Mértola: Municipal library associated with the UNESCO National Commission.
The Municipal Library has Mértola, recently, to join the Network of Associated Libraries the UNESCO National Commission.
This situation is, simultaneously, a recognition of the work that has been developed over the last few years and reaffirm a commitment, relating to compliance with the recommended values ​​and principles in UNESCO Manifesto on Public Libraries, putting at the center of its activities the development of defined themes, as priority, by that international organization.
Assuming as a local gateway to information, culture and knowledge, the Municipal Library of Mértola, demand likewise preserve and enhance the knowledge and local memories.
in this sense, his work goes far beyond the collection, selection and local availability of information, focusing an important part of their activity in the development of targeted projects for specific audiences, for the reflection and sharing ideas, around today's major issues.
Topics such as education for citizenship, the protection of the environment, cultural diversity are, along with the preservation of collective memory, in the center of the developed projects.
