REGIONS, OUR HEARTS.

Our Regions are the beats of our Federation, they are the first contact with global and regional health of our members My objective will be to develop and maintain a safe and supportive space for Regional Directors to share concerns and receive support from the VPM. With the RDs, I will work to:

Establish regular and transparent communication with Regional Directors through monthly group meetings, bimonthly individual check-ins, and team building activities and follow-up on action points from individual and group meetings with RDs

Foster collaboration and communication among Regional Directors through regular networking

Encourage the organisation of Interregional Sessions or Activities, with two or more regions, during General Assemblies.

Support the RDs in achieving their goals outlined in their Annual Working Plan, Regional Strategy, and Regional Priorities

Create spaces for them to share ideas and best practices of the RMs and Regional Development, during TOMs or online activities.

Regional Meetings

Organizing a Regional Meeting will always be challenging. There is a great amount of documents and processes to be coordinated, which can overwhelmed and stress RDs, NMOs and OCs.

I have experienced different settings of our Regional Meetings: physical, online and hybrid RMs, and attended as general delegate, head of delegation and Regional Director. To support the organization of the Regional Meetings and the Regional Directors, I plan to:

Establish regular communication to support RDs in the preparation and execution of RMs (agendas, plenaries, sessions and OC communication) including the preparation and reporting timelines. Be available to the RDs and advice on how to handle challenges that may arise during the planning and execution of the RM. The status of the RMs will be discussed during the bimonthly meetings, 1:1 OLMs and RDs spaces on TOMs. (A special 1:1 OLM will be conducted with each RD elect to check the status of the RM and the handover provided) Provide support and information to the RDs during the process of creation of the Priorities Report for the AmRM and the selection of the TO members attending to the RM.

Gather feedback from RDs on their experience with the Regional Meetings, to understand what is working well and what areas need improvement.

Facilitate coordination between RDs and the EB contact person to ensure smooth execution of Regional Meetings.

Recognize the RDs for their efforts in organizing the Regional Meetings

Regional Meetings Database

I plan to Support the RDs in the management of the data of their RMs, creating and maintaining a database of past Regional Meeting information and other relevant information for RDs to reference and to learn from

It will include RM Contracts, Priorities Report, Budgets, Final Report, Survival Kits and Invitation Packages.