AGENDA (Substantive items) Report of the Executive Director Endorsement of Conclusions and Decisions of the CARICAD Board of Directors Forum Report of the Management Sub-Committee of the Board of Directors on Governance Matters Financial Report Budget for Years 2018/19 and 2019/20 Hosting of the 36th Board of Directors Meeting CONCLUSIONS AND DECISIONS The Board took a number of decisions and came to conclusions, some of which are described in the text which follows. The Board noted that the CARICAD Secretariat had implemented almost all follow-up actions decided upon at the 2016 meeting. It was agreed that the Secretariat should submit the reports from the auditors to the Management Subcommittee for review, prior to submission to the Board. Additionally, the Board directed that a Business Plan be prepared to optimise options for branding and promotion of CARICAD’s work. It was also decided that a sub-committee led by Director David Archer of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) should interact with the Secretariat on matters relating to the development of the Business Plan. With regard to the newly established relationship with the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) it was noted that under the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the institution that there was the distinct prospect of the UWI being able to assist CARICAD with the Business Plan and some aspects of research in which the Board had declared an interest. Also noteworthy was the decision taken to transition the Caribbean Leadership Project (CLP) into CARICAD as the Caribbean Leadership Development Programme. Concerning the budget, it was decided that the Budget presented would be approved on an interim. The Board also decided that the framework used to determine the composition of the Management Sub-Committee (MSC) on an on-going basis can be used for the election of a Chairperson for the Board, whereby members of a geographic grouping of member states, may propose a Chair from among the grouping for ratification by the Board. Additionally, Chairmanship of the Board of Directors does not automatically constitute or confer responsibilities for that country to host the next meeting of the Board. Anguilla was elected as Chair of the Board of Directors. Barbados was elected Deputy Chair. 4
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