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2014 Report on WCC-Asia Pacific Region, by WCC-APR President Dr.Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi I. March 3,2014: 1. Upon being invited with IPP-WCC President, by the Public Authority for Crafts Industries (PACI), I attended the celebration of “H.M.Sultan Qaboos Award of Excellence”- 2014, in Muscat, Oman. Minister of Oman giving the award WCC-APR President & WCC-IPP with other delegates II. March 15-16,2014: I participated in the Panel discussion of “1st East West & Africa Women Initiatives Forum”, topic – “Women as Elements of change”, held in Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, upon an invitation from the Organizers “Princess Taghrid Institute”, in my capacity as WCC-APR President. 1 III. April 10,2014: 1. Attended WCC 2nd Board Meeting (2/2014) held on April 10,2014, in Atlanta at Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, U.S.A. The meeting was attended by: WCC-AISBL President-Mr.Wang Shan, WCC Secretary General-Ms.Chen Jing, President of WCC-Asia Pacific Region-Dr.Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi, President of WCC-Europe-Rosy Greenlees, President of WCC-North America-Cindy Bowden, Representative of the President of WCC-Africa-Mr.Bila Clement Ouedraogo, and Immediate Past President of WCC-Ms.Usha Krishna. 2. The main topic on the Agenda was the WCC-Golden Jubilee Celebration (program, competitions, exhibitions, forum, awards etc.) to be held in Dongyang, China, 18-22 October,2014. WCC Board Meeting, WCC-APR President with WCC-AISBL April 10, 2014, Atlanta-U.S.A. President & WCC-AISBL Secretary General, Atlanta-U.S.A. 2 IV. April 11-13,2014: Board Members (WCC-AISBL President & Regional Presidents) and American hosts visited the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, whereby many artisans exhibited a large variety of crafts and art works. One artisan/ craftsperson, was awarded for recycling metal sheets collected from barn roofs in the form of clothes and other items. A general view from the Artist- Mr. Chris Beck, in Group Dogwood Festival Photo with WCC-AISBL Board Members & hosts visiting Dogwood Sample Work (Recycled Metal) from barn roofs by Mr.Chris Beck 3 V. May 30,2014: • The Renovated and Updated WCC-APR Website was officially launched in the month of May,2014. • The address of our website is: www.wccapr.org • If Members have any news or updates to share, they are welcome to send it to the APR Secretariat’s e-mail address: [email protected], to be uploaded to the Website. Evaluation of Jogjakarta 2014/09/11 2014 International Symposium 2014/04/21 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration 2014/04/21 Putrajaya International Islamic 2014/09/11 4 VI. June 1-3,2014 1. WCC-Asia Pacific Region 3rd Board Meeting was held in Muscat-Sultanate of Oman, upon an invitation from the Vice President of WCC-APR, West Asia Sub-region, Her Excellency the Chairperson of the Public Authority for Crafts Industries (PACI), Shaikha Aishah al-Siyabiyah. Official Opening Ceremony attended by the Head of the Shora Council prior to the 3rd Board Meeting (1-3 June 2014), Muscat-Oman 2. An official Opening Ceremony attended by high officials, namely the Head of the Shora Council, preceded the Board Meeting, in which inaugural speeches were given by H.E. the Chairperson of PACI, Shaikha Aishah al-Siyabiyah, and the President of WCC-APR, Dr. Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi. The speeches were followed by a short presentation on WCC-APR prepared by PACI. H.E. Chairperson of PACI & VP of West Asia WCC-APR President delivering her Speech delivering her Opening Speech. during the Opening Ceremony 5 3. The first session of the APR Board Meeting followed the Opening Ceremony, and was attended by a majority of its Executive Board Members (13 members) who continued the sessions in the afternoon, and on June 2nd, where important issues were discussed namely: • amendment of the Bye Laws or “Rules & Regulations” of WCC-Asia Pacific Region • participation in the various activities of the WCC 50th Golden Jubilee Celebrations • WCC-APR participation in Putrajaya International Islamic Arts & Culture Festival 2014 (PIIACUF) • Announcing the verbal approval of the Minister of Information – H.E.Shaikh Salman Sabah al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah for APR to hold the second Jurying session of the WCC-Award of Excellence for 2016 in Kuwait. • Announcement of the launch of the 3rd flagship project of WCC-APR, “The Craft Encyclopedia of Asia-Pacific Region”. • Donation of US $ 3000 to WCC-APR account from the State Award I received from the Government of Kuwait for translating an English book “on the excavations in a Hellenistic Archeological site in Failaka Island- Kuwait” into Arabic. Group Photo of the WCC-APR Executive WCC-APR Executive Board Members at the Board at the Opening Ceremony first session of the 3rd APR Board Meeting State Award Ceremony 6 4. There was a full program arranged for the Executive Board Members by the host. The program included: a. June 1,2014 - Fashion Show of traditional Omani Costumes, followed by dinner. Fashion Show of Omani Traditional & Modern Costumes for Women b. June 2,2014 - The delegates were invited by H.E. the Chairperson of PACI, Shaikha Ayisha al-Siyabiya for lunch at Angham traditional restaurant, followed by a visit to the Omani Handicrafts House at the Oman Opera building. H.E.Shaikha with APR President in WCC-IPP Ms.Usha Krishna, APR-IPP Ms.Surapee the Omani Handicrafts House Rojanavongse in the Omani Handicrafts House 7 c. Visits to Crafts Centers established by PACI, in Smail and Nizwa towns as well as to Historic Citadel of Nazwa Fort Delegates visiting Weaving Center Delegates visiting the historic Citadel in Smail of Nazwa Fort d. Visited workshop of Indigo Dye specialist in Bahla, with Ms.Ruby Ghuznavi - Chairperson of APR Natural Dye Project, & Ms.Usha Krishna-WCC-IPP. APR Advisor-Ms.Sayyada Ruby Ghuznavi, WCC-IPP- Ms.Usha Krishna, WCC-APR President-Dr.Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi visiting workshop of Indigo Dye Specialist in Bahla-Oman. 8 VII. August 18-22,2014 As jury member I participated in the first jurying session of WCC-Award of Excellence 2014, which was hosted in Jakarta by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia in cooperation with the National Crafts Council of Indonesia (DEKRANAS). The participating sub-regions were: South Asia, South East Asia, West Asia and South Pacific, where 114 products of handicrafts were selected from the four (4) participating Asia Pacific sub-regions, as follows: West Asia 7, South Pacific 1, South Asia 44, South East Asia 62 Unfortunately, Central Asia could not participate due to unavoidable circumstances. The WCC-AoE for East Asia jurying session was held in Beijing for (China, Korea and Mongolia) Jurying members Collection of products 9 Jury Committee: Mr.Richard Engelhart, Jurying committee with DEKRANAS & Ms.Manjari Nirula, Dr.Ghada Hijjawi- Members from Ministry of Trade Qaddumi, Ms.Surapee Rojanavongse, Ms.Pinky Sudarman, Ms.Judith Chung, & Mr.Edric Ong Team of Award of Excellence A number of awarded Indonesia stearing team of products WCC Award of Excellence 2014 with the judges Group photo at the closing ceremony 10 VIII. August 23-25,2014 • Being a member of the WCC-APR Evaluation team I visited “Jogjakarta (Yogyakarta) City”, Indonesia, which was nominated for 2015 World Crafts City for Batik. • On August 23, 2014 a Press Conference was organized to Her Royal Highness Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas, and the WCC-APR evaluation team. Press Conference in Jogjakarta: Opening Session by H.R.H. H.R.H with APR President, APR- in Jogjakarta IPP, and APR S.V.P Evaluation visit to Jogjakarta was from 23-25, 2014 Evaluation team members from WCC- APR were: WCC-APR President : Dr.Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi WCC-APR (IPP) : Ms.Surapee Rojanavongse WCC-APR, SVP & VP South East Asia : Mr.Edric Ong WCC-APR, VP (South Asia sub-region): Ms.Manjari Nirula 1. A visit to the Taman Sari part of the heritage building of the Palace that played an important role in disseminating Batik technique from the limited and exclusive boundaries of the Court among the public where the court artisans taught and trained the common people. 11 2. A visit was organized to Batik Jawa, one of Batik home-based industry dedicated to correct technique and use pure natural materials for coloring (green industry). 3. A private tour with H.R.H Prince Prabukusumo, brother of the Sultan, was organized to the Royal Batik Museum collection at the Kraton (Palace) Yogyakarta. 12 4. Visit to Kabupaten Bantul, one of the important Batik clusters in the province of Yogyakarta, that has dominant Batik community producers. 5. On Aug 24th,2014, the Evaluation Committee had the privilege to have an audience with His Majesty Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, Sultan of Yogyakarta Indonesia and Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta). An audience with His Majesty Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, Group photo with His Majesty Sultan of Yogyakarta and Governor of Yogyakarta Special Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono Region (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta), WCC-APR President, APR-SVP & APR-IPP, exchanging gifts 13 6. On Aug 25th,2014, Visit to Winotosastro workshop as an example of family profile, who has been working in the Batik industry for ages. 7. Visit to Higher Education Institution for Research, which graduates Batik & Textile experts, a national government institution built in Jogjakarta for research of improving Batik industry. Jury meeting with staff of the Photo with student at work institution 14 IX. August 27,2014 Immediately after finalizing both missions in Indonesia (jurying WCC-AoE, and evaluation of Jogjakarta city), I proceeded to Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, where: a. Raja Fuziah - Advisor of WCC-APR, arranged for me at her residence a meeting with the Malaysian demonstrators, exhibitors & volunteers, who were preparing, under the supervision of Raja Fuziah, for WCC-APR participation in a crafts exhibition commemorating the WCC 50th Anniversary in Putrajaya International Islamic Arts and Cultural Festival (PIIACUF) to be held from Oct 30 to Nov 2, 2014 in Putrajaya.