Date: 01/31/2005

According to Peter Sterlacci, director of International Leadership Programs for International and Extended Studies, IES has launched a six-month training program in business and public administration for 28 government officials from Hunan Province in China. The delegation, which will be at SJSU until July, will participate in lectures on various topics, including public policy, urban economic development, public finance and budgeting, international business, human resource management, e-government and e-commerce. They will also visit government offices and industry in San José and throughout the Bay Area. This is the third delegation of officials from Hunan since 2003 to participate in the program at SJSU. Contact Sterlacci at psterlacci@profdev.sjsu.edu.