International Newsletter Xmas 2012

PUBLI SHED BY THE WEST MI DLANDS I NTERNATI ONAL FORUM XMAS/ NEW YEAR 2012 I N T E R N A T I O N A L As You probably kn ow t he vis it f r om Fa t ima Orea (Womens Of f icer of t he P er uv ian t rade union SI TA G ) plan ne d f or Decem ber was unf or t unat ely can celled due t o t he Br it ish Embass y r ef usin g he r a V isa. Thi s is t he s eco nd t ime F at ima has bee n r ef used a v isa . Followi ng di scus sions wit h Banana Link it was agreed t o t ry again in 2013 . I t was f elt t hat an idea l op po r t unit y w ould be to invit e Fa t ima over f or National deleg at e C onf er - en ce , a s w e wou ld b e a ble t o invit e he r t o our region al deleg at es meet ing And hear f r om her ho w t he pr oj ect which (through f undin g f rom UNI SONS I nt er nat ion al dev elo pmen t f und) ou r reg ion has f acil it at ed, which is helping SI TA G ‘s ca- pacit y building . She wou l d also be a bl e t o spe ak a t ou r R egiona l SOG m eet i ng s I n addit ion other r eg ions have expr essed an int erest in meet ing . I n line wit h t he vis it t he R eg ion also pla n t o or ganise a f r inge m ee t ing at C onf erence wit h Ba nana link. This i n t ur n will pr omot e a m ot ion f r om a br an ch in o ur r egion which will r aise awar enes s o f t he issues and seek a f f ili at ion t o Bananalink. The r eg ion has m ade a bid t o t he Nat ion al I nt er nat ional co mmit t ee f or f undin g t owar ds t he co st s of t he visit . Thi s ha s now been ag r eed a nd t he r egio n wil l receive £1000 t owar ds our costs (t he rest being m et f r om wit hin our I nt er nat ional budget. Obvious ly any br anches who would like to make a cont ribut ion or want t o be actively in- volved let me know.

International Newsletter Xmas 2012

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