Expedition

Our journey commenced by nurturing the CIDSE Management Team, preparing them for the momentous Planning Meetings involving the entire network. Crafting a process timeline, we delved into pivotal questions: "How do we unite working groups? Engage members for ownership? Harmonize structural components? What governance will unite secretariat and network?" Collaborating with Member Organisation Heads and Program Leads solidified our groundwork. Together, we crafted a vibrant agenda for the trio of Planning Meetings, leveraging collective wisdom, each step harmoniously building upon the last.

Armed with a validated blueprint, we designed specialized tools and methodologies for seamless execution. Facilitating plenary sessions and empowering CIDSE team members to embrace their roles, our toolkit comprised diverse methodologies—check-ins, networking, collective journaling, systemic exercises, world café, and thematic group work.

Destination

The pinnacle of our journey? The Planning Meetings—moments of alignment and unity across CIDSE's diverse structures. Within these gatherings emerged not just visions but actionable frameworks for the newly crafted spaces, entailing long, medium, and short-term objectives. Most profoundly, the pulse of network camaraderie intensified, birthing a collective surge of enthusiasm to actualize the new Strategic Framework. The process fostered a profound sense of belonging, fortifying bonds within the network and propelling collaborative energy toward transformative action.