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In 1994 and 1997, the Ministry of Arts and Culture signed two conventions with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), formerly known as the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT), to set up a network of ‘Centre de Lecture et d’Animation Culturelle’ (CLAC) in the rural areas of Mauritius and Rodrigues with a view to provide library facilities, promote cultural activities and sensitise the population on a wide array of topics and themes of common interest. The cultural activities include conferences, theatrical and musical performances, training sessions in drawing and painting as well as workshops on literacy, slam and storytelling. The CLAC project which started in 1994 has now a network of 17 units in Mauritius, which operate under the aegis of the Ministry of Arts and Culture.

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