[Grassroots-l] Florence Agreement and customs duties

[Nia Lewis]

Hello Samy, 

Nia here from OLPCorps. Thanks very much for the assistance you are 
offering to the team in Madagascar. The latest report - The team will 
provide official documentation stating that the deployment site is an 
actual school.  All OLPCorps shipments were accompanied with paperwork 
stating that the laptops are a donation and are not for re-sale. We are 
all hoping that after the June 26th holiday which has slowed everything 
down, the package will be released. 

Thanks to all for this combined effort!

Nia





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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
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