Hall of Fame

At this section we want to honour people who have helped make IPP a success by working within the international IPP taskforce.

Heike "Nana" Möhlen (Germany)

Nana was a member of the legendary IPP working group at the EJBM 1996 in Denmark. As many people know, great ideas come and go, but rarely they are put into practise. Nana, however, made IPP happen: A motion was submitted to the international board, asking for approval of two experimental projects at the following IBM and Nana herself was initiator and staff of the very first IPP in Bad Nauheim, Germany. After five experimental projects had taken place, Nana also staffed the evaluation meeting 2000 in Bad Nauheim.

Nisha Anders (Germany)

Nisha, one of Nanas best friends, was staff at the first IPP in Germany and member of the "operational team" in 1998. She was a co-author of the first operational manual (later to become the IPP guide) and helped establish forms for the new activity.

Chris Keilich (Germany)

Being International Junior Rep, Chris helped the junior taskforce issue the motion in 1996 and served as the first international IPP coordinator. His 80 pages report on the first IPP set the standard for IPP evaluation. After only one year he passed the spoon to feed the baby on to...

Gian Taralli (Brazil)

After his IJR term ended in 1997, Gian took over Chris' position as international IPP coordinator. During his term 4 experimental projects were conducted and evaluated. With the help of many others he wrote the report on the progress of IPP, which ultimately led to the recognition of IPP as an official activity at the IBM in Austria 2001, Gian also established the IPP taskforce (1999) and achieved board approval for the first IPP budget. Unfortunately Gian had to quit his position even before the IBM in Austria, as he started an MBA programme in Canada.

 

Zaida Lorenzo (Spain)

Zaida was a staff member in the fifth IPP in Spain in 1999. She was also a member of the IPP taskforce and contributed largely to the hosting and staffing sections of the IPP guide.

Sanna Rúe Hallen (Sweden)

Being one of the members of the original Junior Taskforce 1996, Sanna initiated the second IPP, taking place in Malmö, Sweden on the topic Immigration and Xenophobia. While being trustee for Sweden, she contributed a lot of work to the IPP taskforce: She coordinated IPPs, organized the 2000 Bad Nauheim Workshop next to many other projects over the course of three years.

Sofia Salas Monge (Costa Rica

Sofi joined the taskforce 1999 and helped integrate valuable experiences from the 3rd IPP in Costa Rica into the IPP guide, such as fundraising guidelines.

Elena Guttierez (Spain)

Elenita was involved in IPP since the first days. After planning and staffing the 5th IPP in spain, she contributed largely to the 2000 Bad Nauheim report, that lead to the promotion of IPP to an official activity. Together with Zaida she developed the first staff guide documents and the IPP promotion plan 2001-04.

Maria Fernanda Morales Dada (Costa Rica)

After taking part in the IPP in Detroit in 2001 Marifer joined the taskforce the same year, and became the first editor of the IPP Newsletter. In 2003 she was staff in the IPP Evaluation Meeting hosted in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Yann Feron (France)

As NJR and later trustee for France and member of the international Local Work committee Yann was already a very busy CISVer when he joined the IPP team in 2000. He then helped develop the concept of IPP and LW interaction and coordinated and trained the staff of two IPPs. Yann left the taskforce in 2003 in order to focus on his career as a personal fitness trainer.

Frederic Argazzi (Italy)

Fred joined the taskforce in 2001 after being camp director in Italy's first IPP in Modena. Being a (web-)design guru he helped building the IPP website, introduced the IPP news blog, the IPP Wiki and designed the IPP flyer and poster. He also contributed as a staff trainer and project co-ordinator until 2005.

Annika Peterssen (Sweden)

After participating in the Porta Aperta IPP in 2000 Annika took part in the IPP evaluation meeting in Costa Rica 2003. She then developed the IPP participant training manual and co-ordinated a number of IPPS while being the Swedish NIPPC until 2005.