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Exchange, Internships and Scholarships

Objectives: To provide African professionals the opportunity to improve their educational levels and their practical experience of conservation in the field.

Results:

• Two professionals (one from Kenya and one from Botswana) were given full scholarships to study towards a master degree in Heritage Resources Management at the University of Zimbabwe. Both professionals were participants of the AFRICA 2009 3rd Regional Course on Conservation and Management of Immovable Cultural Heritage held in Mombasa in 2001.
• An exchange was organized with the University of Zimbabwe to allow Dr. George Abungu to go for a two week period as a lecturer in the Department of Archaeology for the Heritage Resources Management Programme.
• Two professionals, one each from Kenya and Ghana, received scholarships to attend the Integrated Urban and Territorial Conservation Course (ITUC03) at ICCROM.
• One professional from Ethiopia received a scholarship to attend the ICCROM Stone Course in Venice.
• Ishanlosen Odiaua was awarded an internship to work full time on the 1st Technical Course in Cameroon. She later acted as a course assistant for the 5th Regional Course in Mombasa.
• Travel grants were awarded to six professionals who are members of the AFRICA 2009 network, to attend the ICOMOS General Assembly held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and the pre-assembly conference in Kimberley, South Africa. Of these six, two were unable to travel due to visa or other travel problems. Of the four who did participate, three played official roles in the meeting and two presented papers to the scientific symposium.
• A travel grant was awarded to Assita Traore of the DPC of Burkina Faso to participate in a project in northern Ghana, working with the Nankani women. These women decorate their houses with mural paintings in a traditional manner which is shared across the border in Burkina Faso.