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                                                 Letter no 13 Ref,: 2004-2005 annual management report

We organise our report following the order of the four set objectives for the triennium.
       1. The production of formation material for the associations, instructors and guides;
       2. Favouring the communication in all the levels;
       3. Deepening our catholic identity;
       4. The study of the document about the AMGS spirituality,

                                  • ACCORDING TO THE FIRST OBJECTIVE

In this second working year:

     * The pedagogical document GUIDING: AN INCLUSIVE PEDAGOGY IN TIMES OF
         EXCLUSION, in the three-official languages of the Conference.

     * The document was sent to all the correspondents and member associations.

     * Under the AGESCI request, a digital version of this document was placed in the web.

     * We have finished together with CLAYSS (Latin-American Learning and solidary service
      Centre) the elaboration of the document SOLIDARITY AS A WAY. The documents takes
      back the place that service has in guide pedagogy; the pedagogical tools of the service- learning;
       the urgency of educating for solidarity and justice. The document will also include as examples
       concrete projects sent by member associations.

     * F. Jean Debruynne is working in collaboration with the document REMEMBERING, that
     counts on the contribution of the regional responsibles in the search of testimonies and
      information.

     * The advertising of these documents is being possible thanks to the contributions of the CCFD,
       and in the case of the publications for Latin America thanks to ADVENIAT.

   * The writing work of the document BUILDING COMMUNITY: THE VALUE OF
       EDUCATING TO GROUP LIFE, has been started.


                               • ACCORDING TO THE SECOND OBJECTIVE

   Communication with the national Organisations

    * We have deepened communication and interchange with the national organisations;

    * A total of five letters to the World Responsible have been sent by the World Responsible, by
      the Treasurer; the World Team meeting Report in January 2005 in Rome, the document
     GUIDING: AN INCLUSIVE PEDAGOGY IN TIMES OF EXCLUSION, the invitation to
      participate with peace gestures and words in the ICO General Assembly in Jerusalem; the
      invitation to particiapte with projects in the new publication about learning-service.

    * We have sent two letters in relation with the next World Meeting and Council in Warsaw
       (nº 10 and 12)

    * We have sent a first letter to the Israel Scouts and Guides Association as well as Guides from
       Palestine.

    * The AGESCI has been requested that its international commissionate had informal contact with
       the ICCG member countries during the World Conference in Jordan.

   * Scouts and Guides from France have been requested the presence of a leader in the CICO
       working team about education for peace.

  * In the ICCG web site apart from the letters and pedagogical documents, we have included
     reflections for the Christmas Time, Easter message by F. Jean Debruynne, message for the death
     of HH John Paul II and for the assignation of HH Benedict XVI, message for the anniversary of
    our World Chaplain, document signed by the young ICOs and presented during the WYM, guide
     delegates’ greetings to the WYM, CICO information.
 
   * In the web site a link was opened for the preparation of the World Meeting and Council with the
      active collaboration of the ZHP.

    * Each Regional Responsible has assumed the responsibility of up-dating its site,

   * A first communication note about the ICCG was sent to the following national associations:
      Belarussia, Chipre, Slovenia, Slovakia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Rumania,
      Russia, Saint marine and Ucraine.

    * A second reflection was written and placed in the web under the title AMONG “MATES”

   * A working meeting with the AGESCI president was hold during the World Team Meeting in
      Rome in January 2005.

   * A working meeting with the Scouts and Guides authorities was hold in France during the visit of
      the World Responsible in May 2005.

   * A working Meeting with the Argentina Guide Association was hold about the role of the
      hostesses of the Regional Meeting in latin America in October 2005.

   * A permanent communication was kept with the ZHP International Commissioner.

   * Communication was kept with the ZHP religious assessor for the YWM.

   * Meetings with old ICCG members were hold and we visited record the record that Marie
      Thérèse Cheroutre, was a world co-ordinator, keeps updated.

    Communication with the inner part of the world team

     * We have kept permanent communication with the secretary and the treasurer.

    * We kept three meetings with the secretary in Buenos Aires and a working meeting with the
       treasurer in Paris, when also the organisations that help movement projects.

   * A working meeting was held with the world chaplain because of having attended the celebration
      of his 80 anniversary in the UNESCO auditory in Paris, the 21st of may and the Eucharist on the
       22nd of May.

   * A working meeting was held with the former World Coordinator, Françoise Parmentier who
       requested collaboration in the organisation of the Council in Warsaw.

   * Two letters were sent to the regional responsibles about communication, project presentation
      and obtainment of economical support for those ones.

   * We kept communication with the Regional Responsible for the project of each region or the
      ones in which the region was involved, like the YWM ones.

   * A working meeting was held with Melanie Stahl from the Europe Team during the World
      Responsible visit to Paris (28th of May)

    * A working meeting was held with Silvia Campisi, Latin America Responsible because of the
     organisation of the Regional Meeting as well as a specialist in the education area that would be
      invited to this one.

    * Communication was kept with the World Chaplain.

   Communication with the Church international organisms

    * During the world team meeting in Rome (January), as it was reported last February, meetings
      were held with Monsignor Delgado from the Pontifical Council for the laics, with Monsignor
    Caccia and Monsignor Parolini from the State Secretary and with Monsignor Viola from Caritas
      International.

   * During this same meeting the world team participated in the public Audience with the Holy
      Father.

   * On the 16th of May it met with the eclesiastic assessor of the Catholic International
      organisations Conference.

   * On the 17th of May the World Responsible met Dr. Lucienne Salle from the CPPL because of
     the adaptation of the ICCG statues to the cannonical Law Code. Later she visited the
      International caritas see.

   * A Thanks letter was sent because of the 5000 dollars help from the Pio XII Foundation for the
      ICCG functioning.

   * We received the thanks letter because of the condolences in front of the Holy father death as
       well as the best wishes sent by the New Pontificate.

   * The responsible of the Laic area of the Argentinian Episcopal Conference was visited and
      handed dumentes.

Communication with the CICO and with economical support organisations

   * The relation with the Conference has been permanent given that the ICCG participates in the
     Coordinator Committee of that one under the person of the World responsible; it is present in
     the working team solidary Economy through Thérèse Marchand and in the Education for peace
     group through Alice Barthélèmy.

  * On the days 19th and 20th of may the World Responsible assisted the Colloquium about
     Solidary Economy held in Paris. This theme will go on in the following years, making a call to all
     the movements to be involved actively in the formation of its members and build a common
     position in front of the reality of exclusion and poverty.

  * Some contributions were given to the document about Youth and nowadays reality that
     presented the youth ICO that were present in the CICO during the YWM.

  * We had a meeting in Buenos Aires with the UMOF President and CICO vice-president, Prof
    . María Eugenia Díaz de Pfennich, when visiting Argentina.
 
  * Among the days 23rd and 27th of May we kept meetings with Alain Le Moal from the CCFD,
    the Morel bank, Briggitte Pantou from the France Episcopal Conference volunteers organisation,
    Catherine Bourel from Amitié sud-nord, Alice Barthélèmy from the CICO education group,
    among other people that work in the organisations connected with the movement and the
    Church.

  * Together with the executive secretary and the treasurer we prepared a model dossier to request
      help for the next World Meeting and Council.

  * We have sent help requests for the Warsaw Meeting and Council to more than fifteen
      organisations and institutions.

  * We requested adjustments for the Africa Regional Meeting to fulfil the requirements established
      by the support organisations.

Communication with the WAGGGS

   * We have sent all the letters and documents to the World Bureau director.

   * We have kept permanent communication around: new countries to be affiliated, contact with
      Israel Scouts and Guides, beginning of the process of the Statue revision, next CICO General
      Assembly, among other matters.

  * Under the invitation made by Mrs. Lesley Bulman we placed in the WAGGGS website a
      message for the Holy Father’s death.

   * We have received all the documents of the WAGGGS during this period.

Communication with the ICCS

   * We have kept contact through electronic mail with Mister Álvaro Soares from the ICCS
   * We have sent greeting messages to the World Council delegates in Tunes.
   * We have sent the pedagogical documents elaborated in this period.


                                  • ACCORDING TO THE THIRD OBJECTIVE

    * The necessary deepening of our catholic identity as well as our opening vocation to everyone
       has been enriched in the regional proposals, becoming the working theme in the regional
      meetings planned for the year 2005. In the report done by the regional responsibles you will be
      able to see how from the education vocation in the world of the girls and teenagers (Latin
      America), formation to citizenship and richness in education in values, enclosed in the law and
      promises (Africa), the call to be living stones in our communities (Europe)... the look over
       vocation as catholics in the heart of guiding is highlighted with original characteristics.

   * The possibility of working with other young organisations and movements particularly in the
      setting of the document presented in the YWM finds us sharing a common look over these
      times, its exigencies and needs, over the youngsters’ reality and the compromise in the
      transformation of the world from the proposal of Jesus Gospel.

   * The education to peace and a solidary economy are two of the matters with more possibility to
      be boarded in a common way together with other young organisations. In this sense we must
      be, very conscious of the compromises that AMGE is taking and proposing in the last years
      also in relation with these challenges and the place that these projects have in our national
      organisations.

   * The pedagogical documents that are being produced, try to close, from our catholic identity,
      ways of reflection about our obligation as educators.

   * The opening to everyone particularly inter-religious dialogue, central topic together with the
      construction of peace in the CICO Assembly in Jerusalem, undoubtedly it will be enriching,
      given that we live our identity in the heart of an open movement to everybody. All the national
      associations have been invited to work on this theme as well as joining with a gesture of peace,
      a praying day, an inter-religious meeting on the 20th on November when in Holy Land we
      celebrate a public act for peace.


                                • ACCORDING TO THE FOURTH OBJECTIVE

    * The region Africa is the one that has assumed more definitely the work on this AMGE
        spirituality document.

This period has been particularly rich in meetings and opportunities to stablish new contacts. Many national associations are working in its affiliation. Two of them have already fulfilled all the requirements: Chad and Costa Rica. We have had contact again with the organisations we hadn’t had news for a long time.

The web page could be updated periodically thanks to the responsible dedication of Celine Gelinas. The translations have been under professional help but also with the invaluable collaboration of a France Scouts and Guides volunteer: Catherine Phillipon.

We must highlight the interest in our job not only of the CPPL but also of the State Secretary of the Holy See.

The France Scouts and Guides, AGESCI (Italy) and the Argentinean Guide Association, whether for the lodging in their national headquarters or to facilitate us contacts with other organisations, are reasons of our thanks.

An extensive thanksgiving to theorganisations that keep our activities with economical help and the permanent job of our treasurers and secretaries wha have seen their job increase because of the preparation of the next World Council and Meeting.

Especially thanking our chaplain for his rich support that come to us in refection that we circulate and whose anniversary party I had the pleasure to share.

The regional responsibles and their teams have also had a lot of work in their hands, not mentioning the difficukties because of economical problems in some cases, movement difficulties or family problems. Our thanks to them as well as the regional chaplains.

November is reason of a visit to Poland before the participation in the CICO General Assembly in Jerusalem.

December convokes the regions from Africa and Europe to each regional Meeting

It is necessary to foresee the next regional badgets and go on looking for help for the enxt Council and Meeting at a regional level.

We must advance in the work about the Statue, a first aproximation has been done and sent to the AMGE and the CPPL.

Together with all this, it is esential to think about the ICCG future, to start evaluating in deep the successes and the difficulties of the regionalization, to define a formation proposal for the future member teams, to look for ways for a work together with the other youth ICOs around the axis, particularly, what has to do with the construction of a culture of peace in justice and solidarity, support from our identity to our world movement.

To grow in communication, to accept as our serche, achievemnets, fears and ncessities, to knit mutual help nets, to share our resources, projects and solutions.

That Maria of Guadalupe, Mother of God and our Mother makes her ways t to us, our Teams, our associations, in the middle of our people from Humanity.


Silvia Staib de Chanes
World Responsible                                                                                                     
 

The performed actions in this period of time have been the following ones:

• Permanent communication with the Guide Associations of America, the Guide Scouts World Association, the members of the World and Regional Team, the CELAM and other organisations.

Resending to all the countries of America, to the contact person in the West Hesmisphere and to our Hut, of all the information received from the World Coordinator, Secretary, Trasurer and Chaplain.


• Mantainment of the Region documentation record.

• México, Panamá, Costa Rica and Honduras showed their interest in being art of the ICCG, bacause of that we kept with them an intensive communication, sending them the answers to their questions such as Statues, Rules and Modus Agendi.

• In March of 2005 we received an afilliation request from the Cos ta Rica Guide Association Warsaw in 2006.

• Meeting with the new President of the Argentina Guides Association, Mrs. Adriana de San Martin and the National Council of this Association, to inform them about the job that the Regional Responsible is performing. We talked a lot about the Latin-American situation, the adult leaders’ needs the possibilities and opportunities of progress. It was also informed about the relationship that the ICCG is keeping with different internationa organisations, and the summary of economical support given by ADVENIAT was presnted.

• In October we made contact with the organisation CLAYSS (Latin-American Solidary Service and Learning Centre), whose mission is: “To contribute with the growing of a fraternal and articipative culture in Latin America through the development of educational solidary projects”.

CLAYSS and the ICCG agreed to make some actions together, because of that the regional responsible participated in:
    √ VII internationa Seminar of Solidary Service and Learning: 6th and 7th of October, 2004
    √  Course of Regional Regional Formers of the Youth Voluntary Programme for the Americas,
       “PaSo Joven- Solidary Particiaption for Latin America”. 9th and 10th of October, 2004
    √  National Responsibles Meeting of PaSo Joven: 8th of December, 2004
    √  Course of National Formers of the Youth Voluntary Programme for the Americas, PaSo
         Joven: 11th of March 2005

• Participation in the annual ICCG World Team meeting, held in Rome in January, 2005.

• Two summaries of the economic support given by adveniat, were sent to this support organisation, with a copy to CELAM and th World Coordinator.
Part of this economic support has been used to finnance, together with the world ICCG the documents “ A call to reconcilliation” and “Guiding, an inclusive pedagogy in times of exclusion”. Samples were distrubuted in American countries.

Taking advantage of the stop in Buenos Aires of the AMGS Executive for the Western Hemisphere, Mrs. Marta Arcocha, we kept an interview with her. We had the opportunity to talk with her about the situation of the Guide Associations in America, their difficulties, their needs, the job that the ICCG is doing and the way to colaborate for the benefit of Guiding in the Region.

• The unvaluable support given by the Faith Animation Team of the Argentina Guide Association, made possible the elaboration of an informative bulletin. It was distributed to all the American Countries, in Soanish and English.

• The Uruguay Guide Association was in charge of the realisation of an Easter reflection. That one was sent to all the countries of America and friend organisation, in Spanish and English, through e-mail.

• Given the importance of the Colombia Guide Association to be home for thr Regional Meeting of Leaders formation in October, 2005, the Regional Responsible kept a meeting with the world coordinator to hold it in Buenos Aires. The AGA president offeres her complete support.

The Regional Responsible kept many work meetings with the AGA Team of Animation in Faith and members of the National Council to organise the meeting. The invitation and the pre-registration form have been already sent to all the countries from Latin America; working teams have been organised and the programme has been alaborated.

This regional team was sent to the ICCG Europe Region, who had offered economic help to the regions for the preformance of projects. That way we got the support of 500 euros and the thanks of the Europe Region is big.

We also presented this project to other finnacial organisations.

The project “ Latin America, advances” whose objectives are
    √  To sep permanent communication with the Guide Associations.
    √  To work in cooperation with the teams of Animation in Faith of the Guide Associations, to
         elaborate formation materials for the adult leaders.
    √  Procurate the ICCG presence in the most relevant formation and pastoral events of the
         region.

This project was sent to ADVENIAT and the economic support was obtained for its performance.



Silvia Campisi
Regional Responsible                                                                                         
 

 Note: the team is composed team is composed by Caterina (responsible), Jean Luc (Chaplain), Anne Sophie, Melanie, and Renata. It’s necessary to remember that 2 of us have been mothers during the year 2004: Renata (July 2004) and Caterina (August 2004)… and it hasn’t been easy to meet and work together for the ICCG!

• Camping “Living Stones” 2004, organized with the CICS- (Trent, Italy, 26-31 of December, 2004).

After the succeed of the camping LIVING STONES 2003, together with 20 chiefs from 15 countries of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, it was decided to have the Camping Living Stones 2004 again in Trento, to use the contacts already made in the occasion of the last camping.

Unluckily, we have had some problems in the logistic part (the organizers of the camping were French and Belgian, and so it wasn’t easy to meet the I’AGESCI region- Trentino Alto Adige). Besides all the CICS, ICCG and AGESCU chiefs that were in charge of the Camping 2004, hadn’t been present in the Camping 2003 (except for one).

The team was formed by:
            ICCG: Mélanie, Anne Sophie, Jean Luc (Chaplain)
            CICS: Hélène, Etienne, Jaume (in part): again elected responsible of Europe/Mediterranean
                        Basin.
            AGESCI: Laura, Federica and Giuseppe.

To prepare and to evaluate the Camping we organized different meetings:

     √ Europe Team Meeting in Italy in August 2004 (Melanie, Jean Luc, Caterina, Renata)
     √  Meeting with the representatives of the Europe CICS in Lille, October and November 2004
        (Melanie, Jean Luc, Caterina, Renata)
    √  Meeting with the AGESCI representatives in Trentino Alto Adige in Preparation of the
        Camping LIVING STONES in Trento, November 2004 (Melanie, Caterina)
    √  Evaluation of the Camping: Belgium (Melanie, Jean Luc, Anne Sophie)
    √  Elaboration of a conditions list to give a “trade marc” to the Camping Living Stones and define
       the essential elements for the Camping in Portugal in December 2005: (Melanie, Jean Luc, Anne
       Sohie)

The evaluations of the Camping were positive, even having had only 12 participants (we had a list of 20 persons that should come, but there were health problems and desertions two days before the start of the Camping!!!)

It has been decided to have the Camping LIVING STONES 2005 in Portugal: Jean Luc will be present for the ICCG. It has been requested the Guides from Portugal to collaborate with the Scouts from Portugal to help in the organization of the Camping.


• Participation in the Youth World Meeting, Colonia, August 2005

In January 2005 Anne Sophie (ICCG Europe Team) and Christa Bishoff (PSG Germany) participated in the meeting for the preparation of the YWM in Colonia organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laics, representing the ICCG.

The PSG Association, members of the ICCG, organized together with the DPSG an international Camping of Scouts and Guides in Colonia during the YWM- Camping that the ICCG has always held- and invited us to be present in the opening. The World ICCG wrote a text for the participants; the Europe ICCG, through Chaplain Jean Luc’s words wrote another text. Besides, we had decided that Anne Sophie was going to be there to represent the ICCG and (if there was time) to speak with the participants and read the messages.

Finally, due to the logistic problems, Anne Sophie (although she was in Colonia for the WYM), she couldn’t go, so that the texts were given to Christa.

Anne Sophie and Christa participated in the ICOs conference during the YWM representing the ICCG.

• Relationship with the Member Associations

Along this year, we have sent letters to confirm the Associations about the jobs we were doing:

     √  August 2004: After the meeting the Europe Team, with the presentation of the Action Plan
         2003-2004 and to invite them to the Camping LIVING STONES 2004.
     √  April 2005: after the meeting in Europe, with a small evaluation of the Camping LIVING
         STONES and the participation of the ICCG in the YWM.
     √  August 2005: to invite the Associations to pay the fees which hadn’t been paid yet.
     √  September 2005: to sent the invitation for the Camping LIVING STONES 2005.

The Europe ICCG provided the World ICCG with instructions about the Associations of the Europe AMGS which could be interested in being members of the ICCG, and the World Responsible sent a letter to these Associations.

In the month of September 2005, Melanie met the Scouts and Guides Direction of France to represent the ICCG and the nowadays activities.

• Relationship with the other Regional Teams of the ICCG

During the meeting with the World Committee in Rome (January 2005) the Europe ICCG decided to donate 500 Euros to the other regional teams, with the condition of receiving a previous specific project to be financed.

This year, the Region Europe handed 500 Euros to Latin America for the realization of a regional meeting, and 500 euros to Africa for the Region Africa meeting in September, 2005.


• Relationships with the ICCS

The relation with the CICS Europe- The Mediterranean has been reinforced during this year with different moments for meetings.

     √  Jean Luc and Anne Sophie have participates in the Seminar about Spirituality organized by the
          CICS in Berlin in November 2004.
     √  We have together organized the camping LIVING STONES 2004 and we are working on the
          preparation of the Camping LIVING STONES 2005 in Portugal.
     √  The CICS and ICCG teams are going to meet in January 2006 to make the 2005 camping
         balance and talk about the future projects;
    √  We think prepare together a workshop on spirituality during the Roverway in Italy, in August
        2006.

• Web Site

All the communications, the pictures, etc have been regularly put in the ICCG website.


Caterina, Jean Luc, Anne Sophie, Melanie, Renata
CICG Europe Team

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