BGM 2011 – Agenda & Related Sessions

 BUSINESS, PLENARY AND WORKSHOP SESSIONS

 PROGRAMME AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sequence

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TIME

DAY ONE (1)

WEDNESDAY JULY 27th, 2011;

MEETING OF CCB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

DAY TWO (2)

THURSDAY JULY 28th, 2011; EVENTS/RESOURCE PERSONS

DAY THREE (3)

FRIDAY JULY 29th, 2011; EVENTS/RESOURCE PERSONS

DAY FOUR (4)

SATURDAY JULY 30th, 2011;

BIENNIAL GENERAL MEETING

1.

8:15 a.m. – 8:29 a.m.

Business Session

Getting seated and meeting your neighbour to your right

Theme: “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight – Serving the people while raising revenue”.

Business Session

2.

8:30 a.m.

Business Session
  • Call to order and welcome – Lola Marson, President, CCB;
  • Moment of Meditation;
  • Call to order and welcome: Anthony Avril, OBE, First Vice-President of CCB;

Business Session

3.

8:35 a.m.

Business Session

–       Introductions – (introduce the person sitting to your right);

–       Doc. List of Delegates, page —-
  • Moment of Meditation

Business Session

4.

8:40 a.m. –

Business Session

–       Housekeeping matters and questions for clarification: Frank L. Bowen, Advocacy Services and Project Development Manager;

–       Doc. Guidelines on support to Delegates (extract from Meeting Notices), page —-

– House-keeping matters and questions for clarification: Frank L. Bowen;

– Doc.: Guidelines on support to Delegates (extract from Meeting Notices), page…..

Business Session

5.

8:45 a.m.

Business Session
  • Greetings from Adelaide Addo-Fening, MBE. Director of Programmes, Sightsavers;

 

Business Session

6.

8:50 a.m.

Business Session
  • Greetings from Baroness Floella Benjamin of Beckenham, OBE, Special Guest from England;

 

Business Session

7.

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Business Session

SETTING THE CONTEXT

SETTING THE CONTEXT

Business Session

8.

9:01 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Business Session

Topic: “Preventing blindness and visual impairment while restoring sight”, – –         – Resource Person: Arvel Grant, CEO;

Doc. Caribbean Vision 2020 Strategic Framework 2010 – 2014;

Topic: Service through Social Entrepreneurship – (Investing in Optometry and Ophthalmology Businesses in order to pay for inclusive education and social inclusion services for women and men who are blind or visually impaired).

Resource Person: Arvel Grant, CEO; 

Business Session

9.

9:21 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Business Session

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Business Session

10.

9:31 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Business Session

Topic: “Our experience with EC-Sightsavers V2020 Project – January 2010 – April 2011 – A summary of Project Goals, Objectives, Targets, Activities to-date; inclusion of other countries and next steps” Resource Person: Keva Richards, V2020 Project Manager;

Topic: “How CCB-Eye Care Guyana is transforming Eye Health Services and Training in Guyana – A Module of Social Entrepreneurship.”

Resource Person: Charles Vandyke, National Programme Manager, CCB-Eye Care Guyana;

Business Session

11.

9:51 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Business Session

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Business Session

12.

10:01 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

13.

10:31 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Business Session

Topic: “Preparing to launch our web-based Publishing and Fundraising Campaigns –(Building our Website; developing content; piloting campaigns; engaging with Facebook users; building our mailing list);

Resource Person: Frank Bowen, Advocacy Services and Project Development Manager;

Topic: “How we turned SLBWA into a respected National Eye Health Provider – (Building Eye Care St. Lucia Brand)”.

Resource Persons: Emma Bernard-Joseph and Anthony Avril 

Business Session

14.

10:51 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Business Session

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Business Session

15.

11:01 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

Business Session

Topic: Building and refining our Website – current lay-out – Resource Person: Arvel A. Grant, Web and Systems Development Manager;

Topic: The Mandeville Story – (A short documentary about the provision of Refractive Services at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Southern Jamaica).

Business Session

16.

11:21 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Business Session

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Business Session

17.

11:31 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

Business Session

Topic: Gathering, developing and testing content – including a selection of highlights from different countries;

Resource Person: Kathy Barrett, Communications Officer.

Topic: “A case for recovering the cost of providing Adjustment to Blindness Services”;

Resource Person: Lola Marson, President, CCB;

Business Session

18.

1:51 a.m. – 12.00 noon

Business Session

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Comments, Questions, Answers;

Business Session

19.

12:01 p.m. –1:30 p.m.

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

20.

1:31 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Business Session (continued)

Plenary Session to define Working Groups 1 and 2;

Plenary to define Working Groups 1 and 2;

Business Session (continued)

21.

1:46 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Business Session (continued)

Working Groups 1 and 2 to operate/discuss as follows:

(Delegates from participating Member Agencies to be divided (equally) between each Group).

Working Group 1:

Topic: Continued implementation of the Vision 2020 Project and expanding project activities to include Vision 2020 Committees/Initiatives from six (6) additional countries.

Facilitator: Philip Hand;

Rapporteur: Keva Richards;

Docs (to be recommended by Philip);

Working Group 2:

Topic: Implementing the Regional Vision 2020 Strategic Framework in Member Countries of CCB;

Facilitator: Arvel Grant; Rapporteur: Frank Bowen;

Doc. – copy of the Strategic Framework 2010 – 2014;

Working Groups 1 and 2 to operate/discuss as follows:

(Delegates from participating Member Agencies to be divided equally between each Group).

 

Working Group 1:

Topic: Obstacles to establishing Not-for-Profit Eye Health Services – how to overcome them?

Facilitator: Charles Vandyke;

Rapporteur: Emma Bernard-Joseph;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working Group 2:

Topic: “Should members of CCB charge middle class persons who are blind for adjustment to blindness services?” If yes, why? If no, why not?

Facilitator: Kerryann Ifill;

Rapporteur: Pauline Howard;

Business Session (continued)

22.

3:01 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

23.

3:31 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Business Session (continued)

Resumption of Plenary: Presentation and discussion of Working Groups’ Conclusions.

Resumption of Plenary: Presentation and discussion of Working Groups Conclusions.

Business Session (continued)

24.

4:01 p.m. –

Business Session (continued)

Indications of Day 2 Activities and conclusion of Day 1.

Indications of Day 3 Activities and conclusion of Day 2;

Business Session (continued)

25.

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Business Session (continued)

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4.05 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.: Meetings of Zones;

Business Session (continued)

26.

6:30 p.m.

 
  • Seating for the Opening Ceremony and Presentation of the James Alves Awards:

Dress: National Dress of semi-formal to formal

(See Programme under separate cover)
  • Possible Civic Event: (TBD)

End of Meeting Event (Social)

Dress: Elegantly Casual

 

 

End of Day 1

End of Day 2

End of Day 3

End of Day 4

 

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