The first program in the annual schedule, CPE Workshop #1, was designed to link photographers with experts to provide support at the beginning stage starting a photography project. 

It started with the historical and contemporary view on photography in Africa and continued to Project idea development and execution where 9 photographers were given a 3 weeks independent time to work on their photo stories. It ended with a review and public presentation of their works. 

As an output, all the nine photographers had brought their own photo stories among which 4 of them did interviews with established Ethiopian photographers both from the past and the current. Additionally, one photographer produced a short documentary film on an established Ethiopian photographer. The workshop was led by Katrin Peters-Klaphake and Mulugeta Ayene.