SUN 21.10.2007 - Meeting where we dealt with Ugandan Culture
Agnes, Mona, Robert, Anna, Jasmina, Stefan, Dani.
No text for this event.
FRI 19.10.2007 - Meeting with Lidwina Dox
Agnes, Mona, Robert, Anna, Jasmina, Stefan, Dani.
It was a reflective meeting. We discussed about our experiences while the assessment trip, the project organisation, about successes and on the other hand issues, and how we dealt with it, cultural differences, etc.
MON 08.10.2007 - Meeting with Barbara Putz-Plecko
Agnes, Mona, Robert, Claire, Jasmina, Stefan.
We discuss our possibilities and conception with Barbara Putz-Plecko.
THU 04.10.2007 - Meeting at Jasmina's
Robert, Claire, Agnes, Stefan, Mona, Jasmina.
Agnes, Stefan and Mona are back from Uganda. They inform us about the experiences they made in Uganda and about the progress our project made during the time of their stay. We discuss about actual possibilities how and where the workshops could take place. We have a more selected conception now.
September 2007 - Assessment in Uganda
Agnes, Mona and Stefan came to Uganda and met with Isaac, Lydia, Robinah and Vincent.
- Meeting between the Austrian and the Ugandan participants, getting to know each other.
- Further developed the concepts, created material lists.
- Decided to focus on one school, as we realised how hard the organisation is.
- First we need to do everything to make UGATRA a success, and if UGATRA turns out to work, the participants will then think about how to continue.
- Got in touch with the Makerere University, by presenting us and the project to the Dean of the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts.
- Got in contact with 2 schools: Mengo Senior School in Kampala, SOS Village School in Kakiri.
- Presentation of the project, meetings.
- Organisation for Jan/Feb 2008.
- SOS confirmed for Jan 2008.
- MengoSS showed serious interest, but first has to ask for a holiday work permission at the Ministry of Education, before giving a final confirmation. The issue remained open when the Austrians left Uganda.
- Price Research and Quotations for: Workshop Materials, Lodging, Transportation.
- Organised a venue for the exhibition:
MON 25.06.2007 - Meeting at Lidwina Dox's garden
Lidwina Dox, Robert, Agnes, Claire, Stefan, Jasmina, Mona, Dani.
Activities:
- Going through the workshop-concepts, biographies, letters.
- Talking about the information folder.
- Talking about journey-issues: vaccinations, transport, accomodation...
- What should be done at the assessment.
- Talking about different school-forms (if wanted: we could also visit vocational training schools and their workshops. We should certainly make a workshop in the SOS children's village school.
- Discuss about general issues.
To-Do:
- Everyone: Finish the letter, concept and biography.
- Together: Put the folder together - layout!
- In the groups and together: Create a check-list of issues you want to be assessed by our team in summer!
SAT 23.06.2007 - Meeting at Robert's
Robert, Agnes, Claire, Stefan, Jasmina, Dani.
- Discussion about the workshop-concepts and CVs.
- Thinking about questions for Lidwina Dox - How should we formulate...
- Is the intended "workshop opening" possible in every school? - Questions for the assessment.
TUE 29.05.2007 - Meeting with Lidwina Dox
Lidwina Dox, Agnes, Mona, Stefan, Claire, Dani, Robert.
- Discussing every group's workshop concept.
- The formalised structure for each workshop concept will be:
- Title of the workshop
- Point of contact
- Project goal, objectives
- Proposed content, brief description of activities
- Involved parties: a) University students (UG, AT), b) Supporting parties (mentors, university)
- Target group: Schools (school grade, age group, amount of students, support teachers required?)
- Method
- Location
- Duration
- Resources needed
- Financial calculation
- To-do:
- Agnes: Please write an email to the Ugandan university students.
- Dani & Stefan: Create layout & template for the concept papers.
- All: The concept papers have to be finalized until 20.06.2007, and being distributed to all others.
- The folder for our partners in Uganda will contain:
- Overall concept.
- The single workshop concepts.
- Curriculum Vitae of every Austrian participant.
- Accompanying letter.
TUE 22.05.2007 - Meeting with Lidwina Dox
Lidwina Dox, Agnes, Mona, Stefan, Claire, Dani, Jasmina.
Concerning the assessment in September, we discussed some important points with Lidwina Dox.
- First we talked about our personal motivation for doing the project.
- We also visualized our best-case-scenarios (for each individual person and for the whole group).
- Although we know what we want, we have to have in mind, that it might change a lot after the assessment took place - so we have to be flexible.
- We will go now step by step - and the first step will be to prepare the assessment.
Some points, that have to be clear for the assessment:
- Concretize our workshops: Although we want to work and develop the workshops together with Ugandan students, we have to be more concrete now. That's why we will write down more exact ideas for the workshops.
- We will be about 3 groups working with different modules now:
- Stefan will work with the computer a lot.
- Agnes and Dani will work with textiles a lot.
- Robert, Mona, Jasmina (and maybe Claire) will work with different modules (for example drawings, sculptural or photography) concerning the theme 'storytelling'.
- 2 people (Kay and Barbara) are not members of our group anymore. They quitted because of personal reasons.
- 3 people (one of each group) will go to Uganda in September to assess the situation and to talk to the Ugandan students - we hope to find some partners at that time.
- Our next meeting with Lidwina Dox will be on TUE 29.05.2007.
MON 14.05.2007 - Meeting with Lidwina Dox and Barbara Putz-Plecko
Kay, Stefan, Sophie, Dani, Barbara, Jasmina, Mona and Claire, a new guest of UGATRA.
Lidwina told us about her own projects and the experiences she made by doing them.
In the discussion we had with her, some important points became apparent:
- The project realisation often differs from the project planning. this can have many reasons.
- Many different aspects, like the question of space, have to be clarified in the forefront.
- Communication can be very difficult (for different reasons). we made the experience that communicating between austria and uganda via the internet is sometimes hard.
- For the project it could be helpful to go to uganda in summer with a "package" of conceptions, clarified ideas (probably with three different project options), questions and tasks. in an assessment on site the concept will be adapted to the situation in uganda. after this step our project should be more precisely and at this point we can decide about the "future" of UGATRA.
- The idea of a project coordinator was discussed.
THU 26.04.2007 - Meeting with Barbara Putz-Plecko and Abel Rwendeire
Agnes, Dani, Stefan, Kay, Mona, Sophie, Jasmina, Barbara.
- Abel Rwendeire told us the news about his stay in Uganda, his meetings/encounters with students and teachers.
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Everyone of us has to write down his/her workshop. If you don't know exactly how the workshop will be: Write down the frame: How you like to work...
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Don't forget to collect your questions for the group that will go to Uganda this summer.
- We elected Stefan to be our chairman, Agnes und Dani as our Vice-Chair-Women, Kay will coordinate the financial part, Jasmina takes care about the project proposal, Mona and Barbara are responsible for the protocols.
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Further meetings:
- On MON the 14.05.2007 09-11:00 meeting with Barbara Putz-Plecko and Lidwina Dox (international design consultant)
- On TUE the 05.06.2007 10:00 meeting with Abel Rwendeire and Barbara Putz-Plecko (DEADLINE for the actual PROJECT PROPOSAL!!!)
TUE 17.04.2007 - Meeting with Barbara Putz-Plecko
Dani and Jasmina met Prof. Barbara Putz-Plecko.
- Who will do the assessment in Uganda in summer 2007? Suggestion: 2-3 people, 6 weeks, August - September.
- Barbara Putz-Plecko will come in the second half of september to talk with the directors and all the partners.
- From September: detailed-planning.
- The director of the University of Applied Arts Vienna will welcome 4, maximum 5 people from Uganda as guests for 1 month. He said it is important for the Ugandan students to know that they are our guests, but not students of our university. He also mentioned the possibility that the embassy might want to have shown that the students have money. We hope that everyone knows about this difficult circumstances: No one of us can know what the embassy will do, we can only do everything required, but still there is the risk that there comes a "No".
- In January, February 2008 the project will start in Uganda, to have time for reflexion and evaluation, Barbara suggested May 2008 for the workshops in Austria: Dear partners in Uganda - please let us know if this is fine for you!
- The next meeting for the Austrian crew is at Thursday, 26.04.2007, 10:00, office from Barbara Putz-Plecko.
SAT 14.04.2007 - Meeting at Cafe Club International, Brunnenmarkt
Agnes, Dani, Mona, Stefan, Kay, Barbara.
- For the Austrian group: We need a distribution and an overview of the jobs that have to be done.
- Stefan and Mona will update our concept this week.
- This Friday the Austrian group will meet Abel.
- Next week will be a meeting with Prof. Putz-Plecko.
- There will be a change of participants in the Austrian group.
- We were discussing the problem with the "use of the mailing-list": Actually it would be easier if all the Ugandan and Austrian participants would use the list - so everybody involved in the project will be informed, rather than writing emails to multiple single addressees, where you may forget somebody.
SAT 24.03.2007 - Ugandan Team Meeting
Agenda:
- Introduction.
- Preview of the last meeting.
- Speech from the guest of Honor Mr. Abel Rwendeire.
- Speech from Mrs. Marcy Rwendeire.
- Refreshments.
- Questions from members.
- A.O.B.
Discussion:
- We need to travel and talk to the District Education Officers of the districts where the schools to present in will be then we talk to the Headteachers of the schools.
- Mr. Rwendeire told us why the project changed to University level.
- Mr. Rwendeire also adivised us to open an account in the names of UGATRA and give it at least 3 signatories, he offered us with 22 Euros which makes 50,000 Ugshs depending on the exchange rate in Uganda.
- Our guest of Honor also talked to someone concerned with computers but didn't succeed.
- Mr. Rwendeire was to let us know about the next meeting when he had finished talking to the different Deans of the Universities.
- Members not present were contacted on phone by the guest of Honor to explain why they had not come.
- We were also proposing to go to schools when we at least have the set date for the visitation of these schools though it may not be the real date, so you as a group in Austria, you can also propose one.
SAT 17.03.2007 - Ugandan Team Meeting at Kyambogo
Present: Okwir Isaac, Oluche Nicholas, Okuja Vincient, Japaini Lydia.
Absent: Asiimwe Enock, Kirabo Madrine, Winnifred Mirembe, Biyinziika Christine
- Kyambogo still in the process of selecting the Head of Depertment, meaning they can't do much.
- Pending case about Kyambogo in court concerning the selection of the Dean.
- Expression of disappointment by the Ndere Center Head. Vincent and Lydia failed to meet him because he is busy.
- Passing on the news about the presence of Mr. Rwendeire in Uganda.
- Preparation to meet Mr. Rwendeire.
- Expression of disappointment by the Kyambogo male counterparts about their male counterparts.
- Winnie's Phone off during the meeting when she was aware.
- Christine at the meeting scene in the morning, but fails to attend the meeting.
- One on one meeting with the ladies by the Chairman a suggestion by Ocilaje.
- A suggestion that another meeting be called for on Saturday 24 Mar 2007 at Vincent's place at 02:00 PM for a final conclussion.
- As a team there is need for co operation for better results.
- As for passports guys working on them.
- Conclusion.
- The meeting was held at Ocilaje's place, good time of sharing and Kymbogo guys urged for communicate.
- Refreshments.
- A.O.B.
TUE 05.12.2006 - Meeting at Lena's
Lena, Mona, Agnes, Dani, Stefan and Marc (Guest).
- Marc who studies International Business Administration, introduced us to his intentions to build up an exchange with Kampalan business students.
- At the moment BPP's association is not applying for any other fundings - but it is quite possible - so hurry up!
- Concept
- Dani: Rephrase aims and topics.
- Lena: Timeline chart.
- Mona & Agnes: Realization & approach.
- To be done by MON 11 Dec 2006 or till next meeting with Eva Blimlinger.
- Stefan: Visa.
- Elisabeth may get in contact with Sophie again. Elisabeth will be a supportive but not necessarily 'participating' partner.
- Barbara left early.
MON 04.12.2006 - Meeting of the Ugandan Team with Marcy Rwendeire
Marcy Rwendeire met with Vincent Okuja and two other students from Makerere University.
They discussed a range of issues for a considerable amount of time since that was the first time that the students were meeting with Mrs. Rwendeire and they really needed to know what exactly was happening. The students showed that they understood very well their role in the project and knew what they were supposed to be doing except that they felt that the time for commencing on the implementation of the project was still a lot ahead in the future. Therefore, to them, there seemed to be no much urgency at this stage.
During the process of discussion a few sticky issues were raised which needed some attention. Some of the students felt that there was a need for financial facilitation in advance to buy materials to prepare their work at this stage. It was not clarified why but this would become clearer as more information comes at hand otherwise, majority of them would need the money towards the end of their courses nearing the time of presentation. Mr. Okuja said that he needed a computer for his work and did not see how he could acquire the same from his meagre resources. Since this appeared to be on an individual’s shopping list, Mrs. Rwendeire advised them to compile all their requirements, with justification and send them to those concerned with the Project in Austria. They were further encouraged to prioritize the requirements indicating precisely what was of immediate need.
They also said that the website they were given was complicated and given that the Internet connectivity was very slow in Uganda generally and particularly for the computers at Makerere it was extra sluggish, accessing the websites was not only daunting but also quite expensive. Therefore the students ended up losing a lot of money while trying to send e-mails to their counterparts in Austria. Sometimes they do not succeed in sending the e-mail and yet they will have paid for the use of the internet connection. This is rather disappointing and discouraging for students who are not so well provided for with funds either by their sponsors or by having money of their own. Hence, they cannot maintain regular communication with their Austrian counterparts which regular communication would be expected of them as active participants in the project. There was a tendency to losing morale and appearing to be disinterested whereas not. However, what Mrs. Rwendeire observed was that they needed some money for facilitation in this preparatory phase of the project and therefore recommends that some resources be found and be remitted to them urgently. They will also need to travel to Gulu to look for accommodation and a refugee school which was part of the selected institutions that project would be addressing. This preparatory work requires some financial resources and it was important that that issue be addressed as a matter of priority.
MON 04.12.2006 - Meeting with Eva Blimlinger
Dani and Lena met Eva Blimlinger.
- Refunding of expenses prior the official start of a sponsoring is not possible.
- Check if BPP's association is applying for any other fundings.
- Eva Blimlinger will send us a template for a financial concept.
FRI 01.12.2006 - New Crowned Hope Exhibition, Künstlerhaus Wien
Dani, Agnes, Barbara and ??? talked to African artist at exhibition at Künstlerhaus, Agnes went to Zirkusgasse.
Students from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Department International Business Administration) are developing a student exchange project with Kampala.
TUE 28.11.2006 - Meeting at Paulusgasse
Stefan, Kay, Dani, Agnes, Lena, Sophie, Mona.
Tea, peanuts, cookies, red wine and clementines have been served.
Things to think about until next Tuesday:
- Read through our concept and restructure it according to:
- Aim
- Target group
- Content
- Method and realisation
Kay showed us some of his work tonight which encouraged an interesting discussion. Let's follow his example!
MON 13.11.2006 - Strike at Makerere University
Reported by Lydia.
Our University was finally closed yesterday cause of strike.
We have no idea when it will open.
But today we went with Vicent to Kyambogo and had ameeting with those guys.
We talked mainly about the core of the project.
We also asked for their commitment and to keep communicating.
We had a good time with them and they seemed happy about the whole project.
They also promised to write to you.
About the passport I found out that I am the only one with it.
The other person is chasing for it and the rest.
Otherwise my love to all, love, Lydia
TUE 08.11.2006 - Meeting at University of Applied Arts Vienna
Robert, Lena, Dani, Mona, Stefan.
Plan was to redraft the concept (as per Eva Blimlinger). Unfortunately we didn't receive an email from her yet - so we decided to do this as soon as she has sent us her instructions.
We were trying to figure out financial entries such as flight costs, visa costs, cost of living etc. we have been discussing the risks of working.
We have been drafting a letter to our Ugandan colleagues. We were thinking of sending them a parcel.
Stefan will ask Maria Hirsch concerning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sofie please ask your contacts about costs and legal risks concerning visa.
FRI 03.11.2006 - Austrian Ugandan Social Meeting, Zirkusgasse 3
Austrian participants of Ugatra (excluding Stefan, Sofie, Robert, Elisabeth; including Kay - welcome back), Abel Rwendeire, Maria Hirsch, etc.
We have asked travel-experienced Ugandans about how hard it is to obtain an Austrian Visa as an Ugandan:
- Getting a passport in Uganda can take from 1 day up to 6 months.
- Invitation letter (i.e. University)
- Return ticket, etc.
- Takes about 4 months to get a visa.
- Flight is from 600 to 1300 EUR (or more), apparently Egypt Airways is the cheapest.
- No flights via London, as Great Britain did not sign Schengen!
- Send email to Abel Rweindere.
New word: KUKONGORA - not participating.
TUE 31.10.2006 - Meeting at University of Applied Arts Vienna
Activities:
- Eventually we have taken portrait photos of the austrian participants!
- Drafted a letter for Marcy Rwendeire. Sent to Abel, to be forwarded to her.
- Ugandan group (4 students, 3 more people?) comes to Austria first.
- Ask teachers etc: What would be the best time for workshops & how long?
- Our suggestion for Austrian schools: Aug 2007
- August: Preparation.
- September: School.
- October (1-2 weeks): Reflection.
Questions:
- How much time are we going to spent in the Austrian Schools?
- What teachers do we want to work with?
- Shall we use BPP's association? Ask Eva Blimlinger whether that is possible.
- When can we meet Sofie's contacts from ÖID?
WED 25.10.2006 - Meeting with Barbara Putz-Plecko
Agnes, Dani, Stefan, Sofie, Mona, Robert & Lena met Prof. Putz-Plecko
We have been discussing the following issues, decisions need to be made!
- Think about visas for Ugandan students!
- Maybe start the exchange with Ugandans coming to Austria.
- Get in touch with Sofie's contacts who are with the ÖID. Please Sofie, add some more information about your friends!
- Scheduling for exchanges:
- One month preparation.
- One month work in schools.
- Evaluation with the pupils and the university students.
- 3 to 4 students and 2 or 3 contact teachers from Uganda.
- Use the already existing association of BPP?
TUE 24.10.2006 - Meeting with Eva Blimlinger
Agnes, Lena & Mona met Eva Blimlinger in order to discuss project management, fincancial and other concerns.
- We need to register a association.
- Who are we, how do we position our project: University project, student project ... something in-between?
- Focus on pupils either from 10 to 14 or 14 to 18.
- Rephrase the concept and group as the following:
- Objectives (Ziele), somehow what we have called "motivation" so far.
- Contents (Inhalte) of the project.
- Realisation (Umsetzung) needs to fulfil the topics. E.g: Why did we choose to hold workshops with the xxx contents?
- Further details concerning a professional concept will be forwarded by Eva Blimlinger to Stefan!
- Would we like our project to be a pilot project (in order to institutionalise) or would we prefer it to be held only once?
- Scheduling!
- Financial plan!
- It takes about 4 to 6 months to get answers from sponsors. It is even harder right now as the government has not set up the budget for 2007 yet.
- Most realistic date for first exchange would be Spring 2008 due to financial issues.
- Eva Blimlinger will be available for us via email and we can get an appointment with her anytime.
FRI 20.10.2006 - Meeting with Abel Rwendeire at Barbara's
Lena, Barbara, Dani, Agnes, Stefan and Mona joined the meeting with Abel.
It was a very nice evening, we sat together and talked about our questions with Abel. Thanks to our hostess Barbara!
Accommodation:
- Hostel: 4 rooms each with 4 beds approximately 200 EUR per month
- House: About 600 EUR per month
- Hosting: Is a common way to stay in Uganda, but not for more than a month.
Abel suggested to look for a place somewhere between Makerere and Kyambogo, if we still plan to be in touch with both universities.
We should tell him the exact dates, like when we come and where we want to stay for how long, at least 3 months in advance, so that he can help organize things.
Contacts:
- We would also like to get in touch with Abel's wife Marcy. He offered us to forward information about us and our project to her.
- Abel could look for companies or factories in Uganda (for example Ginga or Nytil) which might be interested in supporting our project (for purposes of advertising). Therefore we have to know exactly what we want to do and what we need, what's required (material, transportation etc..). Marketing is important for Ugandan companies.
SAT 14.10.2006 - Meeting at Paulusgasse
Dani, Stefan, Mona, Lena, Barbara, Agnes.
- General discussions on what had happened so far, especially for Barbara who wasn't in Vienna during summer.
- Fixing date for meeting with Abel Rwendeire, Eva Blimlinger, Prof. Barbara Putz-Plecko.
- Topics we would like to discuss with Abel.
SUN 08.10.2006 - Ugandan Independence Day Party, 3raum-Anatomietheather
Stefan, Dani, Mona, Lena, Agnes, Robert.
We love the way you dance!
TUE 03.10.2006 - Film Screening, Depot Breitegasse 3, 1070 Vienna
Lena and Mona watched the movies. Lena stayed for discussion after the screening.
FRI 15.09.2006 - Meeting with Ute Neuber
Agnes, Dani and Lena met Ute Neuber, who teaches at the textile class.
- Explain the project.
- The textile part of the Ugatra project will be modelled on an already existing project called textil mobil. Textil mobil is a project by the textile class of the University for Applied Arts Vienna.
- We are going to meet Eva Laussegger, who was the main organizer of textil mobil. A date hasn't been set yet.
WED 13.09.2006 - Meeting at Paulusgasse
Agnes, Dani, Magdalena, Stefan.
- Discussing the impressions from the last Austrian Ugandan Social Meeting:
- What is the meaning/intention of the Ugatra project?
- Our focus is on secondary school pupils/teenagers.
- Mona will do research on art universities, art studies, and art professors in Uganda.
- We have asked Vincent and Isaac to give us a description of their studies their preferred professors, and introduced Abel Rwendeire to them.
- We have contacted Barbara and Kay, and and asked them to contribute to the concept until the meeting with Barbara Putz-Plecko in October 2006.
- Lena will try to find an interview that can be helpful.
FRI 08.09.2006 - Austrian Ugandan Social Meeting, Zirkusgasse 3
Agnes, Dani, Elisabeth, Mona, Stefan (all from Ugatra) and many more people attended the meeting.
- Abel Rwendeire said, that we may focus on a certain art branch for a more sophisticated contact.
- Dennis Byamukama, Professor at Makerere University, encouraged us to write more about the meaning/intention of the project into the concept.
- It was a good mood, and we got to know the intensity of Ugandan laughter.
THU 07.09.2006 - Finalisation of the Concept
Agnes, Dani, Elisabeth, Magdalena, Robert, Stefan.
- We read through each others drafts, then at the end read them out aloud, discussed the single workshops, and made corrections to the concept texts.
- Stefan has to shorten his workshop short-info.
- Stefan shall think about whether his logo/turtle play is the right way to learn the idea of constructing drawings via commands, check if there are existing Ugandan games, which could contain these mental structures.
- Stefan's concept of previsualising fabrics: Rethink the possibilities realistically.
- Elisabeth will think about suitable topics for the short film.
- Elisabeth will get in contact with Mona, Kay, Sofie for possible cooperation.
- Robert seems to already have an Ugandan counterpart for his Storytelling/Comic workshop, Vincent seems to be interested and curious.
- At the end we rewrote the introducing words, and decided to split the workshop descriptions into a short-info for the general audience, and detailed info for interested people, and to also include the personal motivations and thoughts into an own section in the concept.
- The girls also decided to send the concept to our interested Ugandan colleagues via email, together with individual words, to address them more personally.
FRI 01.09.2006 - Meeting at Paulusgasse
Agnes, Magdalena (via internet phone), Robert, Sofie, Stefan.
- Stefan read the draft for his concept, presented the modules.
- Agnes read the draft for her concept. Results of the discussion about her concept:
- Mention that we want to use Ugandan cottons and fabrics.
- Plan a trip to a cotton manufacturer.
- We also discussed, whether it makes sense to start small fashion initiatives, given the international concurrence, especially from Asia, which produces cheaper and more efficient. Therefore creating a unique style could be a good strategy. We had decided to not interfere with the "big questions" (development, politics) anyways. These are questions to be answered by others.
- Robert said it is still not clear to him, what skills he could appropriately offer to Ugatra.
- We discussed, and got further. It will be something out of a matter, described by keywords like:
- Storytelling, comic, collective continuing story; maybe publishing the results to the web.
- He will consider if Mona likes to work with him.
- Robert, Sofie and Lena agreed to assist Stefan within the computer project. Ugandan assistants have to be choosen as well, if contact is established.
FRI 04.08.2006 - Austrian Ugandan Social Meeting, Zirkusgasse 3
Agnes, Magdalena, Robert, Stefan attended the meeting of the friendship association.
We talked to:
- Maria Hirsch who works at the library in Zirkusgasse 3, 1020 Wien. She has collected a wide range of book about Uganda in the last years - good source for information!
- Abel Rwendeire, UNIDO, but his contract will expire in a few weeks and he will return to Uganda.
- Alfred Chyba, the Consul General of Uganda in Austria (guy in black suit).
- Stevie Lule and James from Uganda.
- An Austrian guy (cannot remember name) who wants to build up biomass energy facilities in Uganda. He has lived there for 4 years.
- An Austrian civil servant (Zivildiener) who is going to go to Fort Portal, Uganda in January 2007 for "civil service abroad" (Auslands-Zivildienst).
We have tried to explain our project as clear as possible. Again we have all agreed that the most important thing to start with is a WRITTEN concept. Maria offered to proofread this paper. As expected the friendship association doesn't seem to be able to sponsor our project financially, especially as the association itself seems to struggle with financial support.
Maria has mentioned the NDERE project in Kampala. NDERE is a cultural centre financed by Austria. Apparently there is more information about this online but due to power cuts in Uganda it is not available at the moment. A woman from the Akademietheater is currently working there as well. For financial support we could possibly get in touch with "Auslandsministerium, Auslandskultur, Herr Blix". For further details we can always get in touch with Maria.
We should also pass our concept on to Mr Abel Rwendeire as the seems to have a lot of contacts. Abel and the other Ugandans suggested some public primary schools we could visit (don't know how to spell these names):
- Citanly primary school,
- Makerere primary school,
- State of Uganda primary school,
- Mengo primary school,
- and others.
We have decided to cooperate with public schools as this seem to be an important point considering financial support through Austrian funds. We have also talked about getting in touch with schools in the slums (?) and in the countryside (probably get in touch with them through NDERE).
Abel also suggested to cooperate with Kyambogo University as they are focused on Arts (design).
The Austrian Consul seemed to be really interested in the Computer Idea. Apparently Ugandans use Microsoft and there has already been donations from Microsoft, someone there knows Bill Gates in person and met him recently in South Africa.
We are going to meet again on SUNDAY 13 August 2006 at Stefan's - in order to take some serious measures against the gaping spaces that need to be filled with beautiful thoughts, BKA concept. And we are going to watch a video concerning war in Uganda.
To Stefan, from Lena:
- Network uganda: This is a coordination organisation for IT, usually secondary schools.
- Ministry for IT and Communication.
- Existing Cape town Meeting: Gates, Chinoz, IT-minister.
July 2006 - Coordination with Prof. Barbara Putz-Plecko
To Robert: I told Barbara Putz-Plecko about the project. She really likes it. She said she was hoping that anyone of the Non-Austrian students would come along with such an idea but she never wanted to urge somebody to do it. :-)
To Robert: Talked to a friend yesterday who is working for the ÖH for years. He told me we could get money from the ÖH -> one possibility: 'joint-studies-program', the other would be something like a arbeitsstipendium (can't remember - too late in the evening). I'm going to find out more about that. I already have a 'Ausgefüllter-Muster-Antrag' for the joint-studies-program and the numbers and adresses etc. will follow soon. :)
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