December 2017 Volume 1, Issue 2 Mr. Devon Rowe took up the position of Executive Director (ED) of CARICAD on September 12th, 2016. The Horizon Production team caught up with Mr. Rowe and asked him to reflect on his first year at the helm of CARICAD and also to share his perspectives on the way forward. HORIZON: How would you describe your first year as Executive Director at CARICAD? ROWE: It was very challenging but very rewarding. It was challenging because coming into CARICAD there was no visible presence of CARICAD, no current strategic plan and our website needed to be updated. So from the point of view of the visibility of CARICAD, it was extremely limited. I believe that over the last year or so not only have we updated our strategic plan, and begun implementing against it, we have also revamped our website and improved on it, and we have also started outreach to a number of organisations and institutions. We have been confirmed as the legacy organisation for the Caribbean Leadership Project and as a result our services are likely to be in greater demand as we go forward. There are a number of Memoranda of Understanding that we are pursuing, some in a more advanced state than others. We have signed an agreement with CDEMA which is already in effect and I believe that we are setting the pace for the coming year as we move forward to complete this first phase of strategic planning and execution. Continues on Pages 2&3 A Year at the Helm—Executive Director’s Reflection.………..…… Pages 1-3 Transformational Systemic Leadership in Public Sector Organisations..……………………………………………………………….…. Pages 4-5 First Forum of Operational Focal Points…………...…………………… Pages 6-8 Santa Cruz Declaration …….………….……………………..…………...… Pages 9-10 Impact Evaluation of Public Policies and Programmes.…………… Page 11 1
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