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Feb 09th

Mali: UNESCO, US Peace Corps to set up Multimedia Centres in Mali

UNESCO and the US Peace Corps Friday signed a cooperation agreement here to set up Community Multimedia Centres (CMC) in Mali, reports PANA.

CMC projects were introduced in January 2001 following a seminar in Kothmalé, Sri Lanka, on UNESCO's initiative..

A CMC project involves the establishment of a community radio and telecentre with the state of the art facilities for people living in underprivileged rural are as.

So far, 23 CMCs have been set up in Mali, three of them during the pilot phase.

Under the agreement, the Peace Corps will commit volunteers who will manage the centres.

On its part, UNESCO will supervise work at the centres.

Each volunteer will work in the centre for a duration of 12 months.
 
Bamako - 23/01/2009

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