3 Table of Contents Message from the Chair and the Executive Director 2 Vision and Strategic Objectives for 2003-2008 3 Our Corporate Membership 3 Partnerships for the Future 4 An Exceptionally Busy Year 5 Achievements in the Field 6 Thank You to all of our Donors 11 Financial Statements 12 CECI in the World 16 WRITTEN AND COORDINATED BY Robert Hazel CONTRIBUTORS Ginette Chalifoux, Jocelyne Dallaire, Claude Perras, etc. GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Corégraph communications TRANSLATION Tony Kwan 2003: The International Year of Fresh Water Photos:Cover Louis-Joseph Goulet (CECI). Gervais L’Heureux, in English and Spanish editions.This report is also available Number printed: 1,500 - Printed on recycled paper 2003 © CECI, August CECI (CECI) OULX R P ANIEL D HOTO BY P CECI combats poverty and exclusion. To this end, it "strengthens the development capacity of disadvantaged communities; supports ini- tiatives for peace, human rights and equity; mobilizes resources and promotes the exchange of know-how." CECI is governed by a Board of Directors composed of unremunerated members elected by CECI’s membership at the Annual General Assembly. CECI’s corporate membership is composed of nearly 100 volunteers from various sectors: religious institutions, academia, the business community, organizations active on the international stage, former CECI volunteers, etc. The Annual General Assembly was held in Montreal on Saturday, September 21, 2002. The organization carries out its mission via partnerships with organizations based in developing countries and in collaboration with part- ners in Canada or other countries from the North, such as France, Australia, the United States, etc. CECI belongs to a number of coali- tions or umbrella groups, including the Ottawa-based Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC), the Montreal-based Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI), the Montreal International Forum and the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) network. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR and THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Strategic planning, the elaboration of a new vision statement, developing To promote its expertise in so-called "post-emergency" efforts, i.e. rehabilita- alliances and new networks—CECI set itself an ambitious program in 2002- tion, reconstruction, economic recovery and family reunification (Statement 03. The resulting orientations were adopted by the Board of Directors in No. 3), CECI must form an alliance with a major organization specializing in September 2002. They will guide CECI’s course over the next five years, that initial emergency relief efforts. is to the eve of its 50th anniversary. To ensure greater visibility and increased recognition for its actions, and CECI’s strategy today can be summed up in one key word: partnership. It is those of its partners (Statement No. 4), CECI must enhance its capacities in with this in mind that we ask you to become acquainted with our vision and communications, particularly through participation in campaigns to combat strategic objectives for 2003-08, which are outlined on the facing page. poverty and violence. To remain a leader in the fight against poverty and exclusion (Statement of Finally, CECI must be able to count on everybody that is part of the organi- principles No. 1), CECI must target its overseas programs around its princi- zation (Statement No. 5): head office and overseas employees, Canadians pal sectors of expertise and increase its involvement in various international and foreign nationals, present and former cooperants, interns, our corporate networks, in particular those related to social economics and fair trade. membership and members of the Board of Directors. It is by creating syner- gies and opportunities for mutual enrichment among people in the organiza- To become the principal agency enabling Canadians to participate in inter- tion that CECI will succeed in attaining its objectives. national cooperation (Statement No. 2), CECI must diversify beyond tradi- tional models of cooperation by developing linkages with other organiza- This is our program for the future. To remain a useful instrument for the devel- tions, both in Canada and overseas. This work is already well underway, as opment of communities, CECI must yet again raise the standards it sets for attest the partnerships established this year with WUSC and Congé solidaire. itself. Given the scope of the challenges to be met, aren’t all organizations working in international cooperation required to do so? DANIELLE SAUVAGE MICHEL CHAURETTE Chairperson of the Board Executive Director () ))) THE LAST OF CECI’S FOUNDERS HAS LEFT THIS MORTAL COIL In Uganda, on May 2nd 2003, Édouard Trudeau, a Jesuit father, passed away. The last surviving member of the three AÎTRE signatories to CECI’s application for incor- -M poration in November 1968, Father HOTO P E Tr udeau was often called an "incurable / L CECI’s 2002-03 Board of Directors optimist," a "servant of the most destitute ARIA ROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN THE FRONT ROW UCIE LONDEAU AV F , ,L B ( ) refugees" or simply a "builder." Active to S DANIELLE SAUVAGE-CHAIRPERSON ( ) PIERRE PICHETTE-VICE- the very end of his 85 years, Édouard PRESIDENT ( ) PATRICIA BORLACE-TREASURER ( ); IN THE BACK Tr udeau was an honorary CECI member AROLINE ROW,BERNARD DECALUWÉ ( ) CAROLINE MARCEL ( ) LOUIS- :C who kept a keen eye on CECI’s fortunes. JOSEPH GOULET ( ) MONIQUE VÉZINA ( ) RAYMOND BATRIE ( ) HOTO P MICHEL CHAURETTE-SECRETARY. Mr.Paul-Émile Lamy, a member of the Corporation passed away in 2002-03. (2))) VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR 2003-08 CECI is a leader within an international network of partners combating poverty OUR CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP and exclusion. Its expertise lies mainly in building capacities for development. Honorary Members Members of the business Statement Concretely, this entails a structured Diane Bachand – Maurice Carel – Gisèle community process of skills and knowledge sharing, of principles Guilbault – Gilles Pion – Jean-Marie Roy Raymond Batrie – Nicole Beaudoin the mobilization of change agents in Fabienne Vachon Christiane Beaulieu – Michel Bélisle No. 1 actions that are local, regional and inter- Pierre Bibeau – Monique Daigneault national in scope, and the influence the Former cooperants Marie-Andrée Delisle – Georges Désilets network exercises on public opinion, gov- Patricia Borlace – André Bouvette Pierre Dion – Guy Dufresne – Pierre ernments and funding agencies. Jean-François Deschênes – Johanne Émond – Claude Généreux – Luc Lavoie Journeault – Myriam Lafrance – Valérie Jean-Robert Leclerc – Paul Leduc Lavergne – Clémence Leblanc – Lucie Andrée Lemarier – Gaétan Lussier Nationally, thanks to its network of part- Lippé – Caroline Marcel – Gigi Pierre Parent – Michel Pauzé – André ners, CECI is the principal agency Marchessault – Nicole Morais Payette – Pierre Pichette – Denyse Statement enabling Canadians to participate in inter- Radegonde Ndejuru – Marie-Marthe Robichaud – Trung Nguyen national cooperation. It offers a variety of of principles Ouellet – Sylvie Painchaud – Élizabeth models for engaging in direct cooperation, Parent – Charles Pouliot – Patricia Riel Others No. 2 such as exchanges, internships, interna- Jocelyne Rochon – Anne-Marie Saulnier Robert Bisaillon – Nicole Boily – Antonin tional voluntary cooperation, responsible Sylvie Tremblay Boisvert – Mario Cardinal – Louise Carré consumption, social tourism and solidarity Pierre F.Côté – Bernard Hervieux leaves. Members of the international Michaëlle Jean – Robert Letendre cooperation community Nancy Neamtan – Claude Papineau Raphaël Assor – Michel Chaurette Jean Pelletier – Paule Sainte-Marie CECI is a much-valued partner of human- Jean-François Cloutier – William Danielle Sauvage – Jean-François Statement itarian organizations specializing in initial Cosgrove – Jean-Claude Desmarais Simard – Karen Spierkel of principles emergency assistance; it complements Ernest Hébert – Michèle Jodoin – Pierre- No. 3 their work as regards reconstruction and Marc Johnson – Pierre Juneau – Jean- the strengthening of local capacities for Luc Legros – Marie Naltchayan – Michel confronting new crises. Samson – Thérèse Sévigny – Martha Breakdown of revenue sources Stone – Monique Vézina in 2002-03 3% Statement Communications are at the heart of our Members from academia strategies for social change and the posi- 12% of principles Manon Bourgeois – Jean Cadieux tions we take. In particular, CECI shall Claude Corbo – Bernard Decaluwé No. 4 participate in campaigns combating Fernand Potvin – Michel Roy – Jacques 23% 62% poverty and violence. Tousignant – Jean Vincelette Members from religious Our mode of governance and organiza- institutions tional structure are the motors of this Pierre Bélanger – Lucie Blondeau CIDA: 62% Statement strategic vision and of the partnerships to Mario Dufour – Louis-Joseph Goulet Other funding agencies*: 23% be developed. The people at CECI identi- of principles André Lamothe – Jean-Guy Lanthier Value of professional services fy with the organization’s values. They François Lapierre (Mgr) – Marcel rendered by volunteers: 12% No. 5 appreciate the opportunities for profes- Lefebvre – Jacques Levac – Gilles Fund-raising: 3% sional development and growth offered by Lussier (Mgr) – Michel Marcil their work environment. Mireille Morin * World Bank, USAID, UNDP, ASDB, HCR, GEF, AusAID, ministère des Relations internationales du Québec, various foundations, etc. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE FUTURE World University Service of Canada