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DECEMBER 2010-JUNE 2011

INGI A.EL-HADI ACTING PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

DELPHE UPDATE

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THE PARTNERS

SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING ,UNIVER

SITY OF READING

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF

KHARTOUIM

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OVERALL OBJECTIVES

RESEARCH AIMS

PROJECT OUTCOMES

December 2010

DelPHE

Project

The Challenges Facing The Management of Construction Industry and Housing in the Sudan

Faculty of ArchitectureU of K

School of Construction Management & Engineering,U of R

12th – 14th Dec 2010Khartoum

Concluding Remarks & Recommendations

Arch. Akram ElkhalifaFoA, U of K

Dr. Abbas ElmualimSCME, U of R

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Remarks• The preparation for the event started since the beginning of June 2010 when a work

plan was developed and submitted for the BC.

• Allocation of fund to the different project activities was quiet challenging. However,

the early planning results in the utilization of available resources.

• Different themes were tackled during the 1st workshop each of which needs further

investigation and research.

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Conclusions• All the themes overviewed are important

• Sudan is similar to other DCs in the nature of the challenges

facing the CI

• Lack of collaboration between the stakeholders dominate the

list of problems

• Research is priority for the problem solving

• The professional institutions should act effectively

• The Universities “University of Khartoum” should take

responsibility of solving the problems of the SCI

• Comprehensive research on all the topics is required 6

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The Challenges Facing The Management of Construction

Industry and Housing in the Sudan

Opening Ceremoney

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WORKSHOP ATTENDENCEtotal attendence female attendees

Formal Invitations of 300 were sent

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FUNDING

• from the National Fund for Housing and Reconstruction (NFHR) in the amount of 15,000SDG

FIELD STUDIES

• Data collection• Women in the Sudanese CI• Crises areas of Darfur and South Sudan• Building materials

EDUCATION &

TRAINING

• Increase of applications to graduate studies• Sparkling the interest of one of our lecturers to

pursue higher studies and being consequently accepted by University of Reading at the SCME for PHD studies

WORKSHOP OUTCOMES

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CPD COURSE“RESEARCH FORMULATION,METHOD AND SKILLS’

1. 19 educational institutions both from the private and governmental were invited

2. target number was 50 participants but upon response of 122 nominees the participating number was increased to 80 participants.

3. financial gain was not the target but to access targeted parties and with this spirit on mind the visiting lecturer Dr Tabarak also refused any payment

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CPD COURSE“RESEARCH FORMULATION,METHOD AND SKILLS’

introduction to researchThe Conceptual Context and Critique of the Literature

Research Methodology and Research MethodsQualitative Research Methods

Writing a Research Proposal and Thesis Structure

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CPD Course Attendancenumber of attendeesfemale attendees

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1. On the 28th February the submission of the midyear report to the British Council for release of the rest of the funds

2. Gaining approval from the British council to transfer the 25% of the DIFID fund to University of Reading for the rest of the project implementation

3. Preparation for the upcoming Reading workshop in June

4. Update and progress visit from the British Council

ON-GOING ACTIVITES

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On going research relevant to the five main themes are being conducted in the following areas:•The building materials supply in the construction industry•The recruitment, retention and progression of Women in the CI•Social housing

building materials & supply in the CI

33%

women in the CI67%

research funds

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MAIN CHALLENGES as reported to the British Council1. The difficulty of the hard currency transfer for

the preparation of this workshop2. Keeping on budget but with the use of

facilities and available resources of the University lead to efficient use of the budget.

3. The constant support of the Faculty in funding the extras i.e. workshop paid an equal amount to that of the allocated DelPHE fund

FINANCES

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READING

WORKSHOP JUNE 2011

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Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, Stonehenge and Bath

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Green Building Council-UK

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Chartered Institute of

Building

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Royal Institute of British Architects

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Dinner at Sudan

Embassy, London

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Networking event with Sudanese

Professionals in London hosted by Sudanese Engineering Society-UK

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Workshop program

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Cultural Display and Music and Social Program

distributed flyers

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Cultural Display and Music and Social Program

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FUNDING

• The University of Reading contributed around £4k above the funding to cover part of the visits and the social programs

FIELD STUDIES

• Continued the developmental work on the five themes from previous workshop particularly social and sustainable housing and role of women in construction

EDUCATION &

TRAINING

• an MoU was signed between U of Rand the Physical Environmental Centre of Khartoum

• Plans are under way for the commercial CPD on Valuation and Property Management in Jan/Feb 2012.

WORKSHOP 2 OUTCOMES

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VISION &THE FUTURE1. Brain storming ideas and preparing for the

3rd workshop in DEC 2011,Sudan2. Start preparing for the 2013 Conference and

the end of the project3. The CPD courses up and running with the

first sessions to start Dec 2011 /Jan 2012 if not sooner

4. Connections and networking resulted from this visit to be materialized into actions

THANK YOU