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By Andualem Sisay - Capital
30 January 2007
Based on the two categories of motivating the public towards celebrating the millennium colorfully and contributing toward the sustainable development of the country, the National Council of the new Ethiopian Millennium Festival approved 35 projects.
Our Millennium, a ten-hour long concert on the eve of the new millennium, September 11, which will be screened in the major cities of the country, is one of the projects that has won final approval. Millennium Sport, African Cultural Week, Millennium Bazaar, Millennium Generation, Constitution Day, International Conference, Students’ Day, and Disabled Day are also among the projects aimed at motivating the public to actively celebrate the millennium.
Building a coffee museum in Kaffa Oromia region, the birth place of coffee, is one the projects that the council believes will contribute to Ethiopia’s sustainable development. Millennium Monument, Two Trees for 2000, Millennium Park, Millennium Education Fund, Widow Ethiopia, Youth, Entrepreneurship, Millennium Foundation, mini museums at airports and the Sheraton Addis and two documentaries movies are also got the green light.
At regional level, 126 projects have been approved. The council is planning to cover the cost of these projects from sponsors and in collaboration with business organizations by branding its logo, according to Bahiru Genete, Deputy Director General and Project Management Head at the Ethiopian Millennium Festival National Council.
The council was formed two years ago by the Council of Ministers with the general aim of motivating and laying the ground for a bright future and forming a sense of nationalism that will move forward Ethiopia and Ethiopians in all aspects to the new Ethiopian millennium. Ethiopia applies the Julian calendar that is seven years behind the Gregorian.