Transcript Presentation by Jānis Kārkliņš

Communication and Information Sector
Information Meeting for Ambassadors and
Permanent Delegates to UNESCO
7 September 2010, 11 am-1pm
Room IX
Jānis Kārkliņš, ADG/CI
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Information Meeting for Ambassadors and
Permanent Delegates to UNESCO
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Welcome of Delegates and invitees, and presentation by Jānis Kārkliņš,
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information
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Presentation by Mogens Schmidt, Deputy Assistant Director-General for
Communication and Information, and Director of the Division for Freedom of
Expression, Democracy and Peace
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Presentation by Wijayananda Jayaweera, Director of the Communication
Development Division
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Presentation by Indrajit Banerjee, Director of the Information Society Division
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Open for questions and answers
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Major Programme V:
Overarching Objective
Inclusive
Pluralistic
Building inclusive
knowledge societies
through communication
and information
Equitable
Open
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Communication and Information
Empowering people through
the free flow of ideas and by
access to information and
knowledge
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CI’s mission: to assist Member States in the achievement of
internationally agreed development goals and commitments
Freedom of expression
Freedom of information
Development of
communication
Access to information
and knowledge
Dialogue
Development
Democracy
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CI flagship activities and projects
 World Press Freedom Day/ Guillermo Cano WPF Prize
 Intergovernmental Programme for the Development of
Communication (IPDC )
 UNESCO Media Development Indicators
 Building centres of excellence in journalism education
 Memory of the World Programme
 World Digital Library initiative
 Follow-up and implementation of WSIS outcomes in light of
2015 review
 Use of ICTs in education and science (including ICT CFT)
 Information for All Programme (IFAP )
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CI at Headquarters
Executive Office
(including AO/UCE/IKM)
Assistant Director-General
for Communication
and Information
1 ADG
3 GS staff (incl. vacant G4)
6 Professionals
(incl. vacant P5 & P1/P2)
10 GS staff
Division for Freedom
of Expression,
Democracy & Peace
1 Director
6 Professionals,
3 GS staff
Communication
Development
Division
1 Director
7 Professionals
1 Associate Expert
5 GS staff (incl. vacant G3)
Information
Society
Division
1 Director
12 Professionals
(incl. Vacant P5, and 3 x P4)
2 Associate Experts
5 GS staff
Total 64 staff members: 38 Professionals (incl. 3 Associate Experts) and 26 General Service staff
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CI in the Field
Sector in 34 UNESCO Offices
20 Advisers for Communication & Information (ACI)
16 National Programme Officers (NPO)
AFRICA
ACI posts:
*Accra
Addis Ababa
Dakar
*Harare
Nairobi
Windhoek
*Yaoundé
NPO posts:
Bamako
Bujumbura
Dar es Salaam
*Kinshasa
Libreville
ARAB STATES
ASIA/PACIFIC
ACI posts:
Cairo
Rabat
Ramallah
Baghdad
ACI posts:
Apia
Bangkok
*Beijing
*Jakarta
*New Delhi
Tehran
(special assignment
until 2011)
NPO posts:
Amman
Beirut
Doha
NPO posts:
Almaty
New Delhi
*Islamabad
EUROPE &
NORTH
AMERICA
LATIN AMERICA
& CARIBBEAN
NPO posts:
*Moscow
New York
(shared with BPI/ERC)
ACI posts:
Kingston
Montevideo
Quito
San Jose
NPO posts:
Brasilia
Havana
Kingston
(3 emergency temp
posts)
Associate expert:
Kathmandu
* Vacant Posts
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Major Programme V: Budget Breakdown
Regular Budget
Main Line of Action
MLA 1:
Promoting freedom of expression and access
to information
MLA 2:
Strengthening free, independent and
pluralistic media and communication for
development
MLA 3:
Fostering universal access to information and
knowledge and the development of
infostructures
TOTAL Major Programme V ($)
Extrabudgetary
resources
Activities
Personnel
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$
Total 35 C/5
Approved
$
4 326 000
5 750 600
10 076 600
8 132 500
4 391 400
6 483 900
10 875 300
7 079 900
4 391 400
7 814 700
12 206 100
68 111 300*
13 108 800
20 049 200
33 158 000
83 323 700
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Distribution of Funds
Decentralization of the Regular Programme Activities
Budget by Implementing region
Headquarters
45.9%
Asia & the Pacific
15.7 %
Africa
17.7%
Arab States
6.9 %
Latin America &
Caribbean
11.8%
Europe and North
America
2%
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Accents in CI’s activities for next 12-18 months
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Enhanced engagement with Member States
Mainstreaming gender issues within CI programs
Promotion of freedom of expression on the Internet
Ethical and Professional Standards in Journalism
Promoting community media and fostering Community multimedia
centres (CMCs)
Strengthening of the Memory of the World programme
Revisiting the UNESCO Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage
Streamlining WSIS follow-up and implementation activities in the light
of the 2015 review
Increased intersectoral cooperation with all UNESCO Sectors
Seeking EXB funds for CI programme activities and projects
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Thank you
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