Gates Foundation donates $15M for Bulgarian libraries
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $15 million for the implementation of the Bulgarian Global Libraries project, Bulgaria's Culture Ministry said on May 28 2009.
The project aims to fund easy and equal access to electronic information by providing free internet in 900 public libraries throughout the country.
At an official ceremony that day, an agreement was signed between Bulgaria's Culture Minister Stefan Danailov, United Nations Development Programme deputy resident representative to Bulgaria Lene Jespersen, the head of the Bulgaria's municipalities association Ginka Chavdarova and representatives of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association, a ministry media statement said.
The project was due to be completed by the end of 2014. Additional funding was being sought to add a further 700 libraries to be included in the project, the media statement said.
The project aims to fund easy and equal access to electronic information by providing free internet in 900 public libraries throughout the country.
At an official ceremony that day, an agreement was signed between Bulgaria's Culture Minister Stefan Danailov, United Nations Development Programme deputy resident representative to Bulgaria Lene Jespersen, the head of the Bulgaria's municipalities association Ginka Chavdarova and representatives of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association, a ministry media statement said.
The project was due to be completed by the end of 2014. Additional funding was being sought to add a further 700 libraries to be included in the project, the media statement said.