Transcript INF MEETING (Date, Venue etc)

UNESCO Communication and Information Sector
Information Meeting
31 March 2011
Jānis Kārkliņš, ADG/CI
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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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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
Assistant Director-General
for Communication
and Information
Executive Office
(including AO/UCE/IKM)
1 ADG
3 GS staff
6 Professionals
10 GS staff
Division for Freedom
of Expression,
Democracy & Peace
1 Director
6 Professionals,
3 GS staff
Communication
Development
Division
Information
Society
Division
1 Director
7 Professionals
1 Associate Expert
5 GS staff
1 Director
12 Professionals
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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Division of Freedom of Expression
• Advocacy & Awareness Raising and Monitoring;
• World Press Freedom Day and Guillermo Cano Prize
• Press releases condemning journalist killings
• Media Law and Regulatory Framework;
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Media and press laws
Freedom of information laws
Defamation laws under civil code
PSB frameworks
Internet provision and telecommunications laws and
regulations
• Best practices sharing
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Division of Freedom of Expression
• Safety of Media Professionals;
• Promoting international standards in the field (with
other UN agencies)
• Building capacity of media professionals
• Mapping and countering impunity (IPDC Council 2010
decision)
• Advocacy work (mainly with large professional
organizations and specialized NGOs)
• Ethical and Professional Standards
• Media Accountability Systems
• Power of Peace Network
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Division of Media Development
• Community Media development
• Support to Public Service Broadcasting
• Setting standards for journalism education
• Model Curricula for journalist education is adapted by
63 journalism education institutions in 51 countries
• Support to 20 potential centers of excellence and
reference in journalism education in Africa
• Communication for development
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IPDC
2009
2010
2011
Donor
contributions
$
1,851,924
$
2,020,797
$
2,480,780
Projects
approved
63
83
93
Countries
supported
45
56
65
Funds
allocated
$
1,786,510
$
2,114,640
$
2,315,780
Division of Media Development
• Media development indicators (6 countries
completed, 6 – on-going)
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Legal and regulatory framework
Plurality and diversity of media
Media as a platform for democratic discourse
Professional capacity building
Infrastructural capacity
• Media and Information Literacy
• MIL curricula
• MIL indicators
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Division of Information Society
• Use of ICTs for education, science, culture
• OER platform
• ICT Competency Framework for Teachers
• Open Access to scientific information
• WSIS implementation and follow-up
• IGF
• WSIS Forum
• UNGIS
• Multilingualism in cyberspace
• Access for persons with special needs
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Division of Information Society
• Preservation and digital preservation of information
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Memory of the World Register
Libraries and archives
Digital preservation
World Digital Library
• IFAP
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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
$
$
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
Promotion of freedom of expression on the Internet
Ethical and Professional Standards in Journalism
Promoting community media and fostering Community multimedia
centers (CMCs)
Strengthening of the Memory of the World program
Revisiting the UNESCO Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage
Streamlining WSIS follow-up and implementation activities in the light
of the 2015 review
Mainstreaming gender issues within CI programs
Increased intersectoral cooperation with all UNESCO Sectors
Seeking EXB funds for CI program activities and projects
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Thank you
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