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

• Welcome of Delegates and invitees, and presentation by Jānis Kārkliņš,

Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information

• Presentation by Mogens Schmidt, Deputy Assistant Director-General for

Communication and Information, and Director of the Division for Freedom of

Expression, Democracy and Peace

• Presentation by Wijayananda Jayaweera, Director of the Communication

Development Division

• Presentation by Indrajit Banerjee, Director of the Information Society Division

• Open for questions and answers

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Major Programme V: Overarching Objective

Building inclusiveknowledge societies

through communicationand information

Equitable Open

Inclusive Pluralistic

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Empowering people through the free flow of ideas and by access to information and

knowledge

Communication and Information

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Development

Democracy

Freedom of expressionFreedom of information

Development of communication

Access to information and knowledge

Dialogue

CI’s mission: to assist Member States in the achievement of internationally agreed development goals and commitments

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

Total 64 staff members: 38 Professionals (incl. 3 Associate Experts) and 26 General Service staff7

CI in the Field

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Sector in 34 UNESCO Offices20 Advisers for Communication & Information (ACI)

16 National Programme Officers (NPO)

ARAB STATES

ACI posts:CairoRabat

RamallahBaghdad

(special assignment until 2011)

NPO posts:AmmanBeirutDoha

ARAB STATES

ACI posts:CairoRabat

RamallahBaghdad

(special assignment until 2011)

NPO posts:AmmanBeirutDoha

ASIA/PACIFICACI posts:

ApiaBangkok*Beijing*Jakarta

*New DelhiTehran

NPO posts:Almaty

New Delhi*Islamabad

(3 emergency temp posts)

Associate expert:Kathmandu

ASIA/PACIFICACI posts:

ApiaBangkok*Beijing*Jakarta

*New DelhiTehran

NPO posts:Almaty

New Delhi*Islamabad

(3 emergency temp posts)

Associate expert:Kathmandu

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

ACI posts:Kingston

MontevideoQuito

San Jose

NPO posts:BrasiliaHavana

Kingston

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

ACI posts:Kingston

MontevideoQuito

San Jose

NPO posts:BrasiliaHavana

Kingston

EUROPE &NORTH

AMERICA

NPO posts:*MoscowNew York

(shared with BPI/ERC)

* Vacant Posts

Major Programme V: Budget Breakdown

Main Line of Action

Regular Budget

Extra-budgetary resources

Activities

$

Personnel

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Total 35 C/5 Approved

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MLA 1: Promoting freedom of expression and access to information

4 326 000 5 750 600 10 076 600 8 132 500

MLA 2: Strengthening free, independent and pluralistic media and communication for development

4 391 400 6 483 900 10 875 300 7 079 900

MLA 3: Fostering universal access to information and knowledge and the development of infostructures

4 391 400 7 814 700 12 206 100 68 111 300*

TOTAL Major Programme V ($) 13 108 800 20 049 200 33 158 000 83 323 700

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Distribution of Funds

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Accents in CI’s activities for next 12-18 months

• 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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