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Transcript of IREX Europe Annual Report 2012
Annual Report
2012
Creative Approaches to Social Change
DeAR FRienDs oF iReX euRope
201 2 was a year filled with significant events and milestones for iReX europe. Two stand out
in particular. our work with the european Humanities university, the Belarusian university
in exile based in Vilnius, Lithuania came to an end, but we are proud and delighted to see
the new teaching practices and facilities we introduced with the support of the european
union continue to be actively used by the university and for the students. The eHu has
taken ownership of the emediahub and the burden of maintenance and support of the
modern digital journalism training centre meaning eHu students can receive practical
training relevant to the rapidly changing digital media world. Meanwhile, on the other side
of the world in the harsh semi-desert environment of somaliland iReX europe and our
partner KoW Media Foundation based in Hargeisa held the first ever Film, Art and picture
festival aimed at promoting peace and tolerance in the Horn of Africa. The festival was a
tremendous success attracting entrants from across the region as well as from the somali
diaspora. The festival built on our work with the somali community to promote peace and
understanding through the use of theatre (Drama for Conflict Transformation) and through
the promotion of culture and art.
The real work and courage was of course in the participants, the young film makers and
artists, and the KoW media team along with theatre troupe Geediga nabada working in
environments often hostile to the use of theatre and art. But let’s take a moment too to
recognise the work of the iReX europe team and their efforts on the ground helping ensure
the project was implemented efficiently and effectively.
Michael de VilliersiReX europe Director
Mark WhitehouseiReX europe president
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92% of youth think DCT useful to promote community tolerance
(page 3)
EHUlaunches its first multimedia summer camp
(page 8)
+10000 people attend the first ever somaliland Film, Art, and photo Festival Hargeisa, somaliland
(page 6)
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DRAMA FoR ConFLiCT TrAnSformATionDCT is a grassroots approach to conflict mitigation that encourages improvisation and
debate to develop new views and behaviours. DCT theory recognises that many cultural
traditions use theatre for story telling and communication. Drama also provides a unique
opportunity to try new methods to resolve conflict outside the ‘risks’ of real life. iReX
europe uses DCT to work with youth in conflict areas, including Central Asia, indonesia,
Kenya, and somaliland. our process involves a ‘training of trainers’ phase where we train
youth leaders to lead at-risk youth in an intensive DCT training. Youth leaders then train
at-risk youth to create plays based upon community issues. Actors act out the plays in their
community, and then a trained facilitator (or joker) leads the audience in a debate on the
play. The play is then shown again and audience members are invited to take the role of
the actors, trying out various ways to resolve the conflct in real life. By helping its ‘spect-
actors’ recongise and name the forces that are oppressing them, DCT helps participants
find ways to recognise and react to deeply entrenched problems and generate positive and
new ways to react to conflict.
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THeATRe FoR PeACeKenya is home to 900,000 somali refugees and Kenyan-somalis. somalis first arrived in
Kenya in the 19th century; however, immigration increased following the civil war which
broke out in somalia in 1991 , when many somalis sought asylum in the somali-inhabited
enclaves of Kenya. Kenya also hosts Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp.
The Theatre for peace project works to promote peaceful coexistence in the multiethnic
community of Majengo district, Mombasa, which hosts a high number of somali refugees
and a diverse ethnic Kenyan population. in the project, mixed groups of young Kenyans and
somalis are brought together using Drama for Conflict Transformation methodology and
create community performances and debates to raise awareness on sensitive issues such
as drug abuse, disability, fear of Al shabaab and discrimination, underage forced marriage,
polygamy and its effect on children, and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Following our
training, youth led 24 community performances and workshops that reached over 1 500
people. Monitoring and evaluation of our DCT showed: 92% of the group felt the workshop
was a useful way to promote tolerance in their communities, with nearly all Kenyans changing
their perceptions toward somalis living in their communities, and several examples of youth
taking the problem-solving methodology and applying it in their communities.
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ARTs FoR DeveloPmenTiReX europe believes that the arts and creative media can provide new ways to promote
community discussion and reduce conflict, thereby enabling sustainable approaches to
human development. iReX europe has worked with the mediums of theatre and film since
2008. From teaching youth to make documentary films in Yemen, to running a mobile
cinema tour in Bangladesh, and organising a national film festival in somaliland, iReX europe
is playing a leading role in fostering integration of the arts into development practice.
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SomAlilAnD FiLM FesTiVALiReX europe and Kow Media Foundation’s first film, art, and photo festival, held from the
28th February - 1 st of March, 201 3, in Hargeisa, somaliland, attracted over 1 0,000 guests
and participants and was widely covered by local and international media. The festival
aimed to target vulnerable youth by using film and art to promote peace and counter
radicalisation. The Vice president of somaliland, Mr. Ahmed, officially launched the festival.
Also in attendance were representatives of local and international nGos, ministers and
members of parliament.
9 independent film productions were entered into the festival competition. one to note
was a mine awareness short film, shot by a young team of self-taught producers using a
borrowed ‘flip’ camera worth less than $200 and a trial version of Adobe premier for post-
production. The film received an enthusiastic standing ovation and won first prize.
The winners of each category were awarded prizes of cash and equipment and their films
were broadcast in mobile cinemas across the district capitals of somaliland. The film
festival was organised as part of the Theatre for peace project, which targets 48 somali
communities in the 6 regions of somaliland using Drama for Conflict Transformation
methodologies. iReX europe’s ongoing work in somaliland is funded by the uK Foreign
and Commonwealth office.
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MeDiA TrAiningThe three year european neighbourhood: Journalist training and networking project, will
train 1 200 journalists across the enpi region. iReX europe is part of a consortium led
by BBC Media Action. The project targets 1 7 neighbouring countries: Algeria, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, egypt, Georgia, israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco,
occupied palestinian Territory, the Russian Federation, syria, Tunisia, and ukraine.
The project aims to strengthen professional reporting standards and ethics among
journalists working for local media across the enpi region.
in 2012, the project provided trainings in ukraine, Jordan, egypt, Armenia, and Georgia, as
well as leading a Russian study tour to Brussels
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JouRnALisM eDuCATion«particants were motivated and attended the course with a passion.»
Trainer Ales patapenka
The first eHu multimedia journalism summer camp was held in september 201 2 for 1 6 eHu
students and young Belarusian journalists in Klaipeida, Lithuania.
The camp gave students the opportunity to learn practical multimedia skills useful for their
future careers as journalists. subjects included introduction to media communication with
a young audience, using social media, filming and editing, and writing about Belarusian
youth issues. The summer camp is an opportunity for the university to expand its
multimedia teaching to low residence students, as well as provide income to sustain its top
notch journalism teaching facility, the emediahub.
The camp was part of the eu Media education for Democracy programme to modernize
journalism education at the european Humanities university, the Belarusian university in
exile in Vilnius, Lithuania, which ran from April 2010-october 2012. The project resulted
in a radical overall of journalism education for Belarusian students at the eHu and the
establishment of the emediahub, a top notch multimedia journalism education facility. The
project was supported by the european union.
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•Belarus
•poland
•Lithuania
•Georgia
•Lebanon
•Tajikistan
•Russia
•Armenia
•Algeria
•Azerbaijan
•egypt
•israel
•Jordan
•Libya
•Moldova
•Morocco
•ukraine
•syria
•Tunisia
•opT
ireX europe c o u n t r i e sin 2012 Where we’ve worked
2012 current project countries
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KeY FiGuRes 2012
countries reached through iReX europe’s programmes in 2012
2012Turnover
1.8Million €20
•Programmeexpenses•Generaladministrativeexpenses
ABouT ireX europeiReX europe assists in the development of nations and peoples by providing services,
programs, infrastructure and technologies that improve the quality of education,
strengthen independent media, foster pluralistic civil society development, and reduce
conflict.
2 0 1 2 iReX euRope pRoGRAMMe
Photo CreditsCover : Girl painting at somaliland Film Festival - Luigi Ceccon
page 2 : Hargeisa peace Caravan show - neil McCafferty
pages 5-6 : somaliland Film Festival pictures - Luigi Ceccon
page 8 : eHu Multimedia summer camp - Ales patapenka
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