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CARIBBEANVISIONS 2020 declared a Success by Attendees

 
CaribbeanVisions 2020, a one-day participatory Brain Trust on the future of the Caribbean, held on Saturday, April 28 was declared a success by the attendees.  The objective of CaribbeanVisions 2020 was to bring together community leaders and experts to work collaboratively to accomplish the following specific goals:

• The articulation of a vision for Caribbean in 2020 by the Caribbean diaspora;  
• The articulation of shared vision on the potential role of the Caribbean diaspora in promoting the sustainable development of the Caribbean region.

 
Why a Visioning Process? Joel Barker in 'The Power of Visions'  stated that 'A positive vision of the future is the most powerful motivation for change'.  Citing the research done by Fred Polak on the success of nations, it has been found that the successful nation when they began their climb did not have the right resources, did not have a critical population base and they didn't even have any strategic advantage. What they all had in common was a positive vision of their future. The people then acted in concert and made their vision a reality. The message here is that circumstances do not determine the outcome, only vision does.  
 
As such, 'Caribbean Visions 2020' was organized as a community stakeholder dialogue consultation in the form of a conversation on the future of the Caribbean.  Each participant was presumed to have the knowledge necessary such that the process would unleash our collective wisdom.  The  'Caribbean Visions 2020'  Report is in final stages of editing.   (Click here for Excerpt)   

CARICOM endorsed CaribbeanVisions 2020 as a key part of the dialogue process and an important pre-cursor to the optimizing the impact of the June Forum.    
CaribbeanVisions 2020 Host Committee  
Caribbean Research Center 
Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce & Industry 
Greater South Florida Chamber of Commerce 
 
CaribbeanVisions 2020 Producing Partners 
National Education Association  
Vyalex Corporation