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Venezuelan Public Television, signed a cooperation agreement aimed at instituting a documentary creation unit. Under the agreement 200,000 euros will be earmarked to train the entire staff. Madrazo also took part in a meeting with representatives of other organizations including Igor Irigoyen, Director of Cooperation; Liliana Ortega, Executive Director of Cofavic – an NGO for the protection and promotion of human rights, which will receive Basque Minister Javier Madrazo during one of his visits. nearly half a million euros; José Virtuoso, President of Centro Javier Madrazo visits schools Gumilla; and Luis Ugalde, Rector of the Andrés Bello Catholic and signs an agreement with University.To wrap up the visit, the Basque Minister gave a talk on Public Television the right to decide, the peace process, political normalization Mirentxu Egiguren –recipient of Alegría Jesús Obrero” and in and cultural coexistence in the 2003 Basque Volunteer Valencia “Obra Social Calasanz” Euskadi, presented by Izaskun Award– served as guide to Basque run by Escolapian Fathers.The Etxearte, Director of Eguzki, the Minister Javier Madrazo in his Basque Government subsidizes all Basque-Venezuelan Institute for visit to the Bolivar neighborhood of these centers. Cooperation, and Itziar of . He also visited The Minister and Blanca Rodríguez, Director of the Eusko “Instituto Universitario Fe y Eekhout, CEO of Covetel S.A./Vive, Etxea in Caracas.

management and designing public health policy carried out for years by Chile and Euskadi, fits within the Peruvian Government’s strategic plan for the health sector until 2012. The Basque Department of Health will contribute to achieving these goals basically by providing advice in the area of public healthcare management, Healthcare cooperation agreement sending skilled technicians to to perform particular projects, between Chile, Peru and Euskadi and bring Chilean and Peruvian technicians to Euskadi to train The Ministry of Foreign Affairs primarily at tackling the main them in specific areas. of the Government of Peru, challenges in healthcare in Peru. The Chilean Ministry of Peruvian and Chilean Ministers of This is the first of its kind to be Health is prepared to collaborate Health, Pilar Mazzetti and Pedro signed by the Basque technically based on the García, and the Basque Minister Government. cooperation experience with the of Health, Gabriel María Inclán More specifically the project, Basque Country, and as a link to have signed a three-way based on the cooperation coordinate the implementation of Cooperation Protocol aimed experiences in healthcare this project. ETXEZ ETXE

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