Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in March last year, graduates of the Mid-Level Leadership Development Programme who were based in Barbados were fortunate to have received their awards at the physical offices of the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration. The setting for the award of certificates for the current cohort will be determined by the status of the pandemic. Continued from previous page Reviewed and revised the operational priorities of existing Strategic Partnerships to coordinate actions to deliver joint initiatives in the COVID-19 setting Pursued every reasonable opportunity to obtain fee-paid assignments to supplement income in light of likely short-falls in member states’ contributions to CARICAD’s budget We continuously reached out to members of the Board seeking information regarding possible desired assistance from the Secretariat We kept abreast of the COVID-19 situation and other major developments such as elections in member states We systematically developed our skills in crisis leadership and management We continue to learn lessons from the COVID-19 crisis. We are convinced that by continuing to catalogue lessons learnt in channels such as this, our Horizon newsletter, that we will be serving future generations well. I continue to be grateful as Executive Director of CARICAD for the support I receive from the team of professionals at the Secretariat. They are among the most competent, committed, creative and adaptable of public officers in our CARICOM region. They are also highly qualified, capable and caring. I commend this edition of our newsletter to you. I am sure that it provides evidence of the adaptability and innovative thinking to which I referred earlier. We at the CARICAD Secretariat wish all our member states and other stakeholders continued safety as we face the persistent fall-out of the COVID-19 crisis. 2
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