Title :: Date Information Ethics as a Strategic Priority of UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP) Geneva, 11 May 2010 Evgeny Kuzmin Chairman UNESCO IFAP Intergovernmental Council.
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Transcript Title :: Date Information Ethics as a Strategic Priority of UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP) Geneva, 11 May 2010 Evgeny Kuzmin Chairman UNESCO IFAP Intergovernmental Council.
Title
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Information Ethics
as a Strategic Priority of
UNESCO Information for All
Programme (IFAP)
Geneva, 11 May 2010
Evgeny Kuzmin
Chairman
UNESCO IFAP Intergovernmental Council
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UNESCO IFAP
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IFAP – UNESCO’s response to the
challenges and opportunities of the
Information Society
Information Ethics – one of the five
priorities of the IFAP Strategic Plan (2008–
2013)
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UNESCO’s mission
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Medium-Term Strategy
focus on:
peace building
eradication of poverty
sustainable development
intercultural dialogue
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UNESCO’s functions
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UNESCO
a laboratory of ideas
a standard-setter
a clearing house
a capacity-builder in Member States
a catalyst for international cooperation
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UNESCO IFAP
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IFAP efforts
upstream policy advice
related capacity-building
advocacy
benchmarking and cooperation
skills and practices
modality for capacity development
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UNESCO IFAP
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IFAP – a flagship intergovernmental
initiative
IFAP’s key merits:
great scope
interdisciplinary, intersectoral and integrative
approach
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IFAP Strategic Plan
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Five priorities of the IFAP Strategic Plan for
2008–2013:
Information Preservation
Information Literacy
Information Ethics
Information for Development
Information Accessibility
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IFAP Strategic Plan
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unambiguous and realistic priorities allow
international and national agencies:
adapt to the challenges of the new information
environment
reduce the hard impact of these challenges
increase their contribution to the development of
all our nations and the entire human civilization
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IFAP Strategic Plan
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IFAP’s response to topical problems
relevant for:
developed countries
developing countries
countries with transition economic and political
systems
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UNESCO IFAP
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IFAP helps:
see and understand the problems as one interlinked
whole
arrive at balanced approaches to their solution
gather manifold and multilevel elements of national
and international policies in a harmonious entity
overcome presently available and ever new dangerous
errors
at least at the level of collective mentality
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UNESCO IFAP
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Contribution to research and developments works
International papers on information ethics
prepared and adopted for the WSIS:
Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use
of Multilingualism and Universal Access to
Cyberspace
UNESCO Charter on the Preservation of the Digital
Heritage
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UNESCO and WSIS
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Publications on the information society:
Securing a place for a language in cyberspace
Measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Information Society
Memory of the Information Society
Science in the Information Society
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UNESCO and WSIS
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Publications on the information society
Education in and for the Information Society
Gender Issues in the Information Society
Measuring and Monitoring the Information and Knowledge
Societies: a Statistical Challenge
Status of Research on the Information Society
Twelve years of Measuring Linguistic Diversity in the
Internet: Balance and Perspectives
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UNESCO IFAP
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Papers on information society policies
National Information Society Policy: A
Template
Information for All Programme: Information
Society Policies. Annual World Report 2009
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Publications on information ethics
Ethics and Human Rights in the Information
Society
Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies: a
Survey
Politics in the Information Society: the Bordering
and Restraining of Global Data Flows
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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IFAP Working Groups
Bureau Members responsible for the
functioning of the WGs:
Information Preservation (Austria)
Information for Development (Kuwait)
Information Ethics (Latvia and
Venezuela)
Information Literacy (Philippines)
Information Accessibility (Madagascar)
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Information ethics -
critical understanding of the normative
ethics in the information society, including:
information, data and knowledge
creation
preservation
distribution
providing access to
facilitating usage
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Contribution to organizing debates (2006–2008)
Four regional meetings:
Asia and the Pacific
Europe
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Four final documents reflecting the position
and expectations of regions
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Facilitation of the knowledge accumulation
Online Information Society Observatory’s
section on infoethics
Contribution to the Global Ethics Observatory:
Who's Who in Ethics
Ethics Institutions
Ethics Teaching Programmes
Ethics Related Legislation and Guidelines
Codes of Conduct
Resources in Ethics
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Facilitation of networking
Participation in the establishment of
professional network cooperation:
Universities Network on Info-Ethics
Latin-American Youth Network on Info-Ethics
in order to integrate academic institutions
and youth associations in the awareness
raising activities
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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UNESCO’s standard-setting function
IFAP helps defining norms for democratic,
pluralistic and sustainable knowledge
societies
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Code of Ethics for the Information Society
general framework for establishing norms of
good conduct in the information society
2007 – the first draft
2009 – the second draft
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Code of Ethics for the Information Society
based on relevant human rights
proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights:
respect to privacy
freedom of thought, conscience, religion or
belief
the right to education
the right freely to participate in the cultural life
of the community
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Code of Ethics for the Information Society
addressed primarily to the Member States’
governments
includes recommendations for:
international organizations
business executives
users
all participants of the information society
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Code of Ethics for the Information Society
Structure (1):
Information: Ethical Requirements
Rights and Freedoms. Equality
Access to networks and services
Access to creation and use of information and
content
Capacity to use information hardware and
software
Freedom of expression
Privacy
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Code of Ethics for the Information Society
Structure (2):
Freedom of the creative use of technology
Democracy
Responsibilities
Security
Protection of the law
Intellectual property rights
Responsibilities of service providers
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Code of Ethics for the Information Society
available at: http://portal.unesco.org/
discussed during the 6th session of the
Intergovernmental Council for the
Information for All Programme (March 31,
2010, Paris)
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Code of Ethics for the Information Society
different understanding of the essence of
human rights in various cultures and
communities
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IFAP and Information Ethics
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Cooperation with IFAP
better understanding of all issues of
information ethics:
at the level of the UN and its Member States
among politicians, experts and public at large
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Thank you!
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