As part of a global network of caring people ICA Bangladesh aims to

• Support Human Development of everyone, in rural and urban areas

• Train, connect and support people to create their own futures together

• Practice facilitative leadership and enable individuals, communities and organisations to learn and apply participatory methods in their own life and work

• Build self-sustenance, self-reliance and self-confidence especially among the poor and marginalised and also other individuals, organizations and communities

• Make a difference to the life of the nation towards greater justice, sustainability and happiness as well as worldwide cooperation

ICAB enables facilitative leadership through

• members learning, practicing and promoting the ICA ToP methods in their ICA and personal activities and interactions with others

• introducing new members to the methods and the philosophy behind them, including showing the videos on “The World of Human Development”, ICA books, annual reports, MAP book, manuals

• applying the Methods for Active Participation (MAP) in any project work.

• Ensuring transparent governance and decision-making

• Being facilitative leaders with one another

• Learning and using many methods for facilitation besides ToP

ICAB is a team effort

1. A dedicated, well relating, self-initiating and self-responsible leadership team of men and women that demonstrates facilitative and cooperative leadership in all its activities and interactions and enjoys working together for the common good

2. About 100 engaged and connected members that apply the values and methods themselves for the benefit of themselves, communities and organisations and link up with the international network as best they can or desire

3. 500 people trained in ICA methods through public and in-house courses and many more people have been enabled to apply them through informal sessions and exposure to their use

4. A faculty of thirty people that is able to teach and apply the methods with various degrees of professional expertise and can be called on to participate in teaching, forums and consultancies as needed. Faculty members have supported each other in their professional development — through practice, open sharing, honest feedback and learning new methods to constantly improve their skills and effectiveness.

5. Raised sufficient money for our regular expenses, programs and activities through sponsorship and our own fundraising activities, especially our training and consulting

6. Clear governance systems and practices with a strong board and an aware general membership that ensures that the Board is elected (not appointed) annually and that major decisions are made at the AGM and in participatory ways all year long- based on consensus as much as possible. Both Board and members ensure full transparency and accountability of all systems and functions.

7. Effective overall coordination with a sparkling, simple yet well equipped and connected office and exemplary procedures for management and volunteer engagement, possibly supported by (full and/or part-time) staff.

8. Multiple partnership relationships with other ICA colleagues around the world, received and engaged overseas volunteers for projects, made our own financial contribution to the ICA International and participate in global dialogue and expanding care, sharing, responsibility and sustainability around the world.

9. Created mutually beneficial working relationships with several other NGO’s and organisations to cooperatively carry out projects with increased effectiveness and possibly run a training and/or research and meeting centre alone or with others.

10. Creatively and truthfully documented the story, history, values, methods and activities of the ICA in Bangladesh and beyond through inspiring and widely distributed audiovisuals. We have created and updated attractive brochures and annual reports and got support from many individuals and business people.

11. Supported various projects in poor communities -in Dhaka city, towns and rural areas– that invited us to help them make plans for their own development and that we train and coach for successful fundraising and project implementation

12. Gained the trust of several funding bodies in Bangladesh and worldwide through having implemented transparent financial and other systems of implementation in our own organisation and the projects we are working with

13. Carried out research and forums, published and distributed knowledge or information relevant to ICA mission and Bangladeshi society – such as in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)- that build on the skills and interests of the members and use participatory methods and engagement tools and make an impact on the larger society

Working towards our Goals for the end of 2015 we set in place during 2011:
Core Team Leadership Development

Membership (Support, Deepening and Equipping)

Governance, AGM and Decision Making Structures

Financial Accounting and Funding Capacities

Office Management and overall Coordination

Training and Faculty Creation

Documentation/Promotion/ Materials/Website

Street Children Project

Ghoramara Project Management (and Phasing out)

Preparing for small scale new projects or engagement

Other

Learning from Nepal and connecting with various organisations and other ICA’s and NGO’s

The time you would need to invest is March 1 to 2, 2011. If you are interested in becoming a ToP Facilitator/Trainer/Planner, or even if you wish to develop further your knowledge and skill in ICA methods, we strongly urge you to seriously consider being a participant at this up-coming training program. ICA Bangladesh is a unique organization engaged in training, facilitation and community development. It is a member of ICA International. Staff and members particularly focus on teaching and applying the methods of the ToP for urban and rural development as well as in the business, government and community sectors. It has a huge pool of professional and certified facilitators. The faculty for the March 2011 courses in Bangladesh will include Maria Maguire and Richard Maguire from ICA Australia and Unfolding Futures Limited, Australia.

Courses Dates Registration Fee
Group Facilitation Methods 1-2 March Taka 5000.00 includes snacks, lunch, manual, & certificate)

The Technology of Participation © provides a structured approach to facilitation. ToP comprises two basic group facilitation methods and a system of processes for planning and organizing. The basic two-day course, called “Group Facilitation” includes focused conversation (ORID), Consensus Workshop and Action Planning, along with some other contextual and application stuff. Apart from a few brief presentations it mostly encompasses methods demonstration, reflection, exploration, preparation and practice. It is very full and tight time-wise with an extensive manual. The course focuses on the type of thing people are most interested in, such as community facilitation, village development or organizational planning. Note that ICA is a charitable organization and its subsidized training courses are geared toward facilitative leadership development in communities and organizations applying ICA approaches in Bangladesh.
We also offer planning, consulting, and in-house training services for an organization, be they NGO (local, national or international), government department/agency or company/business. We could offer these services all the year round tailoring to the client needs.

The deadline for registration is February 25, 2011. To register click Registration

Collegially yours,

Md. Zakiul Islam, Director (Admin), ICA Bangladesh
Tel. 02-9332023, 01817182610
E-mail: admin@ica-bangladesh.org
Website: www.ica-bangladesh.org, www.ica-international.org