MONTHLYDIGESTa summary of what is happening in the world JB-wise

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FEB.

ISSuE

new deadline

You wanted to participate in

the Cell Phone challenge but

didn’t have time?

Lucky you, you have two more

months!

find out about this great challenge...

We are challenging you to collect as many old cellphones as possible untilMay 1st 2013!

IJR NOmINatION watch their video!

ex-IJR give some advice to those of you considering running for the position and for those of you who will nominate our next IJR! If you’re thinking about someone to nominate, contact your NJR.

the WORld IN 2012 check what happened in IJB last year...

IJR’s second mId Way meetINg

minutes are available!

JB and the Changes all around us

Last year at the AIM in Paris, the Board of Trustees approved five motions that set the organization on a path of change. This change will affect the way we work internationally and also  the  way  we meet  and  interact  with  each  other.  So,  to  facilitate  this  change  the Transition Team (TT) was selected early November 2012 and since then have met twice and worked extremely hard in between these two meetings. 

Junior Branch was a main topic that the TT tackled from various angles, since all the changes proposed will affect JB and the way it interacts with the rest of the organization. When it comes to integration of JB - a subject that was/is being talked about a lot within the organization - the TT say, on the one side, the IJB Team should be fully integrated as one of the committees of the new Governing Board. However, they feel that there is also great value in guaranteeing the autonomy of IJB  to select their own leadership. This same idea also allows Juniors to vote for one member of the Governing Board each year. On another hand, the new international meeting, which will be held every 2-3 years from 2015, and IJBC will have a strong relationship between each other. The first one will be a new model of meeting/workshop space bringing CISVers together, and idea very far from what we know now as AIM.

Another very exciting development  in  the past couple of days was  the  release of CISV Internationals new website. If you still haven’t had a look, you should go check it out.We hope this was a useful read and has gotten you as excited as us about the changes underway.  To  keep  up  to  date  with  the  Transition  Team  and  the  changes  underway,  bookmark our TT update pages on www.cisv.org  The next big update about all of these changes will be on  the 15th of March and  if you have any questions please e-mail us at transition.team@cisv.org---Denise & Solifrom the Transition Team

Thank YOU!Former NJRs

WELCOME!New NJRs...

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gO east

The Central Eastern European Neighbourhood met up near Budapest for GO EAST to work on the theme ‘Fortress Europe – the reality of Human Rights in Europe’. Activities were focused on Human Rights violations in the 30 participants’ countries. We also cooperated with a group of Roma who later shared their traditional dancing skills and some great music. Keep an eye on the EJB blog for a longer article being published soon...

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helP yOuR ChaPteR gROW!take an active role in developing and improving your chapter

- a forum on training and development - tools to implement in the chapter/NA - personnel (recruiting, training and motivating volunteers etc.)- structures (chapter structure, role profile/job  description,  planning  and project management etc.)- junior branch essentials- JB debelopment tools- experience sharing

Cam 2013!

People who are intersted in taking an active leadership to develop and improve their local, national and regional Junior Branches.

- Junior Branch essentials- Programme goals- JB development tools- Cooperation- Project development and evaluation- Experience sharing- Educational themes specific to each meeting

28th/31st March - El Salvador - $150

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JasPaRC 28th/31st of marchdownload the infopack!