News in May

Knowledge Fair

Learning from cross border migrants in India
10-13 May, India

IndiaCompetence facilitated a Knowledge Fair with CARE India, its partner NGOs and community representatives, who work with mobile population. Participants shared their experience on specific topics like Access to services for migrants. Community representatives, including the police and a group of rickshaws, shared stories of change in their community.

More about the Knowledge Fair in India

Pinoy Youth Competence is born!
28-29 May 2011, Philippines

Pinoy Youth Competence is the emerging strength of PinoyCompetence, the national facilitation team in the Philippines. Four youth organizations, 20 young people, and seven adult companions converged to share their CLCP journey, experiences, and plans on ways forward in Manila in May. They sealed their commitments with their colored hand cut outs on how they will personally contribute to the sustainability of their goals. During the Knowledge Fair, Pinoy Competence and India Competence shared their experience by skype.

The Constellation

Members approved the 2010 Accounts and Narrative report
25 April – 4 May, around the world

Eleven out of twelve Constellation voting members brought in their votes during the Virtual Membership Meeting that took place under the chairmanship of Dr. Jean-Louis Lamboray. They participated in discussions over email, in a virtual document and in Skype conversations. The members approved the 2010 accounts and narrative report which April qualified as ‘impressive’ and Geoff as ‘A well thought out document’.

More about the Membership meeting in May

Engaged Fundraising for Constellation activities

The Constellation will soon obtain the prolongation of its tax-exemption status for donations. This opens the door for Belgian Tax payers to deduct their donations to the Constellation from their annual tax declaration. Also, we will invite members from other countries to contribute if they wish to do it.

More about the Tax exemption status in Belgium and donations

Community Life Competence and the private sector

A small group of Constellation members have started to discuss how we can bring the Community Life Competence Process to the private sector, and vice versa.
Interesting area's and first experiences mentioned are:
- SALT visits that bring staff out of their comfort zone to inspire them and to build a reciprocal relationship with communities
- Businesses 'sponsoring' the Connection between Local Responses
- Facilitation of CLCP in the private sector If you are interested to join the working group, please contact Marlou (marlou@communitylifecompetence.org)

Coaches nomination

Boris Alberda, from the Netherlands, has been nominated coach of the Constellation. Congratulations to Boris!

Member of the month

New bright smile in the Constellation: Khun Oil

The Constellation Support Team has a new member since last Wednesday. Khun Oil will be taking care of accounting and finances. The team here in Chiang Mai is very happy to have Khun Oil on board. “I wanted to work with the Constellation because it gives me to opportunity to interact with many different people and teams from around the world.”

More about Khun Oil, member of the month

Blog of the month

Reasons for hope in Japan

“The people I spend my time with here believe we must support people in Tohoku in building their own communities again. We must help create conditions that support them in coming together to have conversations that matter -- conversations which can host deep grief, deal with the practical matters of how to live daily lives now, and begin to envision and build a future. In some ways it is the same everywhere. We must turn to one another and become community again.” on Bob Stilger’s blog.