The Secretary of Cricket Peru, Miles Buesst, was proud to attend the recent, annual ICC Americas Development Forum, held over three days at the Hotel Bougainvillea in San Jose, Costa Rica. It was a chance to celebrate some of the many achievements made in developing cricket in Peru over the past year, with the cricketing movers and shakers of the region - which included two participants each from ICC headquarters in Dubai and the West Indies Cricket Board, the staff of the ICC Americas office in Toronto, as well as a representative from each of  the ICC Member nations in the Americas region (numbering 16 in total, although Cuba was unable to attend for political reasons). It was also an opportunity to share information and strategies across two continents, which share a number of challenges, despite a clear diversity.

The social highlight of the weekend was an Awards Dinner on Saturday night, at which the 2010 Development Awards were presented to the winners, and long-serving Bermudan Cricket Board member, Reginald Pearman, was honoured for his services to cricket in Bermuda, prior to his retirement.

Nonetheless, the message of the Forum was that, despite major advances being made in nearly all areas, much still remains to be done if the Americas region is going to catch up with the other regions in the ICC, in terms of participation and playing standards.

ICC AMERICAS REGION

Development Forum

May 14th & 15th, 2011 - San Jose, Costa Rica

A G E N D A

Day 1: Sat, May 14th, 2011

08.30 AM: Introduction of Delegates & Opening Remarks: Martin Vieira (Regional Development Manager)

Welcome Remarks: Richard Illingworth (Costa Rica Cricket Federation)

ICC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT Tim Anderson (ICC Development Programs Manager)

West Indies Cricket Board: David Cameron

09.30 AM: Minutes of 2010 Development Forum: Martin Vieira

09.45 AM: Presentation: ICC Development Strategy 2011-2015: Tim Anderson

10.30 AM: Morning Coffee Break: All

10.45 AM: Reports: Development Committee: Theo Cuffy/Grant Dugmore

Affiliates Rep: Matt Featherstone

Women’s Committee: Josina Luke (West Indies Cricket Board)

CEO/Planning Committee: Neil Speight

Americas Region Annual Report: Martin Vieira

12.00 Noon: Communications and Website:  Kelly Hunter (ICC Americas RPO)

Event wall calendar

Development Awards

12.30 PM: Lunch All

1.30 PM: Reporting: Aaron Collins (ICC Americas MS Compliance Officer)

Data Research in Review AC / MV

Membership Criteria AC/ MV

2.30 PM: Presentation: RegionalWomen’s Report: Ann Browne-John (ICC Americas Women’s Coordinator)

2.45 PM: ICC Americas High Performance Camp Report: Andy Pick (ICC Americas Regional Performance Officer)

3.15 PM: Afternoon Coffee Break

3.30 PM: Regional Financial Review: Martin Vieira

2010 Review

Country Funding Summary

2011 Budget and Projections

Direct Funding – Grants Procedure

4.30 PM: Wrap up / Review Day 1.

Programme for Day 2

7.30 PM Dinner and Presentations of Development Awards

Day 2: Sun, May 15th

9.00 AM: TOURNAMENTS: Martin Vieira

Events: Review of 2010/11 Regional Tournaments

“The Good”- International exposure- Hype back home

“The Bad” - Increasing Costs

“The Ugly”- Standard of play and Performances

Discussion- Formats , Pathway to the World

Paperwork -Eligibility Workshop: Kelly Hunter

10.15 AM: Morning Coffee Break: All

10.30 AM: High Performance Session: Andy Pick

“Pathways - the organized way to success”

“Americas Regional Teams on the World Stage’

11.00 AM Workshop: The way forward

Group 1 ( Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman, Canada, Suriname, Panama and USA)

Group 2 ( Brazil ,Belize, Costa Rica, Chile,Falkland Islands, Mexico, Peru and Turks & Caicos)

11.30 AM: Affiliates Rep. Appointment: Affiliates

11.45 AM: Suriname’s Application for Associate Membership: Marting Vieira/ R.Narine (Suriname Cricket Board)

12.00 Noon: Report on ICC Americas Officials Panel: Wendell Coppin (Regional Development Officer)

12.30 PM: Lunch

1.30 PM: “The Standardization of Educational Training Courses”: Wendell Coppin

Open discussions and questions

2.30 PM: Afternoon Coffee Break

2.45 PM: Member’s Open Forum: All

Opportunity for members to discuss and field questions to ICC staff and other members

3.30 PM: Bids for 2012 Forum

2012 Events Planning/Planning

Any other Business

Review and Wrap Up

Reality Check

4.00 PM: Adjournment