THE PIZZA CONNECTION   ;-)

A common basic need made the exhibitors come together and jointly address the issue by making use of the resources of the NGO Internet Fiesta:
Early afternoon of March 20, 1999, it became obvious, that the majority of the participants were troubled by the same ever-growing problem: they were incredibly hungry. Many of them had been busy since 8:00 a.m setting up their exhibition booth and designing the presentation of their organisation and projects. From identifying this problem to making the decision to face this problem collectively it was just a small step.
Fully in accordance with the networking goal of the Fiesta the wishes and desires of every single participant were found out and considered accordingly by using the internet technology, i.e. an online order via the internet. Everyone involved could profit from this process. The supplier had to drive just once instead of ten times - which was also beneficial to the environment because of lower emissions - and the "networkers" enjoyed the financial benefit of the so-called bulk discount which could be passed on to all partners in this co-operation.

Satisfied looking faces and full stomachs - and the photo - bear evidence of the extremely successful networking effort and could be symbolic of future cross-sectoral co-operations between NGOs/NPOs.

Impressions and photo by Klaudia Mattern ;-)