ICA ASSOCIATES INC. (Canada)
Bill and Ilona Staples left for a month in China. Bill will be doing some
courses in Shanghai and Taiwan.
Jo Nelson, John Miller and associates, Barbara
MacKay and Doug Balsden are teaching ICA's 6 day Art and Science of
Participation course to 17 people in Vancouver. This is only the second time it
has been taught outside Toronto. We may be able to build a rhythm of holding it
one year in Vancouver and the next year in Edmonton.
Duncan Holmes and
associates, Tamara Eberle and Jerry Mings facilitated a workshop with the
Ontario Clean Water Alliance.
Wayne Nelson wnelson@ica-associates.ca
GHANA:
Location: ACCRA
ICA-Ghana successfully hosted a 3-day meeting of NGOs in Ghana who have
projects funded by the American Jewish World Service -AJWS. The meeting was
appropriately dubbed the 'Second AJWS Ghana Partners Meeting'. The idea of
bringing the NGOs together was mooted by the American Jews World Service -AJWS.
The first meeting of the network was held in Accra in November 2006. There were
only three NGOs then, ICA-Ghana, Pro-Link Organization and RAINS-Regional
Advisory Information Network Systems. The just-ended meeting saw an increase in
membership of the network from the original three to seven, thanks to the good
work AJWS is doing in Ghana.The overall goal of the network is to encourage
sharing of experiences and best practices to increase effectiveness, efficiency
and sustainability of members.
The inaugural meeting last year was basically
about bringing the Ghana Partners together so that they could get to know one
another better in the areas of work, organizational structure, programmes and
special delivery methods.This second meeting was based on a resolution made at
the end of the first meeting to give the three long-term partners namely, ICA-Ghana, Pro-Link and RAINS , the opportunity to demonstrate their various
training modules, to enable the partners to compile, package and market the product
to other NGOs, to raise funds to support the activities of the network.
The
training modules demonstrated includedGroup Facilitation Methods - by ICA -
Ghana.Drama, Puppetry and Stepping Stones - demonstrated by Pro-Link
Organization.Right - Based Approaches and Governance - presented by RAINS.
Jennifer A. Abdulai icagh@africaonline.com.gh
NEPAL:
Location: Global
Attending CIVICUS World Assembly
From May 23 to 27, 2007, I got an invitation to
attend 'CIVICUS World assembly' in Glasgow, UK. Every year, one of us from ICA
Nepal is attending this assembly for the last four years. It is organized
annually and more than 1000 participants take part in this gathering.
This year,
from ICA Nepal, I got the chance to be in the programme. I found it very useful
since it was a gathering of experienced people working in the field of civil
society development. The participants ranged from few ministers from some
countries to very grassroots activities. It was well organized and everybody
enjoyed being part of the programme.
As we are also one of the members of
CIVICUS and are actively undertaking 'Civil Society Index Project' Detail report
may be obtained from websites of ICA Nepal or CIVICUS, we also shared our views
regarding the work that we carried out in Nepal. CSI is prepared in more than 50
countries.
While being participant in the conference, I was thinking if we could
also organize the assembly in that way. Despite the increased number of the
participants, it was so well managed with lots of workshops, visits, informal
discussions, procession inside the venue, music, exhibition and good food etc.
etc. I found the assembly an excellent forum for learning.
CIVICUS assembly is
also a good watershed for exhibitors and donors. CIVICUS is becoming a common
forum of donors working in the development field since they have found it a nice
chance to put their views and be closer to civil society organizations. I feel
that ICAs particularly ICA International should not miss this assembly in future
since this is the one event with multiple activities such as learning, sharing,
demonstrating, and marketing. We should be able to use this event to build our
strong relationship with donors and other stakeholders.
I would welcome your
comment on my feeling.
Tatwa P. Timsina tatwa@ica-nepal.org
PERU:
Location: 100 Valleys Project
Jesusa Aburto led the team for a very successful 4-day ToP training program
including 12 people from several NGOs who will be our partners in the 100
Valleys Project, where using the ToP methods with communities is required for
the participation of an NGO in the Project.
Also participating was a team from
the National Demonstration Community of Antioquia who will become the community
team leaders for six projects required for the community to qualify.
Meanwhile, Pedro Aburto sent out over 50 invitations to the next program and
received one registration in the first day. The spark is catching on for the
100 Valleys 10-year Project.
Staff admin@ica-peru.org
ITERLENG ICA South Africa:
On Monday the 4th we hosted a group of Students from the American University who
were in South Africa to study women's innitiative and gender issues as they
relate to developing democracy and to HIV and AIDS, we had such a splendid day
with the students and the YFL group.
Muzi and Fisser had a meeting with a
potential funder, Hollard Fundation, an insuarance company in South Africa, about
the possibility of funding a 3year project on Mitigating The Impact of HIV/AIDS
in Groot Marico, North West.
Fisser and Muzi conducted a 10day training on
Life-Skills and Leadership in Southern Sudan, Yambio state with young people
from 10 different states of Sudan. The training was funded by UNICEF in
collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Technology in Southern
Sudan.
Susan and Muzi attended the launch of Youth Month organised by the Gauteng
Youth Commission in commemoration of the 1976 June 16 Soweto uprising. June is
declared as Youth month.
Muzi Mbonani mbonanim.ica@telkomsa.net
UNITED KINGDOM:
Jonathan and David delivered a one-day Introduction to Group Facilitation course
in London, and Jonathan and Julie delivered a GFM immediately afterwards.
Amelia
and Martin delivered an adapted GFM to one of the organisations in the Youth
programme.
Jonathan Dudding jdudding@ica-uk.org.uk
ZIMBABWE:
A staff meeting was held to discuss the relief disbursement procedure. The program is running today as scheduled. P
reparations for the consult team coming to Zimbabwe from the USA are also at an advanced stage. The team has confirmed.
The framework for ICA Zimbabwe's newsletter to be launched during the second course of the year has been completed.
A research on the access to ARV treatment has been started and a training manual would be developed at community level.
Easther Razerera esther@africaonline.co.zw
ICAI:
Location: Montréal
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Sarah, Lambert, and Katie in Ottawa with the Parliament Buildings in the background |
This week, the ICAI staff team visited ICA Canada in Toronto, Board member John Patterson in Haliburton, and Peter Ellins in Ottawa – in order to thank them for the extraordinary efforts they played in supporting the restructuring and relocation of ICAI.
In Ottawa we also had conversations with the Canadian International Development Agency and Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs re: funding.
Staff