Creative, intercultural, interreligious projects

initiation, concept creation

Definition of project goals and content, opportunities & risks, cost breakdown, scope of services, scheduling

financial framework, applications for financial support

Definition of financing partners, financing applications, contracts with sponsors at the state and private sector level

planning and design

Team organization, task/process/schedule planning, communication and press relations, detailed cost breakdown, quality definition, risk management

monitoring and controlling

Project progress, troubleshooting, planning corrections

completion

presentation, documentation, evaluation

Collaboration with funding institutions

in Egypt

  • Hanns-Seidel-Foundation
  • Anna Lindh Foundation
  • Goethe-institute
  • DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service
  • EU – The European Delegation
  • GIZ – German Agency for International Cooperation
  • CIM – Center for International Migration and Development
  • Helwan University, Faculty of Applied Arts, Department of Apparel Design, Management & Technology
  • The German Embassy in Cairo; Ambassador Baron Paul Freiherr von Maltzahn, Ambassador Martin Kobler, Ambassador Michael Bock
  • National Parks of Egypt
  • Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola, Marriott Hotel Cairo
  • World Bank, Washington D.C.

in Israel/Palestine

  • Goethe-institute

in Germany

  • Messe Berlin
  • 2010 European Capital of Culture
  • Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Islam Dialogue Division
  • Ifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart
  • Bremen City Church Congress, Bremen Senate
  • Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg, Hamburg Senate

Islam dialogue

Annette Riccius & Rosemarie Füglein, CIM, 2009

Life in Cairo means constantly dealing with contrasts, and accepting and internalizing these contrasts is an extraordinary challenge for young people. This is where the Orient meets the Occident, Africa meets Europe, Islam meets Christianity, and cultural tradition meets cosmopolitan lifestyles. Mutual understanding and respect are prerequisites for creative collaboration and for bridging the conflicts that students encounter in their daily lives.

One of these conflicts arises from the question of how it is possible to be attractive and dressed correctly according to individual ideas. This topic is of particular interest to fashion design students who attend the department co-founded by Susanne Kümper. Behind the veils of these young designers often lies more creativity and imagination than the observer could ever dream of.

In this age of global interconnectedness, dialogue is a central issue, a necessity, a salvation. Mutual understanding and tolerance render prejudice absurd and connect people—from ear to ear, from glance to glance, in conversation, in familiarity, respect, and recognition. Getting to know one another is a gift, but also a challenge, an effort that is worthwhile. Dialogue is a prerequisite for good relations between North and South, between people of wealth and people of poverty, between the Western and Islamic worlds. Understanding and constructive exchange across cultural, religious, and ideological boundaries are more important than ever in our ever-shrinking world.