6. The Solidarity Programme In 1992 ICMI established a Solidarity Programme to help the development of mathematics education in countries in which there is a need for it that justifies international assistance. The first stage in this programme was the mounting of a Solidarity Fund based on private contributions by individuals, associations, etc. The Fund is to be activated to support concrete initiatives and activities that may foster solidarity in mathematics education between well-defined quarters in developed and less developed countries. The Solidarity Fund has received donations from various organisations and individuals in mathematics education for which it is most grateful. Thus, in 1995 the Fund received a generous donation of Australian Dollars 2.000 from the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australiasia (MERGA), and in 1997 a generous donation of French Francs 5.000 from the French National Sub-Commission of ICMI, C.F.E.M.
