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 [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] 06/24/09 07:22 AM To [email protected] cc Subject [Grassroots-l] Florence Agreement and customs duties 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 _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
_______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
