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Conference Agenda

CVX Launch And Volunteer Project

Time Session About Speaker
8:00 am - 10:00 am Breakfast & Registration
10:00 am - 11:00 am CVX Launch & Conference Welcome Reception Welcome Address: Mrs. Diane Baldeo - Chadeesingh, Advisor - Minister of Youth Development and National Service
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Service Project: Me to We Mentorship - CVX Edition Service project for regional partners, Mentees & Mentors of the Me to We Mentorship Programme facilitated by DMAD (Drama Making a Difference)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Cross Border Volunteering Panel Tourism Trinidad - Carla Cupid , CEO UNDP - Sharda Mahabir, National Coordinator GEF SGP UWI - TBD Caribbean Tourism Organisation - TBD Caribbean Development Bank - TBD Moderated by Teocah Dove - Social Innovation Specialist
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop: Cross Border Volunteering - Developing a Business Plan for the CVX Programme Facilitated by NEDCO - TBD
4:30 pm - 7:45 pm Departures to Tobago

INCLUSIVE VOLUNTEERING

Time Session About Speaker
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast & Registration
9:30 am - 9:30 am Good Deeds Day Caribbean Conference Overview Kaynan Rabino - President, Good Deeds Day Hannah Wojno - Director, Good Deeds Day Giselle Mendez - Managing Director, VCTT
9:30 am - 10:00 am Welcome Address & Keynote: ‘Escalating Caribbean Volunteering Through Collective Action TBD
10:00 am - 10:30 am Icebreaker/ Networking Activity: Mapping our Volunteer Journeys Facilitated by Kelvin Polson: VCTT Volunteer & Yolanda Wiel: Founder, Spread the Love Curacao
10:30 am - 10:45 am International Good Deeds Day - The Story, The Mission Kaynan Rabino - President, Good Deeds Day Hannah Wojno - Director, Good Deeds Day
10:45 am - 11:15 am Rapid Fire Partner Presentations: Good Deeds Day Country Summary Facilitated by Humphrey Dundas: Chairman, Suricorps for Development , Suriname & Lori Ann Pollard, VCTT/Good Deeds Day Regional Coordinator - Caribbean
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Good Deeds Day: From Idea to National Initiative Diane Felicien: C.E.O, Do-Nation Foundation INC, Saint Lucia
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Stakeholder Engagement Mapping: Public, Private, and NGO Collaboration Facilitated by Phynora Ible: Executive Director, Chipeen Volunteer Center, Saint Kitts & Nevis & Mark Ainsley John: National Scouts Commissioner of Scouts, Trinidad and Tobago
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm Elevating Volunteering with Good Deeds Day – Developing a GDD Strategy Hannah Wojno: Director - Good Deeds Day
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Collaborative Challenge’: Cross-Partner Problem-Solving Teams Facilitated by Suresh Singh: Director of Youth, Ministry of Culture Youth & Sport , Guyana & Deona Nero: National Coordinator, Caribbean Youth Environment Network Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Resource Reservoir": Sharing of Tools, Resources, and Best practices Facilitated by Lucien Alexander-Anatol: Programming Director, I Have A Right Foundation - Dominica & Eben-Ezer Dorcely: Director, Action Toward Initiatives and Volunteering for Education in Haiti (ACTIVEH)
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Aligning the SDGs to our work Dr. Sharda Mahabir - National Coordinator, UNDP Global Environment Facility SGP
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm Exploring the 2024 Good Deeds Day Theme Facilitated by Jean Claude Cournand - VCTT Director of Business Development / CEO - Bocas Literature Festival
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm DINNER & BONFIRE EXPERIENCE

INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

Time Session About Speaker
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am Action Planning Workshop: Designing Volunteer Initiatives for Impact Facilitated by Patricia Smith-Cummings, M&E Lead - Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Group/Individual Work: Logframe Development Facilitated by Patricia Smith-Cummings, M&E Lead - Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 am - 4:30 pm Country Presentations of 2024 Logframes/Action Plans All organisations
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Commitment Ceremony of Partners Facilitated by Lori Ann Pollard, VCTT/Good Deeds Day Regional Coordinator - Caribbean
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CLOSING DINNER