PAST ACTIVITIES
2000
Establishing of YAPIKBI
on 14 December
2001
Guesthouse "Rumsom" was built, from April to September.
Visit by JANUN Youth from Germany, from August to September (4 weeks).
English Elementary Course, since Oktober.
Yapikbi was asked by a local oil company (Pertamina) to act as a mediator/consultant in conflicts with its
community partners.
2002
· Alex Kirihio representing Yapikbi at the Conference
on Ecotourism in
Chiang Mai, Thailand from 3 to 7 March
· Gritje
Rumbiak representing Yapikbi to participate in Environmental Diplomacy Training Program for 2 weeks in Fiji.
· 10
Yapikbi members visited Germany from 10 July hingga 10 August. They participated in workshops on Globalisation, Good Governance,
Solar Energy, Gender Issue and Internet. There was a meeting with the Deputy Mayor of Hanover and exchange of information
with an official from Environmental Department of the Hanover City. Various cultural dances and songs were performed by Yapikbi
during the visit.
· 8
young students from Oxford University, England visited Yapikbi for 2 weeks in August. Various cultural exchange activities
were undertaken including dancing, singing, cooking and learning Biak language.
* Yapikbi Aniversary on 14 December. Various cultural activities were undertaken to commemorate the day.
2003
1. Training on Institutional Capacity Building including
(a) Organization; (b) Strategic Planning; (c) Influencing Governmental Policy; (d) Communication; (e) Project Cycles &
Proposal Writing; (f) Groups Facilitating Methods; (g) Effective Meeting; (h) Bureaucracy, Policy Making, Negotiation; (i)
Public Relation; (j) Relation with Media; (k) Labor; (l) Conflict Resolution; (m) Cope with Stress. Since January with a Trainer
from The Netherlands.
2. Building Yapikbis Office or Training Center, since
February.
3. Agust Rumbiak and Lody Ronsumbre participated in the
workshop on Environment and Natural Resources facilitated by Coremap in March.
4. Agust Rumbiak and Yowel Rumere participated in the workshop
on Social
Analyses facilitated by Foker LSM Papua in April.
5. 15 JANUN members from Germany visited Yapikbi for
6 weeks. Various social activities (including German language, English, Indonesian and Biaks) and cultural activities such
as dancing, singing, wood carving, etc. from August to September.
6. English Training Course and Computer by trainer or
teacher from The Netherlands, since October.
7.
Beach Party including music performance and various games for children, November and December.
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2004
1. CAPACITY
BUILDING include:
- English, Computer Course
- Institutional Capacity Building includes trainings in Office Management,
etc.
- Income Generating Projects includes training in Garment Production, etc.
2. YOUTH
EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Six
people from Yapikbi visited Germany in August.
3. HIV/AIDS
Discussion
with the youth on the danger of HIV/AIDS virus using comic books.
2005
· 21 January:
Small seminar at Yapikbi's office on the position of women in the politics. Speaker were Dicky Iwanggin, chairman of
Local General Election Committee and Mrs. Sawias, parliamentarian of Supiori regency.
· February: Six activists
from Yapikbi participated in a training for campaigners on HIV/AIDS prevention in Jayapura.
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