The Five Year Plan 2001-2006 (Summary)/Appendices

The Five Year Plan 2001-2006 (Summary) by Bahá’í World Centre

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APPENDICES

A Bahá’í Administration during the Five Year Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

B Statistics on Human Resource Development, Core Activities, and Cluster Advancement, 2001–2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

C Global Count of Pioneers Deployed during the Five Year Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

D Highlights of Achievements in Registration by Governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

E Properties Acquired during the Five Year Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 [Page 124] --BLANK-- [Page 125]

Local and Cluster Levels

During the Five Year Plan, the evolution of Bahá’í Administration was most marked at the cluster level. In clusters with an intensive programme of growth, at least 296 by the end of the Plan, a coordinating scheme was implemented providing for the appointment of cluster institute coordinators for children’s classes, junior youth groups, and study circles. Area Teaching Committees were established to coordinate the deployment of human resources raised up by the institute in the teaching field. Close cooperation between the institute, the Area Teaching Committee, and the Auxiliary Board members and their assistants has significantly raised institutional capacity and stimulated growth at the cluster level.

In strong clusters across the world, especially those with intensive programmes of growth, a qualitative improvement was clearly apparent in the functioning of Local Spiritual Assemblies. Their number currently stands at about 8,700.

National and Regional Levels

The National Spiritual Assembly of Iraq was elected in 2004 for the first time since it was dissolved in 1972. In addition, a number of National Assemblies changed their status during the Plan. For example, the East and West Leeward Islands in the Caribbean were combined to form one National Spiritual Assembly and the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Slovenia and Croatia was dissolved and Administrative Committees formed in each country in anticipation of the formation of separate National Assemblies at a later date. As a result, there were a total of 179 National Spiritual Assemblies in existence by the end of the Plan.

The number of National Spiritual Assemblies with Regional Bahá’í Councils has risen from 32 at the beginning of the Plan to 39 at the end of the Plan. Four of these Councils have cross-national boundaries. The formation of seven Regional Councils in Australia on the Day of the Covenant in 2001 marked the introduction of this element of Bahá’í Administration in the continent of Australasia. The total number of Regional Bahá’í Councils in the world rose from 138 at the beginning of the Plan to 164 at the end of the Plan.

Regional Bahá’í Councils

Continent	# of Countries with Regional Bahá’í Councils	# of Regional Bahá’í Councils
Africa	15	45
Americas	10	42
Asia	7	48
Australasia	2	9
Europe	5	20
Total	39	164

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APPENDIX B

Statistics on Human Resource Development, Core Activities, and Cluster Advancement, 2001–2006

Continent	Date	Human Resource Development							Study Circles
		Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5*	Course 6	Course 7	Number	Attendance	non-Bahá’ís
AFRICA	Apr-01	14,908	2,918	1,809	301	-	84	64	543	-	118
	Apr-06	45,067	21,516	14,578	10,483	560	7,794	6,263	2,123	7,127	2,751
AMERICAS	Apr-01	9,799	2,236	2,182	401	-	630	56	1,215	-	912
	Apr-06	50,726	28,716	20,427	18,262	1,771	12,975	11,618	4,099	18,186	3,690
ASIA	Apr-01	62,288	12,348	3,892	1,600	-	613	432	689	-	585
	Apr-06	117,465	41,207	26,626	20,066	2,817	15,081	11,895	2,735	11,799	4,818
AUSTRALASIA	Apr-01	2,122	57	11	-	-	1	3	107	-	2
	Apr-06	14,341	8,444	5,790	5,017	1,473	3,123	2,877	665	3,242	396
EUROPE	Apr-01	4,590	1,156	411	140	-	330	61	570	-	329
	Apr-06	17,051	10,302	7,485	6,847	713	5,003	3,693	1,665	5,910	1,820
WORLD TOTAL	Apr-01	93,707	18,715	8,305	2,442	-	1,658	616	3,124	-	1,946
	Apr-06	244,650	110,185	74,906	60,675	7,334	43,976	36,346	11,287	46,264	13,475

• Teaching Children’s Classes, Grade 2

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Devotional Meetings				Children’s Classes			Jr. Youth Courses
Number	Locations	Attendance	non-Bahá’ís	Number	Attendance	non-Bahá’ís	Number	Attendance	non-Bahá’ís	A Clusters	B Clusters	C Clusters	D Clusters	Total Clusters
701	690	8,487	132	654	7,618	538	-	708	-	-	-	-	-	-
4,073	1,062	29,562	7,531	2,579	23,216	14,314	546	4,729	2,631	85	91	1,208	4,503	5,887
614	584	5,305	126	1,355	19,754	2,836	-	3,409	-	-	-	-	-	-
4,117	1,582	23,017	7,455	2,468	20,934	10,657	747	6,184	3,511	92	222	1,835	1,630	3,779
866	830	12,004	1,231	928	7,247	2,081	-	564	-	-	-	-	-	-
6,617	1,545	42,659	12,840	3,139	31,400	18,334	1,386	10,435	4,624	97	194	1,185	3,088	4,562
274	274	3,345	8	466	4,181	23	-	610	-	-	-	-	-	-
1,371	597	12,180	2,212	1,438	14,401	7,410	272	3,414	1,002	18	51	197	290	556
550	550	4,299	150	462	2,847	81	-	556	-	-	-	-	-	-
1,480	869	5,579	2,488	688	3,115	1,215	207	921	410	31	108	565	556	1,260
3,005	2,928	33,440	1,647	3,865	41,647	5,559	-	5,847	-	-	-	-	-	-
17,658	5,655	112,997	32,526	10,312	93,066	51,930	3,158	25,683	12,178	323	666	4,990	10,067	16,044

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Global Count of Pioneers Deployed during the Five Year Plan

Country/Territory	International Pioneers	Travelling Teachers	Homefront Pioneers
AFRICA
Angola	1		4
Benin	3	9	9
Botswana		16
Burkina	1	4	4
Cameroon			3
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo Republic	1		1
Côte d’Ivoire			1
Equatorial Guinea			1
Eritrea	5		2
Ethiopia	21	7	18
Gabon	13
Gambia, The	1	1	2
Ghana	2
Guinea	1		2
Guinea-Bissau	36	1
Kenya	3	2	3
Lesotho		1
Liberia	10	8	10
Madagascar	13	34	14
Malawi	3
Mali		1	1
Mauritius	14	28	4
Morocco	1	3	2
Mozambique
Namibia	6	4	1
Niger	3	5	2
Nigeria	1	1	2
Réunion	1
Rwanda		17	1
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal	9	5	3
Seychelles		5
Sierra Leone	4	1	8
South Africa	32	18	30
Sudan
Swaziland		4
Tanzania		2	6
Togo	15	4	9
Tunisia		4
Uganda	3	3	2
Zambia	4	2	7
Zimbabwe	15	4	8
Africa Total	222	194	160

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Country/Territory	International Pioneers	Travelling Teachers	Homefront Pioneers
AMERICAS
Alaska	26	51	37
Argentina	2	2	3
Bahamas		1
Barbados		1	1
Belize			1
Bermuda	1	3
Bolivia	6	8	5
Brazil	35	36	363
Canada	810	1,367	309
Chile	5	5	7
Colombia	2	23	10
Costa Rica	7	1	6
Cuba
Dominica		3
Dominican Republic		11	2
Ecuador	9	11	55
El Salvador	5	55	6
French Guiana
Greenland	2	7	2
Grenada		2
Guadeloupe
Guatemala	2		5
Guyana		7	7
Haiti		1	1
Honduras	1	1	7
Jamaica
Leeward Islands	2	4
Martinique	6	5	1
Mexico	3	5	22
Nicaragua	1	4
Panama		4
Paraguay			1
Peru	23	1	11
Puerto Rico	1	25	8
St. Lucia		4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname	1	6
Trinidad and Tobago	1	7
United States	1,501	4,110	255
Uruguay		2
Venezuela	9	11	17
Virgin Islands	1	6
Americas Total	2,462	5,790	1,142

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APPENDIX C, continued

Country/Territory	International Pioneers	Travelling Teachers	Homefront Pioneers
ASIA
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1	1	2
Arabian Peninsula		9
Armenia	7	3
Azerbaijan		9	7
Bahrain	1	7
Bangladesh	2	19
Cambodia	20	8	15
Georgia	2	23	1
Hong Kong	34	198	14
India	23	8	112
Indonesia	2	3	5
Iraq
Japan	4	22	5
Jordan		13
Kazakhstan	2
Korea	2
Kuwait	3	43	1
Kyrgyzstan	1
Laos	5	3	2
Lebanon
Macau	13	4	1
Malaysia	106	171	17
Mongolia	3	24	24
Myanmar			4
Nepal	12	1	5
Oman	53	28	6
Pakistan
Philippines	15		7
Qatar		48	2
Sabah	14	27	24
Sarawak	4	10	4
Singapore	26	96
Sri Lanka
Taiwan	2	13
Tajikistan	4	5	3
Thailand	5	2	3
Turkmenistan	2
United Arab Emirates	1	9
Uzbekistan	6	1	2
Yemen	1	12	2
Asia Total	376	820	268

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Country/Territory	International Pioneers	Travelling Teachers	Homefront Pioneers
AUSTRALASIA
Australia	105	344	198
Cook Islands		4	5
Eastern Caroline Islands	5
Fiji			1
Hawaiian Islands	29	103	8
Kiribati
Mariana Islands	13	24	3
Marshall Islands		3	1
New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands	1	26
New Zealand	62	214	112
Papua New Guinea		1	10
Samoa	1	4	2
Solomon Islands	6	11	21
Tonga	7	8	16
Tuvalu
Vanuatu	5	32	20
Western Caroline Islands
Australasia Total	234	774	397

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APPENDIX C, continued

Country/Territory	International Pioneers	Travelling Teachers	Homefront Pioneers
EUROPE
Albania		11
Austria	2	214	5
Belarus		8	2
Belgium	3	4	3
Bulgaria	13	49	1
Canary Islands	5	1
Cyprus			4
Czech Republic	24	6	18
Denmark	1	15	3
Estonia		4	2
Finland	5	19	1
France	26	30	21
Germany	54	368	108
Greece	3	7	11
Hungary	1	2	7
Iceland	2	3	4
Ireland	27	57	10
Italy	2	8	7
Latvia		4	8
Lithuania		4	4
Luxembourg		11	9
Moldova	6	1	4
Netherlands, The	11	104	7
Norway	12	25	15
Poland	2		9
Portugal	4	15	3
Romania	8	12	14
Russian Federation	6	3	3
Sicily	3	31	2
Slovakia			3
Slovenia and Croatia		16	1
Spain	27	70	21
Sweden	7	22	1
Switzerland	11	77	4
Turkey	3	6	9
Ukraine		21	13
United Kingdom	193	378	5
Europe Total	461	1,606	342
WORLD TOTAL	3,755	9,184	2,309

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APPENDIX D

Highlights of Achievements in Registration by Governments

AFRICA
Eritrea	Between May and August 2001—the National Spiritual Assembly was incorporated.
ASIA
Azerbaijan	Between 2004 and 2005—the National Office was registered as a legal entity in Azerbaijan.
Cambodia	2003—the National Spiritual Assembly was registered as a non-governmental religious organization with the Ministry of Cults and Religious Affairs.
Indonesia	9 May 2003—the National Spiritual Assembly was registered with the Department of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia within the Subdirectorate of Community Organizations.
Turkmenistan	11 August 2004—the Bahá’í community was registered as a religious organization with the Ministry of Justice. (Religious Organization of the Bahá’ís of Turkmenistan)
EUROPE
Belarus	4 June 2004—the Bahá’í community was re-registered as the Religious Union of the Bahá’ís in the Republic of Belarus.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9 December 2004—the Bahá’í community was registered as a legal entity. (Association of Bahá’ís of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Estonia	17 June 2002—the Bahá’í community was registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. (Union of the Bahá’í Communities in Estonia)

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Properties Acquired during the Five Year Plan

New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds Acquired to Replace Existing Ones
National Assembly	Property Type	Date Acquired
Angola	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Purchased 2 April 2004
Benin	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Purchased 15 April 2004
Botswana	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Inaugurated 23 March 2002
Estonia	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	2005
Gambia, The	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Dedicated 24 December 2004
Georgia	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	2003
Mariana Islands	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Purchased 24 July 2002
Nicaragua	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Inaugurated 18 October 2003
Poland	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	2005
Sabah	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Purchased 31 December 2003
Seychelles	New National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds	Inaugurated November 2003

Temple Sites
National Assembly	Property Type	Date Acquired
Angola	First Temple Site	18 April 2001
Chile	New Temple Site	Purchase agreement finalized on 8 April 2005
Ecuador	New Temple Site	Inaugurated 16 November 2002
Ethiopia	New Temple Site	28 September 2005
Hungary	New Temple Site	August 2003
Sri Lanka	New Temple Site	December 2002
Togo	New Temple Site	February 2003
Vanuatu	New Temple Site	Transfer of lease completed in September 2005

Institute Facilities
National Assembly	Property Type	Date Acquired
Sabah	Kota Marudu Learning Centre	30 December 2003—Land initially acquired for Temple Site was approved to be used as an Institute Facility.