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b)
pooling of resources, such as expertise and infrastructural facilities, by State
Parties, and the utilisation of those resources in the interest of regional integration
and co-operation;
c)
commitment to the enhancement of a regional identity in diversity in the areas of
culture, information and sport; and
d)
commitment to the right of access to information and participation in cultural and
sporting activities by all citizens.
CHAPTER TWO
GENERAL AREAS OF CO-OPERATION
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AREAS OF CO-OPERATION
State Parties undertake to collaborate in the following areas:
a)
policy harmonisation;
b)
training, capacity-building and research;
c)
resource mobilisation and utilisation;
d)
production, flow, exchange and use of information products;
e)
regional interaction among stakeholders;
f)
gender equality and equity; and
g)
persons with disabilities.
ARTICLE4
POLICY HARMONISATION
1.
State Parties undertake to review and formulate policies, strategies and programmes in
the areas of culture, information and sport so as to provide a framework for practical
action in each Member State as well as a basis for regional co-operation.
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