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Geneva, 11 May 2010

Information Ethics

as a Strategic Priority of UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP)

Evgeny Kuzmin

Chairman

UNESCO IFAP Intergovernmental Council

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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)

UNESCO IFAP

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Medium-Term Strategy

focus on: peace building

eradication of poverty

sustainable development

intercultural dialogue

UNESCO’s mission

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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

UNESCO’s functions

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IFAP efforts

upstream policy advice

related capacity-building

advocacy

benchmarking and cooperation

skills and practices

modality for capacity development

UNESCO IFAP

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IFAP – a flagship intergovernmental initiative

IFAP’s key merits: great scope

interdisciplinary, intersectoral and integrative approach

UNESCO IFAP

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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

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

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

IFAP Strategic Plan

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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

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

UNESCO IFAP

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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

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

UNESCO and WSIS

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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

UNESCO IFAP

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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

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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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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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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Facilitation of the knowledge accumulation

Online Information Society Observatory’ssection 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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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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UNESCO’s standard-setting function

IFAP helps defining norms for democratic, pluralistic and sustainable knowledge societies


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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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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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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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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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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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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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different understanding of the essence of human rights in various cultures and communities


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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!

UNESCO Information for All Programme

http://www.unesco.org

[email protected]

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