Working Together: Guatemala-Diaspora Projects in Progress

TIME

Session

8:30 – 9:00

REGISTRATION and breakfast

9:00 – 10:00

Introduction

Welcome
Background: CIMI’s Guatemala-Diaspora Initiative and the Jewish Diaspora-Israel Model of Partnership
Rebecca Bardach
US Representative, CIMI

Aileen Josephs
Honorary Consul of Guatemala in West Palm Beach, Florida and Immigration Attorney

Workshop Background: Methods and Goals 
Review of Key Findings From Last Year’s Workshop
Jocelyn Sabbagh
Director, El Sol Resource Center in Jupiter, Florida

Introduction of Participants
Participants introduce themselves. 

10:00 – 11:30

Learning from our Peers
Cadisogua  
Ix Balam
Ajaw Kabawil
Rio Azul y Corn Maya

Presentations about projects that workshop participants have developed. Groups will present their projects, objectives, methods, achievements and obstacles.

11:30 – 11:45

BREAK

11:45 – 12:45

Training #1: Planning, Budget and Management
Guillermo Marizuya Escobar, ADAM

1. What aspects do we have to consider when planning your project? How do you develop a budget for our project? How can you monitor your budget and outcomes?

12:45-1:30 

LUNCH

1:30-2:30

Training #2: Economic development: Marketing, Sales and Negotiation in a Global Context
Ruby Ortiz, MBA

If you are seeking to export goods to the US as part of your project what do you have to know about market access, marketing methods, your competition, sales and negotiation in a global context?

2:30-2:45

1. BREAK

2:45-3:30 

Examples of Diaspora Work from Around the World
Dale Asis, Program Consultant, Chicago Donors Global Network

Dale will provide an overview of the 97 Chicago diaspora donor groups with whom he works comprised of migrants from around the world and offer lessons of sustainable development projects they have sponsored. 

3:30 – 4:30

Consulting - Round Robin

Opportunity to consult with experts about your project and to network.  Experts will include:

Ruby Ortiz – Management, international business, leadership                 
Guillermo Marizuya Escobar– Project development                  
Dale Asis – Fundraising in the Diaspora; diaspora-homeland partnerships 
Jocelyn Sabbagh - Non Profit structures, grant writing, NGO in USA
Shelton Davis – Community and cultural continuity           
Aileen Josephs – Organizing a mission of American and diaspora supporters to visit your project
Rebecca Bardach –Diaspora-homeland partnerships, project consultation

4:30 – 5:00

Conclusion of Day I
Facilitated by Rebecca Bardach

Discussion around key issues that arose throughout the day. 

Session

8:30 – 9:00

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00

Teamwork, Leadership and Change
Ruby Ortiz , MBA

The five fundamental steps of leadership, the attitude of a winner and a positive step towards change, and how to be a productive member in a team.

10:00 – 10:30

The Cultural Significance of Guatemala-Diaspora Partnerships
Shelton Davis, Ph.D

Guatemala-Diaspora Partnerships are playing an important role not only in promoting the integration of Mayan migrants in the Untied States and the economic development of Mayan communities in Guatemala but also the continuity of the Mayan peoples and their children’s identities, cultures and languages.

10:30 – 11:00

Financial Resources
Dale Asis, Chicago Global Donors Workshop
Rebecca Bardach, CIMI

What are ways that other Diaspora groups raise funds to support projects?  Dale will share examples from Diaspora groups from around the world and Rebecca will share from the Israel-Jewish Diaspora model.

11:00 – 12:30

Next Steps       
Facilitator: Rebecca Bardach

What do you want the Guatemala-Diaspora relationship to look like in ten years?  What is necessary to achieve these goals?  What infrastructure would help to develop and maintain a partnership between Guatemala and its diaspora?  What role can you play in achieving this vision? 

Workshop Evaluations
Facilitator: Jocelyn Sabbagh

Conclusion

12:30 – 1:30

LUNCH, marimba band, and goodbyes