understanding ico a presentation

...building processes and teams to enablepositive social change by using

innovative methods to eliminate povertyand to advance education...

• Introduction 

• ICO Communities 

• ICO Centres

• Projects and Initiatives  

• over 2000 people assisted with education and relief of poverty in 5 countries on 3 continents• 650 Friends supporting ICO

over 100 of which are volunteer Team Members

• over $2 million in gross assets  

ICO Worldwide Quick Facts

“We must seriously question the concepts underlying the current structure of organizations

and whether they are suitable to the management of accelerating societal and environmental

problems -

and, even beyond that, we must seriously consider whether they are the primary cause of

those problems.”

Dee Hock

A Challenging Thought...

The ICO Difference

ICO Formula

...Friends working together... 

100% volunteer +

100% transparent +

100% managed via the net     = 

100% of donations to Initiatives!

What is ICO?

We are a charitable foundation which builds processes and teams that enable positive

sustainable social change by using innovative methods to eliminate poverty and to advance

education.

ICO Constitution (excerpt)

i) to relieve poverty by

- researching, modifying or developing innovative methods to provide the poor with the necessities of life and disseminating the results of such research to the public;

- using innovative methods to provide the poor with the necessities of life.

ICO Constitution (excerpt)

ii) to advance education by

- researching, modifying or developing innovative methods to enable children and adults to learn, and disseminating the results of such research to the public;

- providing scholarships, tuition, supplies and other necessities for students to attend school.

iii) to carry on ancillary and incidental activities that further these charitable purposes.

...above all, we are friends working together.If the task gets before relationships,

do not do the task...

and we believe that:

...in the end of the 'isms...the graveyards of the World are full of them

 and

 ...have you failed today?

and if not why not?

because to be creative and innovative means trying new ideas and taking risks and that can

mean failure too and also bring success

and we also believe:

How does ICO organize?

Grassroots involvement by local and indigenous peoples working together in an

ICO Community

supported internationally in the field and through the Internet

by knowledge and resource areas called

ICO Centres

A Different Approach

Chaordic Organization

ICO Board of Directors

Is elected by the membership and responsible to the membership for the governance of the Foundation.

Members of the Foundation consist of active volunteer Team Members only. There is no cost, the contribution of time and passion to the Foundation is the membership fee.

A Team Member who cannot be active is allowed a year of leave of absence and maintains voting membership for that period. After that the member reverts to ICO Friends status, unless active again.

ICO Board of Directors

ICO splits the operational management of the Foundation from overall strategic and fiduciary governance.

The elected  President of the Foundation acts as Chair of the Board and is responsible to the Board for the administration of the Foundation.

Each of the four operational groups has a President who individually reports to the Chair.Over the next year the Board of Directors is being redesigned into a Board of Trustees.

ICO Board of Directors

  the ultimate responsibility of our Board

shared visiongood governance

with transparency

Transparency Bank balances, cash flows and donations shown live 24/7 on the Net for all to see.

...and the first organization in the World to show accounts live for over 4 years now...

The ICO Offer on TransparencyWe believe that transparency and openness are critical in today's World to ensure trust.The Net can enable instant live 24/7 transparency. Our Offer:We will partner with any non-profit organization in the World to share our transparent accounting processes - free!  Our Conditions:Not be in disharmony with our goals and agree to be totally transparent within 3 years.

Our ICO Matrix

ICO Communitiesand

ICO Centres

work together and produce sustainable innovative

Projects and Initiatives

ICO Chaordic Matrix 

• Introduction

 • ICO Communities

 • ICO Centres

• Projects and Initiatives

Our ICO Matrix

ICO Communities

Council of ICO Communities• Provides a dynamic forum for all ICO Friends

Worldwide. • The prime organizational component of ICO is

the ICO Community, consisting of ICO Friends.• Each ICO Community is represented by their

ICO Community Co-ordinator• ICO Community Co-ordinators then form the

Council of ICO Communities.

The Council is a representative advisory body and is not involved in Foundation governance,

Council of ICO Communities

Secretariat to the Council of ICO World CommunitiesPotential ICO Communities are developed and nurtured by the Secretariat working with local and indigenous leadership as much as possible with assistance from the ICO Development Chaord as required.

Secretariat to the Council of ICO World Communities

Provides the following services to ICO Communities:

• Encourages and supports full involvement in ICO Communities of all local and indigenous peoples who are ICO Friends, especially those who are or have been recipients of ICO aid and support.

• Encourages and supports democratic team building processes to enable full involvement of ICO Friends in ICO Communities and their Projects and Initiatives.

• Provides organizational and administrative support to the Chair and the Council of ICO Communities.

• The Secretariat focuses to People Team Building and not Project or Initiative Building

ICO Communities

ICO Communities with current Initiatives

• ICO Victoria Community• ICO Guatemala Community• ICO Colombia Community• ICO Uganda Community• ICO Rwanda Community

ICO Victoria Community

• 22 units for people with persistent mental health issues who are at risk of being homeless. Operated by VIHA

• 24 unit "wet-house" for people with concurrent mental health, addiction and are homeless. Initiative has matured and now passed to Victoria Cool Aid Society.  

Banfield House

ICO Guatemala Community

• Stoves for health and the environment

• Education and scholarships• Health clinic support and

medicines

ICO Stoves Initiative

ICO Colombia Community

• Bakery and bakery school• Fish farming - analysis• Hotel, B+B - analysis• Street baking goods vendor• Micro-Finance Initiatives

ICO Rwanda Community

Initiatives with Orphaned Students • Train students in sustainable construction skills • Rehabilitate dilapidated houses of widows • Build tree nursery on campus for 2,000 seedlings • Build and manage rabbit breeding colony for

community education and distribution • Empower students to earn for self support through

community project

ICO Rwanda Community

Students build and plant raised garden for an old aged widower

ICO Uganda Community

• Teaching hip-hop dance to HIV orphaned children and young people who live on the streets and garbage heaps, enabling them to begin a more structured and healthy life.

• Bee-keeping and hives Micro-Finance Initiative

ICO Uganda Initiatives

ICO Communities

ICO Communities in development• ICO Vancouver Community• ICO Saltspring Community• ICO Nanaimo Community• ICO Courteney Community• ICO Ottawa Community• ICO UK Community• ICO Sri Lanka Community • ICO USA Community

• Introduction 

• ICO Communities• ICO Centres

• Projects and Initiatives

Our ICO Matrix

ICO Centres  

Our Groups

• ICO World Communities• ICO Institute

• IC Trust

• ICO International 

ICO World Communities

Builds innovative, sustainable communities by developing & managing our Community Initiatives

• ICO Community Initiatives Centre • ICO Centre for Peace and Justice • ICO Sea Support Centre • ICO Inns Centre• ICO Centre for Micro-Finance• ICO Young Persons Centre

ICO Institute

The research & conceptual power house of ICO

• ICO Research Centre • ICO Centre for Innovative Organization • ICO Resource Centre• ICO Learning Centre for Sustainability  • ICO Centre for Planning and Development• ICO International Board of Advisors

IC Trust

Is responsible for developing innovative sustainable housing and managing the building portfolio of ICO.

• ICO Property Management Centre • ICO Innovative Housing Centre

ICO International

 Supports all ICO activities Worldwide

• ICO Friends Centre• ICO Volunteers Centre• ICO Interns Centre• ICO Communications Centre• ICO Administration Centre• ICO Initiative Funding Centre

• Introduction

 • ICO Communities

 • ICO Centres

• Projects and Initiatives• ICO Interns Centres

Our ICO Matrix

ICO Communitiesand

ICO Centres

work together and produce sustainable innovative

Initiatives and Projects

ICO Projects and Initiatives• Changing the way people and organizations work.

Focussing to building relationships which enable innovative sustainable communities and make a more peaceful and harmonious World

• Stoves for health and better environment • Education scholarships and food• Housing and support for mentally ill people who

would homeless.• Teaching dance to HIV orphans• Bee-Keeping and hives• Bakery and bakery school• Support for civil war widows in micro-business

...above all, we are friends working together.

If the task gets before relationships,do not do the task...