The Aix-Marseille C.R.D.P. is a public institution operating at a national level under the supervision of the national Education Ministry. It aims to give pedagogic support to various establishments and schools in the area of resources (supplying or producing them) and in the supervision of their use (workshops, assistance, expertise, help with decision-making).

It is involved in a range of activities:

	editing, publishing, production of content, distribution/marketing (at the heart of the SCEREN national distribution network - The Service for Cultural Resource Publications for the Ministry of Education/Services Culture Editions Ressources pour l’Education Nationale: 125 bookshops, 170 media libraries, 2000 catalogue references);
	observation and supervision of the uses of the Information Technology Plan for Culture and Education (TICE) and educational multimedia;
	support in the areas of documentation and the management of resources, particularly concerning art and culture, and the TICE;
	involvement in training, and in the use of educational resources;
	close support for schools.

Educational multimedia, a major axis

Since it was set up in 1992, the Aix-Marseille C.R.D.P. has played a determining role in developing the TICE. In 1994, it established the ORME (Observatory for Educational Multimedia Resources). The observatory’s national aim is to promote (mainly during its annual meetings) the collaboration between those working in education, manufacturing and public organisations. This collaboration is an essential condition for the coherent development of the use of multimedia. In 1995, the CRDP offered the first on-line pedagogic services. This nationally important project was C.R.D.P. by the Ministry of Industry.

Today, in addition to its role as a multimedia editor, the C.R.D.P. contributes to the development of an Euro-Mediterranean centre of educational and cultural multimedia industries, through a project gathering together public sector players in multimedia content (researchers, designers, editors, distributors…).

An organisation network

The C.R.D.P. conducts its different activities in collaboration with government institutions or public organisations, research laboratories and manufacturers at a regional, national and international level.

At a national level, it is part of the SCEREN network, made up of: the C.N.D.P. (National Centre for Pedagogic Documentation); 31 C.R.D.P. (regional centres) and 83 C.D.D.P. (departmental centres).
For the Aix-Marseille educational district, it is represented by its 4 C.D.D.P. (Digne, Gap, Marseille, Avignon), which support the primary and secondary schools in their department in activities corresponding to the SCEREN’s objectives.

The International Relations and Co-operation Authority of the Education Ministry has delegated the management of the MEDITER network to the C.R.D.P. of Marseille. This project resulted from the Naples Conference in 1998. It involves the organisation of exchanges between educational and cultural sectors of the Mediterranean basin countries. MEDITER aims to enhance activities already underway, and be a synergy catalyst for people, networks and projects. Particular attention is given to co-operation between the public and private sector.


Address:

31 bd d’Athènes
13232 Marseille cedex 1
Tel.: 04 91 14 13 12
Fax: 04 91 14 13 00
Email: accueil.crdp@ac-aix-marseille.fr
Website: www.crdp.ac-aix-marseille.fr