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Exchange, Internships and Scholarships

Objectives: To provide African professionals the opportunity to improve their educational levels and their practical experience of conservation in the field.

Results:

• 3 professionals (from Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) received scholarships to attend a 4-week international course on management of cultural landscapes at ICCROM.
• Mechanisms were developed with the University of Zimbabwe to provide two scholarships for participants of the AFRICA 2009 Regional Course to continue their studies towards an MA in Heritage Studies. The first two scholarships are being awarded in 2003.
• Bakonirina Rakotomamonjy was awarded an internship to work full time on the 4th Regional Course in Porto Novo. In 2003, Ms. Rakotomamonjy will become one of the programme staff.