AUSTRALIA:
Location: Adelaide, South Australia.
ToP Facilitative Leadership Program
In Adelaide on 20-21st March, 2007, a highly
successful Module 4 of the Australasian Technology of Participation ToP
Facilitative Leadership Program FLP was held.
Module 4 Working with Value Systems
is the first of the advanced training courses in the ToP Facilitative Leadership
Program. This Module provides stimulating perspectives on how facilitators can
more effectively meet and work with the gift and challenge of diversity within
groups and individuals. Kevin Balm and Joan Firkins led the Modules.
Participant
feedback about the Module was very positive with comments such as A very
sophisticated, elegant, and grounded experience in the frameworks of working
with value systems in facilitation.
This course opened up my thinking and I look
forward to implementing and challenging myself, individuals, and groups with the
knowledge I have gained.
Joan Firkins,on behalf of the South Australian ToP
Facilitative Leadership Program delivery team
Joan Firkins joan@bellavist.com
BANGLADESH:
Location: Dhaka
An informal meeting with memebrs was held with a view to plan for the next annual
sub-continental meeting proposed to be hosted in Dhaka.
Some correspondences
were done in reply to regional ICAs.
Aziz, Kabir and Sahalam went to the NGO
Affairs Bureau for having clearance by April 2007. In this connection,
additional supporting documents were given.
Proposal on street children for ICA
UK is being improved following the Guidelines of Comic Relief and Prof. Dr.
Mahbub Uddin Ahmed had a look and gave comments on which revision is being
made.
For Ghoramara Asrayan Community, ICA Bangladesh members contacted with the
Power Authority in Comilla and Chandpur and monitor the progress of the approved
work. Electric pools were brought this week.
Azizur Rahman admin@ica-bangladesh.org
CANADA:
Location: Toronto YFL
Eowynne further explored developing a YFL project in areas of Toronto which have
been designated as high priority regions. The team also reflected on lessons
learned with a community member from the Georgina project in anticipation of
making modifications for future programme designs.
Cara Naiman cnaiman@icacan.ca
JAPAN:
Location: Japan and Worldwide
Susumu Harada, the premier professional image designer in Tokyo, guided the team
of Mamiko Tanaka, Eiki Kubokawa, Yuka Hayashi, and Wayne Ellsworth to totally
re-design an appealing, exciting 2008 brochure aimed to introduce to the
Japanese and world audience the 2008 conference. We will print the brochure and
mail to every ICA National office in the month of April, as well as send you by
email a copy to print yourself! Thanks to Sarah Miller and others for valuable
inputs.
The global conference team expands by one next week, when Yuka
officially begins work for ICA Japan.
We held a quarterly action planning for
the 2008 team, and set fund raising into motion.
Kaoru Ito completed a Philippine
study tour with 5 beautiful girls, they were shocked by illegal logging and
charcoal making, and they were amazed to see native peoples life. They widely
opened their eyes and became silently aware that the world was one. They will
now research more about what they can do next.
After hearing a professional speak
about PR, Naomi Sato totally redesigned the 2007 Newsletter and laid out the
next exciting edition. What articles do you want published in Japanese?
Kayo
Goda returned from 3 months in Chiapas, Mexico, where Spanish Americans did two
modules of ToP training.
Shizuyo Sato came back also after joining Paulo Ito
for final negotiations for a third year contract for and expansive cascading
womens capacity building program, and helped write the final report for the
year.
Shizuyo Sato agreed with Atsuko Fish of Boston to locate, orient to ICA,
and send three professional women to Boston for five weeks of intensive training
on September 13, 2007. Coming back, these women will be valuable in their jobs
and in assisting with the preparation of the 2008 conference.
Wayne Ellsworth wayne@icajapan.org
UNITED KINGDOM:
Location: UK and Europe
Jonathan has been meeting clients, facilitating, liasing with Jim Campbell and
Sabine Winteler over our proposal to the EU for an EToPToT, Martin has been
catching up after his holiday and doing finances, Amelia is busy on the Youth
Programme. And we nominated Anne Wilshin to the ICAI Board.
Jonathan Dudding jdudding@ica-uk.org.uk
ICAI:
Location: Montréal
What a week! Welcomed Katie on board as Office Manager and both Lambert and
Sarah received their Canadian work permits. Most major office setup items were
resolved. The Network Exchange was finalized and Annual Report put into design.
We look forward to welcoming the Okrah family to Montreal next week.
Sarah Miller