Southern African Development Community 2. State Parties shall seek to hannonise their policies, strategies and programmes in these fields in the interest of regional integration. ARTICLES TRAINING, CAPACITY-BUILDING AND RESEARCH 1. State Parties shall co-operate in research and in the training of cultural agents, information workers and sports personnel. 2. State Parties shall identify, designate and establish, from already existing institutions within the Region, Centres of Excellence and Centres of Specialisation which shall be utilised jointly for research, training and related purposes. 3. State Parties shall agree to strengthen research and training capacities in their countries and support regional collaborative research by allocating necessary resources to the relevant research and training institutions in the areas of culture, information and sport. ARTICLE6 RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND UTILISATION 1. State Parties shall mobilise and allocate resources for the implementation of programmes in the areas of culture, information and sport. 2. State Parties shall encourage the participation of the private sector in the respective areas. ARTICLE 7 FLOW AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION State Parties shall develop a regional information infrastructure to facilitate information exchange in the areas of culture, information and sport. ARTICLES REGIONAL INTERACTION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS State Parties shall facilitate and promote greater interaction and exchanges among cultural agents, media practitioners, athletes and sports personnel of the Region. Protocol on Culture,Information and Sport 8