DACPA successfully completes ‘train the trainers’ workshop in Italy

Three members of the Dominica Arts and Craft Producers Association (DACPA) completed a four-day Digital Train the Trainers Workshop at the ARCI Culture Center, in Italy from April 14-19, 2024 A total of fifteen participants from Italy, Haiti, Martinique, Cuba, and Dominica gathered to undertake the special training programme.

 The three artisans who represented Dominica are Vanessa Winston, Julien Alexander, and Aisha Cruickshank.

 The project CL.AU.DI.A. – Antillean Digital Culture, an Erasmus+ initiative, was designed to promote training and professional education in the field of digital culture in the Caribbean region.

 During the four-day event, each participant had the opportunity to train the rest of the team in the contents and methodologies of the Digital Culture training program. The training program was built for teachers, as a guide for institutions to integrate training in professional education, artistic teaching, middle education, and university, extension in the Caribbean region.

 Specific objectives included the strategic development and internationalization of the consortium, the creation of a training program in Antillean Digital Culture, the integration and training of teachers, the training of young artists, and the realization of a collective exhibition in augmented reality. In addition, to raise awareness and multiply the results of the project through various events and activities, as well as launch the CL.AU.DI.A Network.

 Participant,  and President of Dominica Arts and Craft Producers Association(DACPA) Vanessa Winston said “I think the training was quite beneficial for myself and the members who participated. We learned a lot which will assist us in developing.  When we learn to train we also learn for ourselves as well.”

 “As the project continues, we will continue to develop the modules to pass on the training, to have a ‘train the trainers’ workshop in Dominica. Also to train at least ten young artisans in the area of digital culture,” Miss Winston added.

 Through local and transnational training activities, ventures and projects related to digital culture, and multiplier events, the aim is  to significantly improve the capacities and skills of all those involved.

This three-year CL.AU.DI.A.project (2023-2025) has the collaboration of a consortium made up of ARCS – ARCI Culture Solidali APS (Italy), D’Antilles et D’Ailleurs (Martinique), Asociación Hermanos Saíz (Cuba), Centro Nacional para la Superación de la Cultura (Cuba), Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (Cuba), Ecole Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haïti (Haiti) and Dominica Arts and Crafts Producers Association (Dominica).