2011 JCI World Congress at BRUSSELS

Delegates gathered from around the world to compete, create and coordinate in Brussels, Belgium at the 2011 JCI World Congress. Find all the details and developments in the 2011 JCI World Congress Report.In Brussels, Belgium, delegates participated in events including the JCI Morning Shows, Spotlight JCI, the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award Ceremony and made significant decisions regarding the future of JCI at the General Assemblies. The event culminated in the adoption of the 2012 JCI Plan of Action and the election of the 2012 JCI Board of Directors under the leadership of 2012 JCI President-elect Bertolt Daems. While you can find the 2012 JCI Officers and 2011 JCI Award winners below, download the complete 2011 JCI World Congress report to see assignments, affiliations, amendments and more.

Attendance
A total of 4,532 delegates from 100 countries attended the 2011 JCI World Congress in Brussels, Belgium.

2012 JCI Officers
President: Bertolt Daems, JCI the Netherlands
Immediate Past President: Kentaro Harada, JCI Japan
General Legal Counsel: Toshiharu Shimizu, JCI Japan (Appointed)
Treasurer: Katherine Cheng-Arif, JCI USA (Appointed)
Executive Vice Presidents assigned to Africa and the Middle East: Paschal Dike, JCI Nigeria
Executive Vice President assigned to Asia and the Pacific: Batbayar Ulziidelger, JCI Mongolia
Executive Vice President assigned to the Americas: Chiara Milani, JCI Italy
Executive Vice President assigned to Europe: John Weber, JCI USA
Vice President assigned to Africa and the Middle East: Nikita Topanou, JCI Benin
Vice President assigned to Africa and the Middle East: Takor Takor, JCI Cameroon
Vice President assigned to Africa and the Middle East: Derius Atsoo, JCI Togo
Vice President assigned to Africa and the Middle East: Samuel Moyo, JCI Zimbabwe
Vice President assigned to Asia and the Pacific: Jack Shao, JCI Taiwan
Vice President assigned to Asia and the Pacific: Ken Wong, JCI Hong Kong
Vice President assigned to Asia and the Pacific: Seung-Sup Shin, JCI Korea
Vice President assigned to Asia and the Pacific: Noriyuki Imaizumi, JCI Japan
Vice President assigned to the Americas: Arwen Pritchett, JCI USA
Vice President assigned to the Americas: Lizby Casas-Forero, JCI Colombia
Vice President assigned to the Americas: Michael Rivera, JCI Puerto Rico
Vice President assigned to the Americas: Jorge Galmes Aguzzi, JCI Argentina
Vice President assigned to Europe: Hans-Martin Reinicke, JCI Germany
Vice President assigned to Europe: Marvin Andrew Cuschieri, JCI Malta
Vice President assigned to Europe: Jukka Vainionpää, JCI Finland
Vice President assigned to Europe: Robbert van Waart, JCI the Netherlands
Vice President assigned to Europe: George Vouvakos, JCI Cyprus

JCI Award Winners
JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur Award (JCI CYEA): Joseph Lim, Global Green Synergy from Malaysia
JCI World Public Speaking Championship: Ismail Sylia, JCI Mali
JCI World Debating Championship, sponsored by 1963 JCI President Eric H. Stevenson
English: JCI Scotland’s Stanley Yau , Steven Wilson and Craig Watson
Spanish: JCI Paraguay’s “Garra Guaraní” (Jorge Gabriel Romero Martinez, Diana Carolina Lugo Matiauda, Claudia Bustamante Paredes)
French: JCI Canada’s “Les Cousins Quebecois” (Eric Brideau, Isa Beland and Mélanie Raymond)

Best National Community Development Program: JCI Ghana
Best National Business Development Program: JCI Morocco
Best National Individual Development Program: JCI Hong Kong
Best National International Collaboration: JCI Dominican Republic
Best National Publication: JCI India
Best National Public Relations Program: JCI Japan
National Corporate Social Responsibility: JCI Paraguay
Best National UN MDG Project: JCI Korea
National Youth Activities Program: JCI Paraguay
Best Local Community Development: JCI Sapporo, Japan
Best Local Business Development Program: JCI Damascus, Syria
Best Local Individual Development Program: JCI Curepipe, Mauritius
Best Local International Collaboration: JCI City, Hong Kong
Best Local Environmental Development Program: JCI Rosario, Argentina
Best Local Public Relations Program: JCI Vitré, France
Local Corporate Social Responsibility: JCI Union, Bolivia
Best Local Membership Recruitment Program: JCI City, Hong Kong
Best Local Fund Raising Program: JCI Zeeuwsch Vlaanderen, Netherlands
Outstanding Local Organization of the World: JCI Femenino Cochabamba, Bolivia
Outstanding New Local Organizations of World: JCI Sakayra, Turkey
Best Local UN MDG Project: JCI Alianza, Panama
Local Youth Activities Program: JCI Alianza, Panama
OMOIYARI Award: JCI Alianza, Panama
JCI First Timers Competition: Carolina Dos Santos, JCI Macao
Most Outstanding Senator: Margareth Alejandra Almada Yambay, JCI Paraguay
Most Outstanding Member: Youssouf Diawara, JCI Mopti, Mali
Most Outstanding Local President, 25-50 Members: Elka Stanziola, JCI Cuidad de Panama, Panama
Most Outstanding Local President, 51-100 Members: Kathy Woo, Jayceettes Junior Chamber, Hong Kong
Most Outstanding Local President, more than 100 Members: Roberto “Toby” Claudio, Jr., JCI Manila, Philippines
The Joaquin V. Gonzalez Memorial Award: Piotr Michalski (JCI Krakow, Poland), Yukio Kumada (JCI Haramachi, Japan), Toshimi Itagaki (JCI Ishinomaki, Japan), Izumi Saito (JCI Ishinomaki, Japan), Hiromitsu Shigemoto (JCI Kyoto, Japan), Shinichi Miyashita (JCI Matsumoto, Japan), Shintaro Ito (JCI Rikuzentakada, Japan), Tomo Miyazaki (JCI Rikuzentakada, Japan), Hiroyuki Suzuki (JCI Rikuzentakada, Japan)

Presidential Awards
Most Outstanding Vice President of the Year for Africa and the Middle East: Rania Haddad
Most Outstanding Vice President of the Year for Asia and the Pacific: Katherine Cheng
Most Outstanding Vice President of the Year for the Americas: Dave Martinus
Most Outstanding Vice President of the Year for Europe: Toshiharu Shimizu
Most Outstanding Executive Vice President of the Year: Eladio Martinez
Most Outstanding National President of the Year: Masaoki Fukui, JCI Japan
Most Outstanding National Organization of the Year: JCI Germany
Most Outstanding Appointee: Chiara Milani, Executive Assistant to the President

2012 JCI Plan of Action Preview
In a world plagued with so many challenges, there is a need now more than ever for a critical mass of young people to provide solutions to global challenges. In a highly interdependent world, it is the responsibility of JCI to engage young people to take the destiny of their communities, their countries and the world at large into their own hands. JCI provides young people with an opportunity to be active citizens, solution-providers through concrete action to create positive change. The ultimate outcome is a better world.

To achieve the vision “to be the leading global network of young active citizens,” JCI members in 115 countries have a shared mission, “to provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.”

To further its mission, JCI inspires young people to identify problems and take action, creating impact. By creating impact from community to community, JCI builds a solid and visible network of young active citizens around the world. The strength of JCI lies in the collective impact of young active citizens taking individual action to create positive change.