CCELD 2011 opens in Ottawa, Canada where all participants discuss the challenges facing leaders and engage in two days of presentations, discussion and networking.
 
Participants will then divide into smaller study groups and travel first in Canada and then in a Caribbean country to visit communities and workplaces from the public and private sectors, as well as civil society.  Finally, the full Dialogue will reconvene for four days in Barbados where each study group will prepare a presentation on what they have observed and learned for the plenary, the conference president and invited guests.
 

During on-site visits, participants meet with leaders in their environment to discuss the challenges they face, and the strategies used in meeting them. Organizations visited will include those engaged in environmental management, tourism, education, health care, construction and infrastructure, culture, community work, finance and law enforcement/security amongst others.
 

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