By means of this chapter, the Artisanry Development Program is hereby created in the Industrial Development Company, in order to provide our artisans with the technical assistance they require with regard to the management of their workshops, as well as the promotion, marketing, distribution and sale of their products. The granting of financial assistance for the better functioning of their workshops, and the organization of centers where they can produce, exhibit, distribute and sell Puerto Rican artisanry, stimulate the diffusion of this artistic field within and outside Puerto Rico, and encourage the mutual cooperation among the artisans, is also provided.\nSince the cooperative model has a high public interest, it is provided further that the Industrial Development Company together with the Cooperative Development Administration shall encourage our artisans to convert their workshops into cooperative businesses.\nHistory —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 2; Sept. 21, 2007, No. 124, § 1.
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