The Leadership Gathering on future developments "The Leadership Caravan"

14 November 2009- 20 November 2009

Following the Strategic leadership training held in Oman in November 2007, and the wish of the head of Associations to have at least once in triennium a similar event where Chief and International Commissioners of the Arab MOs can meet and share their experiences and discuss ways to move forward,

The Arab Region organized a Leadership Gathering on future developments under the theme "The Leadership Caravan" during the period from 14 to 20 November 2009 in the Bloudan Grand Hotel in Syria.

Each member organization was invited to participate with:
* Chief Commissioner
* International Commissioner
* Responsible for program
* Responsible for training

The aim

The aim was to strengthen national boards in the Arab region
The objectives were:

1. To provide a supportive environment that facilitates learning, self development and encourages sharing of leadership experiences within the Arab region.

2. To provide opportunities for participants to explore different ways of work, structures and key responsibilities in different MOs

3. To define the role of a responsible of training and responsible of program

4. To agree on the Young Women program and adopt it as a working document for the region

5. To inform participants on WAGGGS key areas of work (Advocacy, GAT, Centenary, etc) and plan for the centenary celebration

The planning team consists of:

1. Essia Fathallah, Chairman, Arab Region

2. Noura ElJaroudi, Vice Chairman, Arab Region (for part of the training)

3. Mona ElShall, Committee Member

4. Lena Urneshlian, WLDP facilitator (for part of the training)

5. Micheline Antonian, Regional director

6. Nadine El Achy, World Board Member (for part of the training)

There were 37 participants from 11 countries (Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Tunis, UAE and Yemen)

Highlights of the event:

The highlight of event was to look at present ways of work of National Boards and ways to strengthen its development.

These sessions explored subjects such as Management styles, effective ways of communications and the use of creative solutions.

Participants were updated on the latest information on WAGGGS and more specifically on Leadership, GAT, Advocacy and centenary.

There was time for participants to update on their achievements since our last training event specifically in the GAT and Advocacy projects as well as their plans for the centenary celebrations.

Another important item was the finalizing of the guidelines for young women’s programme. This culminate the work carried out in the last two years were extensive meetings with young women and programme commissioners to better understand their needs and aspiration have greatly helped in finalizing this document. Participants had the time to discuss and make any final amendments/additions needed.

The programme will now be sent to the Arab Regional Committee for its final approval before it is sent to all MOs for immediate implementation.

Another important item was the discussion and agreement of the Programme Commissioner as well as the Training commissioners roles and responsibilities documents. Final version will be sent together with report.

Once again, a variety of innovative and creative ways of delivering sessions were used. The flow of event was perfect as it gave ample time for participants to voice their opinion and feel involved in all work and decision taken at Regional level.

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