University of Washington Foundation

Seattle, Washington, United States


Purpose

to operate, in collaboration with partners in Myanmar, a fellows program to develop the capacity of emerging leaders in information strategies, establish a Myanmar Information Lab, implement strategic information initiatives around peacebuilding and elections, and deliver information and digital literacy training through the country’s libraries. The program includes explicit focus on public libraries and includes public librarians and librarian decision makers

Division

Global Development

Date

August 2014

Region Served

ASIA

Committed amount

$349,996

Grant topic

Global Libraries

Duration (months)

13

Grantee location

Seattle, Washington, United States

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