But the lack of resources is a constant threat to the running of the CMCs.
Lloyds blames unscrupulous claims management companies (CMCs) for a sharp increase in fictitious claims.
Since then, the government has announced a clampdown on the activities of CMCs in England and Wales.
Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) are important actors in supporting democracy and reducing poverty, particularly in isolated rural areas.
Following the meeting, UNESCO will prepare a booklet presenting best practices among CMCs.
If CMCs are found to have purchased data that can be traced back to unsolicited messages, it is unlawful.
People who are let down by claims management companies (CMCs) will be able to go to the Legal Ombudsman.
It says half of all requests for compensation come from CMCs, and adds that 50% of CMC claims are bogus.
"We are totally against these operations, " says Andy Wigmore, spokesman for the Claims Standards Council, a trade body for CMCs.
CMCs advertise widely on TV, newspapers and the internet, encouraging people to sue for personal injury compensation, and for other losses.
Understandably Lloyds feels hard done by - and would like the Ministry of Justice, which authorises CMCs, to do something about the cowboys.
The Ombudsman will take over dealing with complaints about individual CMCs from the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) Claims Management Regulation Unit (CMRU) in 2013.
The 3-day workshop is organized by UNESCO Dakar and will focus on building capacities among CMCs managers and discuss strategies for how to mobilize resources.
"We are building the capacities of CMCs because they are key to reach populations in rural areas through radio programmes broadcasted in local languages, " says Ydo.
Last week, the MoJ proposed that CMCs in England and Wales should have to use signed written contracts with their clients before they could charge fees.
During the training session this week, the CMC facilitators will also learn about the importance of developing sustainability strategies of CMCs, social marketing, radio editing techniques and environmental education.
It is this kind of creative ideas that will be tabled this week when managers of Senegal's 31 CMCs gather in a workshop from 21-23 March 2012, in Saly, Senegal.
Earlier this year, banks and building societies and even the FOS itself complained they were being deluged with spurious complaints submitted on behalf of customers by claims management companies (CMCs).
"We want a ban on upfront fees and cold calling, and for CMCs to be required to publish online all of their terms and conditions, fees and charges, " he said.
During the following two days all participants will get together to discuss possible partnerships between schools of journalism, CMCs and other invited partners such as development agencies and the United Nations.
"There is an amazing dedication within the CMCs to reach out to local people in local languages, " says Yao Ydo, interim chief of the Communication and Information Sector at UNESCO Dakar.
If like me you are someone who never bought PPI insurance and yet receive daily calls and texts from CMCs claiming they have "information" that you are entitled to compensation, you may not be wholly surprised by Lloyds' claim that hundreds of thousands of people apply for compensation without any proper justification.
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