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The gtz International Service (gtz IS) is to hold a
photographic exhibition of the works it has
undertaken for the government under the University
Capacity Building Program (UCBP) on Monday, January
11, 2010, at the Goethe Institute in the Addis Abeba
University Faculty of Business and Economics.
The UCBP, fully funded by the ministries of
Education and Capacity Building, involves the
construction of 13 universities on 1.5 million
square metres at 15 different sites in the country
to accommodate 62,643 students.
The programme, which also aims to modernise
Ethiopia’s construction sector, leading to increased
international competitiveness, involves the majority
of the Ethiopian construction sector with more than
600 small, medium and large companies, leading
around 50 of them to ISO 9001:2000 certification.
The gtz IS is the management and implementation
agent for the project.
Tomorrow’s exhibition, which follows one in
Frankfurt, Germany that took place from July 17,
2009, to September 6, 2009, at the German
Architectural Museum (DAM), will show photos, texts
and university campus master plans, allowing
visitors to read material about capacity
development, the cobblestone project and the 10
types of buildings within the UCBP.
There will also be additional material on Ethiopia’s
long history, the Rastafarians and the unique
Ethiopian calendar, according to Stessi Noelting,
head of public relations at gtz IS-Ethiopia.
Demeke Mokonen, minister of education, and Elke
Kaschl Mohni (PhD), director of the Goethe
Institute, are expected to attend the opening,
Noelting said.
The exhibition will stay open to the public until
January 25, after which it will move to the German
House at Kazanchis.
The construction of the university buildings is
taking place in such a manner that completed
portions begin accepting students while construction
work continues on other parts, according to the UCBP
website. By 2010, up to 60,000 students are expected
to live and study on the campuses. |
