F or the first quarter of this year, CARICAD’s Leadership Development Programme undertook a number of initiatives. The Mid-Level Leadership Development Programme highlighted on Page 6 had its virtual close on January 30 with 18 participants successfully completing the programme from six countries. In February, our Transformational Leadership Development Programme started. This fully virtual programme consists of four modules, covering the themes of Leading Self, Leading in Context and Complexity, Leading Through Others, and Leading Change and Transformation. The programme design includes facilitated learning sessions, Action Learning, Executive Coaching and offline assignments. The programme will end in July. CARICAD will also be collaborating with eGOV Jamaica Limited, a public body in Jamaica, to deliver a customised leadership development programme. This programme is aimed at developing the leadership capacity of the organisation, to support more effective team engagement and capability to support its transition to an ICT Authority. Blogs were disseminated and three successful webinars were also hosted during the quarter on: 1. Action Learning in the Caribbean – Case Study of the Rebuilding of Dominica’s Public Library 2. Implementing Results-Based Management in the Caribbean, a partnership with the CARICOM Secretariat; and 3. Addressing Common Pitfalls in Employment Relations in the Caribbean With the advent of the COVID 19 pandemic, the Leading Change and Transition workshop that was slated for June 2020 had to be postponed until further notice. However, CARICAD will soon be announcing its scholarships for its Introduction to Leadership Workshop in April 2020. Visit (www.caribbeanleadership.org) for further details and https://www.caribbeanleadership.org/ blog/posts to view our blogs. Montserrat Premier visits CARICAD P remier Easton Taylor Farrell of Montserrat visited CARICAD recently, immediately after he attended the Intersessional Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government which was held in Barbados in February. Premier Taylor Farrell reiterated his support for the work of CARICAD, stating that he could personally attest to the relevance and high quality of CARICAD’s work. Discussions with the CARICAD team during the visit centred around areas of possible technical assistance for Montserrat this year. In the photographs, Premier Taylor Farrell (second right) stands with (from left) Deborah Lewis Director of External Affairs Montserrat, Devon Rowe, Executive Director of CARICAD, CARICAD’s Assistant Director, Programmes and Planning, Rosemund Warrington and Programme Implementation Officer Trudy Waterman. Inset is CARICAD’s Programme Specialist Franklyn Michael greeting the Premier. 5
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