Deca-adef-day
This document is the agenda for the DECA and ADEF Day held on March 11, 2012 1pm-4.30pm
The notes from the meeting can be found here
- Aims of the day
- getting to know each other better
- introducing everyone to deca
- exploring deca-adef
- Getting to know you games -30 mins
- game : write down something no one knows about you, put it in a hat, facilitator reads aloud, people guess who it is, and then find out who it is
- work roles - partners / 3 main points about their role, other person presents
- What do people know about Deca and questions
- Back into circle and ADEF staff shares 1 thing they know/think about Deca or questions that they have - 10 min
- gives Deca staff idea of what people know
- Will come back to these at the end
- Deca presentation -15 mins
What is the function of Deca
- digital expression community area --- space not a center
- space for techies, artists etc for work on their projects – co-working space
- building on work of camps - with same spirit - ie creative activities to foster self-expression - with a focus on digital tools - youth
- replicable model
What community does Deca provide for
- in a sense 2 communities
- adef community and community of interest in Mq (techies, artists etc who may not have a space) --- anyone who is interested wherever they are in Cairo
- moqattam community - which are communities --- is diverse - from villas to zebelleen
- building a deca community --- which will take time
- young people - (camps 12-15) - but we will work with broader range
How are Deca and Adef related
- building on what adef does well - as well as a new phase and a learning experience for the whole organisation
- not a separate entity - part of each other --- separate but related :-) - transfer knowledge, attitudes, ideas etc to deca and vice versa
- same principles and ideas
- same staff - and more
- moqattam stakeholders to be added to adef stakeholders board - so added to adef
- replicable
- Exploring key concepts - 25mins
- key words on flipchart, people go around and write their thoughts/reactions/questions in a word or two
- self-expression
- arab youth
- participation
- digital tools
- open
- group discussion when done
break: 15 min
then icebreaker and do rest of day in expression room
- Program
- remind them that camp curricula will form basis, and the whole point is digital self-expression, self-expression is the core
- to get their juices following give them a sense of the kind of thing - a few of the ideas that have come up over the past couple of months
- people jot down their ideas individually - their ideas for deca and what role they could play: 5 mins
- then group discussion on same questions: groups of 3 or 4 - 15 mins
- feedback to whole group
- Challenges - 25mins
- group discussion
- Self-sustainability and funding
- decision-making deca - autonomy from adef
- what systems need to be in place so that adef support the new deca community
- location of deca – both that moqattam is far from ppl who might want to use the space, and is far from some ppl in moqattam
- outreach and building trust
- not many ppl in adef familiar with Moqattam and we are not known in Moqattam --- how do we become a part of the community of Moqattam
- recruitment – want to employ someone who will be not just an employee but the soul of deca who will impact the shape deca takes - can you think of anyone
- go through the list from the beginning and see if there are any questions -10mins
- Go round the spaces and name them
materials needed : flip chart paper / markers/ ordinary pens/ ordinary paper/ chairs