Training of documentation and information center managers in Madagascar to increase access to public information. (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Documentation and information centers in the public sector play a vital role in giving access to public information and promote the right to information. Often managers from these centres lack the necessary skills to optimize the role of these institutions in providing up to date and easy to use information about public institutions. This was one of the findings of a survey conducted by UNESCO in 2015 on documentation and information centers in the public sector in Madagascar. In order to address this need, UNESCO organized a training for 27 managers on...