First workshops

** report 1-2010

Last March 11^th we offered the 2 first workshops related to the project "Cultura em Foco” - wood toys and Coconut rings – with the presence of 3 local masters and 15 learners. The idea of those workshops was to create a small course of Arts & Crafts to disseminate the traditional local know-how aiming to to future stimulate the craft production.

 

IPTI's office in Santa Luzia do Itanhy is openned

** report 1-2010

After 5 month of work and with the help of several people and partners we were able to renew the house that offered to us by the Communitarian Association of Fishermen of Crasto Village (their social club). The renovation work was larger then we expected because the situation of the building was in very bad conditions but the final result was total approved by all involved (IPTI and the community of Crasto). In the photos below you can see a comparison between before and after the renovation. The external painting was made by using local soil, in a mixture between water, white glue and mineral soil.

The center now has a telecenter (10 computers and Internet access), a room for training and/or courses, a room for researchers, 2 toilets and a storeroom in a total of 200 square meters. All facilities are open and free available for the people of Santa Luzia but the priorities are for the use to support the projects coordinated by IPTI and partners and activities of communitarian interests.

MCT, SEDETEC and IPTI had signed the agreement to install a CVT

** report 1-2010

Last January 20^th we signed the formal agreement related to the implementation of a CVT (Centro Vocacional Tecnológico) in Santa Luzia do Itanhy, focused on Art, Science and Technology. The budget will come from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Secretariat for Development, Science, Technology and Tourism and IPTI will be responsible to coordinate all activities, including building the centre. It will have around 190 square meters with 3 toilets, a small library, 2 traning rooms (capacity for 35 people each) and a lab for science education. Our idea is to have this build ready by end of 2010.

Meeting between partners of the project “Cultura em Foco”

** report 1-2010

Last February 25^th we had a meeting between all partners involved with the creative economy project “Cultura em Foco”, with the presence of Ms Luciana Botafogo, from IADB, the main sponsor of this project. This was an opportunity to the project coordinator (Renata Piazzalunga) to explain the project in details as well as to show its currently status and results obtained until now.

 

The meeting has the presence of:

• Renata Piazzalunga and Saulo Barretto (IPTI)
• Luciana Botafogo (IADB)
• Edílson Nascimento (SEBRAE-SE)
• Marcos Wandir (SergipeTec)
• Sudanês Pereira and Jussara Alves (SEDETEC)
• Welton Santos, Vera (municipal government of Santa Luzia do Itanhy)
  
  
  
  
  

Partnership with BaneseCard

** report 1-2010

We established an important partnership with BaneseCard, a private company that operates the credit card services from the BANESE (Sergipe's state bank) which allows us to increase the investments in the ongoing project in creative economy "Cultura em Foco” in areas unforseen in the original proposal approved by the IADB (Interamerican Development Bank). We have to thanks a lot the commitment of Ms Maria Avilete Ramalho, Superintendent of BaneseCard, with our initiatives in Santa Luzia and the projects needs for support.

Visit of Beau Lotto

** report 4-2009

During the period of November 17^th to 23^th Beau Lotto has visited Sergipe. His visit was possible due the support from the State Bank of Sergipe (BANESE) who invited Mr Beau Lotto for giving a conference on "Perception” and we used the opportunity to discuss about possible cooperation between IPTI and Lotto Lab (www.lottolab.org), which is a very creative research centre. As one of the possibilities, we discussed with Mr Lotto the idea of creating an experience linking art, science and ecology, maybe using the "bioluminescence” that we find in the mangroves as an indicator of environment health. This idea was first discussed with Roger Malina and Bronac Ferran and the visit of Beau Lotto was a chance to exploit the idea in more practical details. We decided to build a proposal in the next weeks.

Partnership with ATRC, Canada

** report 4-2009

During the trip to Canada we agreed to establish a partnership with the Adaptive Technology Researcher Centre (ATRC) in the field of Inclusive Education. WE will now work on the document (agreement) in order to formalized the partnership next March with the visit of Jutta Treviranus, director of ATRC, to Sergipe. This will be our first international partnership for the center in Santa Luzia and we are very happy to start with the area of education. 

We and ATRC are working to try to get the first funding for projects and we are sure that we will come soon to you to announce good news.