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and will receive 12,000 euros financed by the Coca-Cola Foundation
The 300 libraries will receive lots of books worth 640,000 euros financed by the Ministry of Education
The Assessment Committee of the XV Campaign Encouraging Reading Maria Moliner, convened by the Ministry of Education, the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), and the Coca-Cola Foundation, have been selected among 608, 300 best projects promoting reading presented by municipal libraries throughout Spain.
Those selected will each receive a batch of 180 titles.
The Ministry of Education funds this award with a budget of 640,000 euros.
The list of 300 selected will be announced in a few days, when the award procedure is complete.
In addition, the Commission has identified three projects which resulted honored with special prizes of 12,000 euros destined for the local library, and funded by the Coca-Cola Foundation.
These municipalities have competed in three different categories according to their population less than 5,000, between 5,001 and 20,000 and between 20,001 and 50,000 inhabitants.
The prizes are:
María Moliner Award for best project to encourage reading municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants with 12,000 euros, presented by the Library Ildefonso Fierro Ordoñez Soto del Barco (Asturias) by "Now Agora" project.
María Moliner Award for best project to encourage reading municipalities between 5,001 and 20,000 and 12,000 euros, the presented by the Library The Pillar of Fuente el Saz de Jarama (Madrid) for the project "Reading in Fuente el Saz".
María Moliner Award for best project to encourage reading among municipalities of 20,001 and 50,000 and 12,000 euros, as submitted by the Municipal Library of Torre Pacheco (Murcia) for the project "The fascination of words."
They have received special mentions Lobón City Library (less than 5,000), the Municipal Library of Ermua (5,001 and 20,000), and the Municipal Library Almudena Grandes Azuqueca de Henares (from 20,001 to 50,000 inhabitants).
The selection process was carried out by analyzing a number of criteria: takes into account the clarity and focus of the project for reading entertainment, good planning and feasibility, as well as originality and immersion in new technologies containing the proposal.
Campaign Encouraging Reading Maria Moliner told throughout all editions over 11,000 projects submitted and more than 2,500 participating municipalities.
More than 50 percent of the 4,526 municipalities of less than 50,000 people have attended sometime this initiative.
More than three decades after the birth of this initiative, the Campaign Encouraging Reading Maria Moliner remains present throughout Spain, and continues to demonstrate that all steps are valid regardless of the number of people who have the proposed locations.
The Assessment Committee has been formed Mónica Fernández Muñoz, deputy director general of Promotion of Books, Reading and Spanish Literature;
Maria Molina Alvarez de Toledo, vocal consultant to the Department of Political and Cultural Industries and the Book;
Javier Serena Garralda, area manager for the Promotion of Books and Reading;
Esther García Romero-Nieva, CEO of Local Policies for the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces;
Villarino Ricardo Calvo, Deputy Director of Education and Culture of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces;
Juan José Litrán, director of the Coca-Cola Foundation;
Beatriz Arribas, project manager of the Coca-Cola Foundation;
Unai Arano Cuevas, coach of the Directorate of Cultural Heritage and representative of the Basque Autonomous Community;
César Salinero Bowler, director of the Library of Castilla and Leon, representing the regions of Castilla y Leon;
Maria Angeles Chacon Guzman, head of the Department of Library Outreach Representative Andalusia Andalusia CCAA;
and Angel Rodriguez Vela, official of the Promotion of Reading General Book Promotion Branch.
Source: Agencias
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