Management

The board

In 2019, Central Asia Solidarity Groups’ board convened for ten protocolled meetings at various locations across Sweden. In addition to these meetings, the board met in Malmö on July 25th for a strategy session to discuss long-term organizational and thematic priorities. Over the year, members of the board also convened in smaller groups to manage ongoing projects and to initiate new ones. This year, several board members visited our projects and partners in Central Asia.

During Central Asia Solidarity Groups’ board meetings in 2018, six strategic goals were set for the upcoming five years of the organization’s activity up until the Annual Meeting in 2023.

The board chose to prioritize three areas in 2019: an increased internal capacity, applying a theory of change in CAG’s work. Financial stability is another area of focus for the organization, as CAG will now focus more on receiving consistent funding from grants and donors rather than primarily operating on a project-to-project budget. Most importantly, CAG did not only increase its engagement with ecological sustainability issues during this year, but also accepted the establishment of the environment as a new Thematic Program Area (TPA). In addition, CAG decided to declare a climate emergency and mobilize based on four proposed actions: articulating environmental concerns as a new TPA, launching activities and partnerships based on this new TPA, the induction of climate concerns to mainstream discussion, and knowledge building. Over the past fiscal year, the board has consisted of the following people:

Johan Blomqvist, chairperson Aida Akhmedova, vice chairperson Gustaf Sörnmo, treasurer Lola Matmusaeva, board member Alexandra Cruz, board member (resigned) Ildana Ruzybayeva, board member Habira Majieva, board member Gustaf Sörnmo and Alexandra Cruz have been authorized signatories. Maria Jönsson has been the auditor. The nominating committee has consisted of Josefin Åström and Filippa Almlund.

Annual Meeting

The annual meeting took place on April 6, 2019 at Sofielunds Folkets Hus Rolfsgatan 16, Malmö.

The Extra Annual meeting was on January 3, 2020. This meeting bid farewell to Alexandra, while a new board member and auditor were elected. Viktor Romanov and Maria Jönsson were elected, respectively.

Members

As of December 31st, 2019, Central Asia Solidarity Groups had 76 members.