BANGLADESH:

Location: Dhaka

Dhaka ICA has been developing a project proposal for working with street working children to submit to ICA UK for seeking funding from Comic Relief through ICA UK's international program.

Dhaka ICA held a meeting on 16 January at Dhaka University Arts Building to conceptualize the project for direct impact on target population. Distinguished sociology Professor Dr. Mahbubuddin Ahmed, Dhaka ICA Chairperson, Dr. ASM Amanullah, Executive Director Azizur Rahman, and member Mehdi Hassan were present in the meeting.

Dhaka ICA staffs are approaching potential organizationns for forthcoming ToP Training on Group Facilitation Methods and Community Development Methods to be held during 13-17 February 2007 which will be facilitated by Nelson Stover, and Elaine Stover from USA, and Shankar Jadhav and Shubhnarain Singh from India.

Azizur Rahman      marahman1976@yahoo.com     

CANADA:

Location: Toronto

This week the Listen to the Drumming campaign submitted a proposal to a well-known foundation here in Canada for the work in Africa. We also had good friends and ICA colleauges, Connie and Tom Reemtsma, host 3 fundraising events in Arizona which raised over 5,000 dollars for Listen to the Drumming to donate toward the HIV and AIDS work in Africa! John Patterson spoke at all 3 events and as always he inspired the crowd with his passion and committment to this cause!

Liz Donnery           ldonnery@icacan.ca

ICA ASSOCIATES INC. (Canada)

John Miller facilitated an innovative and effective priority setting workshop with senior management and elected official of the Town of Niagara - home of Horseshoe falls.

Bill Staples taught Group Facilitation and Meetings that work at our training centre with a total of 18 people.

Jo Nelson attended  and facilitated a workshop at ICA Australia's meeting in Melbourne.

Our NewLook bookstore is up on the net. Have a look at

http://ica-associates.ca/Template/bookstore

Wayne Nelson           wnelson@ica-associates.ca

NEPAL:

Training Opportunities in Nepal

Basic Facilitator Training (Feb. 14 – 16), Leadership in Organisations (Feb. 17 – 18), Training on Trainers (Feb. 21 – 23, 2007)

Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) Nepal along with the Facilitators Association of Nepal and Rotary Club of Rudramati is organizing a series of international training workshops on basic facilitation, leadership in organizations and trainers training from Feb. 14 to 23, 2007. The courses will help in enhancing conceptual and practical knowledge and skills of participants in participatory leadership and facilitation processes. The training will be conducted in English with the team of 8 facilitators both from Nepal and abroad. The programme is open for both national and international participants. For international participants a two-day sight visit is also included along with this training.

We will give special discount to ICA particpants particularly from developing countries.

For details, please visit www.ica-nepal.org

Tatwa           ica@icanep.wlink.com.np

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Location: Central Office ICA Nepal


Popularity of ICA Nepal's training facilitation among Nepalese people

ICA Nepal since its establishment has been providing the opportunity to the people of different sectors to learn skill, knowledge and attitude and develop the capacity to deal with hardships they are facing in their daily life. For this purpose, training facilitation programmes are conducted as a public course or in-house.

In this process we recently organised the training on Proposal writing and fund raising and training of trainers on training and facilitation as a public course. On the occasion, we trained 17 people on 'proposal writing and fund raising' 19 on 'technology of participation' and 20 on 'training of trainers'. It started from 10th January and will wind up on 23rd January of 2007.

ICA staffs support training participants even during implementation of their learning. There are different ways for providing such services like developing proposal, exploring donors, planning process, report writing etc. Some NGOs have succeeded getting funds and many of our training participants have received either a better job or known as national level of trainer facilitator.

Participants attending the training on  ToP in the   central office of ICA Nepal

Technology of participation developed by ICAI has been attracting more and more people in Nepal. People use the trainings with different purpose. Let us say, some use it as an easy way to get job, some take it as better performance in their work and others in the area of fund raising for their organization etc.

UNDP sometimes refers people to visit ICA Nepal to attend the different types of capacity building trainings. It is our policy to spend 30 of income for community development activities in the rural areas. Donors also seek third party's contribution in the project where they fund. Following this policy, ICA Nepal has been able to move ahead neck and neck with other national level of NGOs in the country

Hemant Pokhrel           ica@icanep.wlink.com.np

Link to larger picture of above
http://www.allmembers.org/buzz/7daysupport/pics-pages/nepal1.htm

NIGERIA (NIRADO):

Location: Lagos

NIRADO Board set up a Turn Around Team to profer suggestions on moving the organisation forward in the face of current challenges. The Team of three - 2 Board members and 1 staff - will submit its report for the Board's decision at the end of January, 2007.

The Staff held their 2007 Annual Retreat and In-house Training where an Action Plan for the year was drawn up and new skills were impacted. Thank you.

Hannah Anighoro           nirado2004@yahoo.com

PERU:

Location: 100 Valleys

The first AVANZA PERU 3-week communtiy leadership development program starts Sunday, with the remaining few seats being filled by NGO colleagues who are eager for our methods.  Gloria Santos, Jesusa Aburto and Esaud Caycho are the principal presenters and are feverishly putting the last touches on their workshops, while the rest of us are putting the final polish on the totally renewed Azpitia Training Center.  There is a huge amount of excitement as this program launches us solidly into the ten years of the 100 Valleys Project.

Ken Hamje           kenh@ica-peru.org

SPAIN:

Location: Madrid

Included in our courses, a program on breathing and meditation, specifically for antistress. This program includes also laughing exercises, very effective on the participants wellbeing.

Franco Voli           francovoli@yahoo.com

TAIWAN:

The Group Facilitation Methods Course was guided by Larry, Dick, Gail, Shawn and Frieda  for a new group of students interested in facilitation skills.

Larry, Shawn, Frieda, and Larry, Theresa, Paulina conduct two 2 day training programs for a German company at the Ritz Landis this week.

Facilitator Forum a monthly group sharing facilitations methods and practices in Taiwan were led by Evie Lin through three exercises from the workshops of the People's Circus Australia. Lively and insightful learnings were shared in a new yoga space. Larry observed Evie as part of the Facilitator Certification Program FCP.

Larry, Evelyn, Laura, Shawn, Jorie, Neesha, and Jessie Vivian Pau via skype in Hong Kong continue their teamwork on the coming Nepal Training programs Feb. 12-23. Evelyn communicates with Nelson, Hala and Ken by email and skype while Eduard is on summer vacation about coming board member election process and intends to send information to all ICA's before the end of the month.

Evelyn Philbrook for ICA Taiwan           joyful@icatw.com