[Grassroots-l] Florence Agreement and customs duties

[s.boutayeb at free.fr]

Hi,

Actually, at least one OLPCorps shipment is retained by the Customs due to the
customs duties claimed by the Customs administration, as it is the case in
Tananarivo/Madagascar.

The emerging malagasian grassroot community is trying to solve this issue and
one solution been cited by 2 people (one book publisher and one university
professor) consists to refer to the "Florence Agreement on the Importation of
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials".

For more information, see:
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=35104&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Hoping that this hint may help some deployment project facing a similar issue
with the local customs administration.

Best regards

Samy
OLPC France