Credit Union Delegation to CCCU Conference in Bahamas 2014
25 Credit Union volunteers and staff members of the four Credit Unions in the Federation attended the Caribbean Confederation of Credit unions (CCCU) 57th Annual Convention at the renown Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas from 20th– 25th June , 2014. The four Credit Unions are the St. Kitts Co-operative Credit Union, the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union, the Police Credit Union and the FND Enterprise Co-operative Credit Union. Included in the delegation were the Presidents of each Credit Union and three of the four General Managers.
Mr. Sydney Newton, General Manager of the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union was deservingly awarded by CCCU for his sterling contribution as a Board member, where he served as Treasurer of that institution from to 2010 to 2013.
After an impressive Opening Ceremony on Saturday afternoon and inspiring church service on Sunday morning, the education sessions started with Dr. Aubrey Armstong, a Guyanese Educator presenting the theme for the convention“ Re-engineering Credit Unions for Success and Sustainability”. During a full packed three days , the participants were exposed to presentations by experienced experts in topics such as :
Leading Disruptive Innovation and Change
Creating a Sustainable High Performing Board
Crafting a More Effective and Engaging Credit Union Board
Data and Cyber Security in an Evolving Environment
The Seven Habits of Successful Credit Committees
The Seven Habits of Successful Supervisory Committees
Justifying Technology Investments in a non- ROI world
Co-operation among Co-operatives: A User Guide.
The members of the Delegation met as a group and vouched to ensure that the one of seven Cooperative principles and a topic that was presented at the Conference “ Co-operation among Co-operatives’ will be kept alive. The leaders agreed that a meeting of the four Boards will be held at the St. Kitts Cooperative Credit Union on Wednesday 23rdJuly, 2014. This is a positive step in the direction of re-engineering the Credit Unions in our Federation for Success and Sustainability.
