The Consultative Monitoring Group (CMG) is a coordinating and monitoring mechanism for social marketing in the Caribbean. It strives to ensure that national and regional social marketing programmes are implemented in a coordinated, effective and transparent manner in the region – in essence the CMG is a technical working group focusing on social marketing in the Caribbean. The CMG brings together national and regional actors, as well as development partners to maximise synergies for effective sexual and reproductive health social marketing programmes. The CMG is composed of:

• CARICOM/PANCAP
• Options Consultancy Services Ltd
• Directors of Social Marketing Organisations
• KfW
• UN agencies
• Other strategic regional and international partners.

The CMG meets annually to review progress of social marketing programmes (particularly the CARISMA II programme), and to harmonise operational plans for the following year. The CMG also serves as a platform for donor collaboration and transfer of practical know-how between the different social marketing organisations in the region.

Click here to read the full terms of refererence for the CMG.

Meeting, July 2010

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• Agenda
  
• Minutes
• Presentations day 1
1. Overview of CARISMA II, Chris Brady
2. KfW's regional programming, Katarina Greifeld
3. PANCAP's report, Morris Edward and Valerie Beech-Horne
4. Eastern Caribbean, Jamaica and Belize's social marketing programmes, Julia Roberts
5. Suriname's social marketing programme, Anjani Boetius
6. Haiti's social marketing programme, Alison Malmgvist
7. Dominican Republics's HIV social marketing programme, Chuck Szymanski
8. Dominican Republic's SRH social marketing programme, Christian Winger
9. CMG's terms of reference, Kate Gray
   
• Presentations day 2
10. Total condom market overview, Chris Brady
11. Total condom market - group 1, working with the private sector, Stephen Aboud
12. Total condom market - group 2, total market approach, Leah-Mari Richards
13. Total condom market - group 3, policy context, Barry Whittle
14. CARISMA research plans, Joanne Hemmings

Meeting, June 2009

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• Agenda
• Minutes
• List of Participants
  
• Presentations Day 1
1. CARISMA Project Introduction - Team Leader, Chris Brady
2. German Financial Cooperation with Developing Countries - Goals, Approaches and an Outlook on HIV/AIDS in LAC - Anja Kramer, KfW
3. Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV and AIDS (2008-2012) and Regional Model Condom Policy: Status of Implementation -Carl Browne, PANCAP
4. Knowledge Management within Programs - Anja Kramer, KfW
5. Regional CARISMA Research 2009-2012 - Jo Hemmings, Options
6. REGIONAL CONDOM SOCIAL MARKETING Total Market Approach, PSI CARIBBEAN
7. PSI/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PROGRAM OVERVIEW
   
• Presentations Day 2
1. Total Condom Market Approach - Chris Brady
2. CARISMA LogFrame and Indicators - Jo Hemmings