7. Disseminating the data

Enquiries and the media

• The Names Bureau has the responsibility to provide information by:

- phone

- letters

- e-mail

- visits

• It should try to raise interest of radio and TV

• It should try to provied short items for local newspaper

 

Displays, exhibits

• Visual material to interest government and public has to be pronounced in the form of:

• photos, maps, posters, games, quizes

• videos

• open house

 

Tours, education kits, training

• Office tours and demos of permanent exhibition

• In-house training programmes can be set up

• “kits” - of manuals needed by office or field staff

• Resolutions of UN regarding training

 

UNGEGN Information Bulletin See

• One or two each year since 1987

• Updates on significant name decisions, courses, publications, activities of national names agencies

 

UN contacts

Web: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo

E-mail: zewoldi@un.org

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