Sunday

First session

the 18th Arab Regional Conference in Tunis, May 2007 Today, nominees for the Regional Committee presented themselves highlighting their paths on the Girl Guiding road and their vision for the future of The Arab Region.

A session on advocacy was presented by Magda Murr, World Board member, who explained WAGGGS concept on advocacy and how it can be promoted in the Arab Region

Second session

Following the presentation, participants were divided into two working groups. The first one discussed the new WAGGGS concept of leadership where participants shared their values, beginning with their personal ones, then determined the common values of the group and finally classified them according to their importance. They also discussed how to deal with conflicts resulted from variation of values.

The other group discussed advocacy and also looked at the WAGGGS 7 key messages. Later that day, each participant received a survey paper where they were asked to select the 3 most important messages they believe the Arab Region should focus their work on for the next triennium 2009 – 2011.

As a result of this survey the Conference agreed to focus the work on:

Girls worldwide say “discover your potential”
Girls worldwide say “make healthy food choices”
Girls worldwide say “it is important to talk about sex”

Workshops were very interactive and participants were very enthusiastic.

We are in the second day of our conference and proceedings of the conference are running according to the plan.
Participation of every one is very noticeable and productivity is ensuring the success of the conference.
Micheline Antonian, Arab Regional Director

Third session

Twelve regional awards were given to several outstanding leaders as a way to thank all those who gave so much to the Guiding Movement.

The day ended with the Arab regional market and the national night The national day .
Lebanon, the national day

Delegations had brought objects to sell at the market and forwarded the money to promote the regional fund.

Kueait, the national day

As for the international night, it was a night full of colors and joy, marked by the outdoing performance given by the Scouts Tunisians.

Our thanks and appreciation goes to the Scouts Tunisian for hosting this event.

More photos are available in our photos section

Your comments

Haifa 24 May 2007 - 3.34PM (GMT)

It was a wonderfull week. I hope to see you again in other guiding events.

Page 1 of 1

Have your say

Post your comments about this page here. For general questions, go to Contact. When posting comments, please be considerate of others and refrain from abusive or off topic posts. Comments will only be uploaded if they are considered appropriate. Email addresses or any other personal details will not be allowed. HTML code will be removed from comments; linebreaks will be kept intact.