Thus all agreed that action should be taken to deal with the language barrier. Training the trainer was a further point which was given attention. This involves the training of professionals abroad, who after having returned, set up training programs in their home country. It was recommended that library associations should establish strategic alliances with the different levels of government, sister organizations and with the business community with a view to fundraising. In the session on cooperation and relations it became clear that various kinds of cooperation can be distinguished.
Cooperation can help to solve problems, develop compability, promote concepts and improve quality.
It was stressed that frameworks of cooperation, if not present, should be set up and that networks of individual contacts should be strengthened wherever possible. The importance of distributing information was emphasized. Therefore, the participants were asked at the end of the conference, not only to bring back home the various leaflets and folders which were distributed during the conference, but to disseminate them as widely as possible.