Overview of the 2015 Annual General Meeting

On October 31, CECI held its Annual General Meeting, an exciting gathering that brought together more than 100 people.

CECI reported very strong results for 2014-2015 in a presentation demonstrating that, despite these challenging times, significant progress had been made in terms of our project portfolio, strengthening strategic partnerships and pursuing financial diversification.

> Read the 2014-2015 Annual Report

Participants included international guests such as the Regional Directors and representatives from our country offices as well as delegates from two new advisory committees created in Haiti and Nepal. These two countries are part of a pilot project for our 2014-2019 strategic plan, which aims to make our country offices self-sufficient.

> Read CECI’s 2014-2019 Strategic Plan

Several noteworthy structural changes were made this year and incorporated into CECI’s updated by-laws. Under the enhanced governance structure, CECI can now take on associate members and we have thus welcomed 13 new Quebec civil society organizations into our corporate body. 
They are: 

• Unité de santé internationale de l'Université de Montréal
• Chantier de l'économie sociale
• CSQ - Centrale des syndicats du Québec
• Coalition pour la Souveraineté Alimentaire
• Collectif autonome des carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Québec
• Société du réseau Économusée
• Fédération québécoise des municipalités
• Caisse d'économie solidaire Desjardins
• Équiterre
• Maison d'Haïti
• Réseau Canadien de développement économique communautaire (RCDEC)
• Regroupement québécois des intervenants et intervenantes en action communautaire (RQIIAC)
• Chaire de responsabilité sociale et développement durable - UQAM

Last but not least, we would like to congratulate our newest members of the Board of Directors:

• Dimy  Ambroise
• Maria De Koninck
• Bruno Lavoie
• Yves Savard

The following members were also confirmed:

• Robert Perreault, Chair
• Danielle Sauvage, Vice-Chair
• Jean-François Michaud, Vice-Chair Community Life
• Sr Sylvia Dupuis, M.I.C., Treasurer
• Yves Alavo
• Michelle Bussières
• Susan Kovac

• Kerlande Mibel

Around the time of the Annual General Meeting, CECI’s annual seminar and the Uniterra Global Meeting set the stage for rich exchanges between our teams from the head office and the field.