to October 20th to forge initiatives in commerce, education, tourism, health, and other areas. This mission will be attended by Deputy Secretary of State, Luis Borunda.
The visit will include meetings with the Governor of Piura, Servando García Correa, other government officials, and mayors. Private, nonprofit, and civil society organizations will also contribute in exploring various opportunities for both Maryland and Piura.
In Callao, the Committee has planned a meeting with the Governor of Callao, Dante Mandrioti, to share their experience in citizen diplomacy, where citizens are the protagonists of change to strengthen partnerships at the international level.
In Lima, the Committee will meet Congressmen of Piura to exchange ideas on the mission, vision, and objectives of the Sister States Program in Perú.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and his then-counterpart in Piura Reynaldo Hilbck Guzmán signed on December 21, 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which was ratified in January by his successor Servando García Correa. The new board of the Maryland-Piura Sister Committee started its operations on June 2019.
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For more details, please visit https://www.marylandsisterstates.org/peru/
Misión del Comité Piura-Maryland – Octubre-2019
El Comité Maryland-Piura de la organización Sister States of Maryland Inc. viajará a Perú del 9 al 20 de octubre de este año para impulsar iniciativas de comercio, educación, turismo y salud, entre otros rubros. La misión la encabezará el Secretario de Estado Adjunto de Maryland, Luis Borunda.
La visita incluye reuniones con el gobernador de Piura, Servando García Correa, así como otros funcionaros y alcaldes. Las organizaciones privadas, sin fines de lucro y de la sociedad civil también contribuirán en la exploración de oportunidades para Maryland y Piura.
En el Callao, el Comité tiene prevista una visita al gobernador del Callao, Dante Mandrioti, para compartir sus experiencias sobre la diplomacia ciudadana, en la que los ciudadanos son los protagonistas del cambio para el fortalecimiento de las relaciones a nivel internacional.
El gobernador de Maryland, Larry Hogan, y en ese entonces su contraparte en Piura, Reynaldo Hilbck Guzmán, suscribieron el 21 de diciembre del 2018 un Memorándum de Entendimiento que fue ratificado en enero de este año por su sucesor Servando García Correa. La nueva junta directiva del Comité Maryland-Piura comenzó sus funciones en junio de este año.
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Para mayores detalles visite: https://www.marylandsisterstates.org/peru/
Links/Enlaces:
- Peru’s Piura Region nominated as candidate for Maryland Sister State Program (1)
- MD y Perú buscan hermanamiento
- UMBC and Peru’s Universidad de Piura establish academic collaboration (UMBC, 6 de julio, 2017)
- Se suscribió Convenio de Hermanamiento entre la Región Piura y el Estado de Maryland (Gobierno Perú, 2 de Enero, 2019)
- En marcha convenio entre región de Perú y MD (El Tiempo Latino, julio 2019)
CAPTIONS/ PICTURES
- Peru Naval Attaché to the United States, Navy Rear Adm. Jorge Zegarra, and Deputy Secretary of State of Maryland, Luis Borunda, in a meeting in August Annapolis.
- Piura-Maryland Committee Chairman, Santiago Távara; Admiral Zegarra, Deputy Secretary Borunda, and Alex Zunca, Latin American Volunteer Liason of the Secretary of State, and Chairman of Security and Social Service Subcommittee, Piura Committee, in a meeting in July in Annapolis.
- Jaime Ayosa, Manager of International Cooperation Area. Regional Government of Piura, in a videoconference in Annapolis with Maryland Secretary of State, John Wobensmith, Deputy Secretary Borunda, and members of the Piura-Maryland Committee in Annapolis.
- Piura-Maryland Board members with Deputy Secretary Borunda in a reception in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in July.
- Deputy Secretary Borunda in a reception with Piura-Maryland Committee in July.
- Secretary Wobensmith and Deputy Secretary Borunda in a past visit to the Embassy of Peru in Washington. Behind, a bust of Peru’s greatest Naval Hero, born in Piura, Miguel Grau.
- Deputy Secretary Borunda (right) in a reception in July organized by the Piura-Maryland Commmittee. From left to right, Santiago Távara, Committee Chairman; Isabel Acosta, Vice Chair and Tourism Subcommittee Chairwoman, and Lucia Zegarra, Health and Environment Subcommittee Chairwoman.
- Deputy Secretary Borunda in a reception in July organized by the Piura-Maryland Committee.
- Mary “Mendy” Nitsch, Director of International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of State, and Culture Subcommittee Chairwoman, Dayan Aldana.
- Reception in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in July. Ms. Nitsch and Piura Maryland Committee members.
- Maryland-Piura Committee board members.
- Maryland-Piura Committee board members and volunteers.
- Chairman Távara, Ms. Nitsch, Peruvian Consul General, Ambassador Gloria Lissette Nalvarte; and Vice Chair Acosta.
- Group picture. Maryland-Piura Committee board members and volunteers.
- Meeting in July, Sister States Inc. Board.
- Isabel Acosta, Vice Chair
- Deputy Secretary Luis Borunda, Chairman Tavara and Adm. Zegarra, in a meeting in August in Annapolis.
- Chairman Tavara in a reception in July in Gaithersburg. Left, General Consul Nalvarte
- Secretary Wobensmith and Deputy Secretary Borunda in a videoconference in September in Annapolis with Ayosa. Left, Chairman Tavara, right, Retired Major General Oscar de Jesús Reto Otero. Front, Ms. Nitsch and Assistant Director of International Affairs, Katie Jannotta.
- Deputy Secretary Borunda shakes hands with new Chairman Tavara in June. Left, Ms. Nitch, right, Ms. Jannotta.