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ACWA Interviews Netherlands' Raes on WZIP 88.1 FM

by Jane Walker Snider, ACWA Executive Director

WZIP's Community Concern Program

Saturday, March 6 @ 12:30 p.m.
- or -
Sunday, March 7 @ 12:30 p.m.

Dr. Stephan Raes, Head of Economic Department, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington, D.C., will discuss the U.S./Netherlands relationship today as well as some challenges specific to his country:

• Sustainability, water and energy. Since the Katrina and Rita hurricanes in New Orleans, cooperation in both water management and clean energy has progressed. Some 70% of the Dutch live below sea level, generating ongoing initiatives with application for the U.S. and other countries.
• Cooperation in combating global drug trade. Dr. Raes will discuss this in the context of the Netherlands' soft drug policy and how this differs from that of the U.S.
• Recent immigration into the Netherlands. This is occurring in many other European countries. Dr. Raes will address this both in terms of resulting benefits and the debates on how people of different origins live together.

Dr. Raes was ACWA's guest for its Global Scholars and Speaker Series event on Thursday, Feburary 18. He was interviewed by ACWA Executive Director Jane Walker Snider for WZIP's Community Concern program at 88.1 FM. The program will be aired on Saturday, March 6th at 12:30 p.m. and repeated Sunday, March 7th at 12:30 p.m.

The programs will also be available in the near future at www.wzip.fm. Select 'Programming' at the top of the home page and click on 'Community Concern' from the menu.

WZIP-FM and ACWA are partnering to produce Community Concern Programs featuring ACWA guest diplomats as a means to educate WZIP listeners on international issues that affect Northeast Ohio interests, economically and politically.