The centers would leverage existing regional advantages by pursuing research and commercialization activities organized around themes that are largely determined by the private market.

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Tatiana Villegas, focal point for the campaign at the UNESCO Regional Office, stressed the advantages of regional coordination in order to enhance the effectiveness of the campaign through synergies amongst national chapters of the UNITE campaign in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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There could be major advantages to those local and regional schools, too.

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