This initiative aims to promote the Moroccan talented authors of comic books and make a list of the comic books related to Morocco.

In the framework of the 6th edition of the International Comic Book Festival, organized by the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA) in Tetouan, Morocco, and that will take place on 28 and 29 May 2010, a public exhibition will be exclusively dedicated to Moroccan comics, published in or related to Morocco.

The direction of the Festival invites all authors and illustrators concerned by this exhibition to contribute to the event by sending an application file with extracts of their works (by e-mail) and the application form (by mail).
The application form can be downloaded through the INBA website at www.inbatetouan.com.

The closing date for applications is 30 March 2010.

• Points of the 1997 Declaration related to this subject:
  - Parag. 18: (...) New means of private funding, from major foundations to small companies, must be encouraged as supplementary sources of funds, particularly with a view to supporting the creation, the expression and the dissemination of contemporary works.
  - Parag. 19: Public and private funding sources are invited to respond favourably to requests made by artists in developing countries or countries in transition. UNESCO’s intervention is particularly necessary in order to identify and publicize existing opportunities for private funding of the arts worldwide.

• Source:Africultures
• 26-12-2009