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Communication and Information SectorCommunication Development Division (CI/COM)

Information Society Division (CI/INF)

Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace (CI/FED)

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Communication and Information Sector

MAJOR PROGRAMME V : COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATIONProgramme V.1: Empowering people through access to information and knowledge with special emphasis on freedom of expression

V.1.1 Creating an enabling environment for the promotion of freedom of expression and universal accessMain line of action 1 : Promoting freedom of expressionMain line of action 2: Universal access – promoting policies and standards, raising awareness and monitoring

V.1.2 Fostering community access and diversity of contentMain line of action 1 : Training information and media professionals and strengthening related institutionsMain line of action 2 : Strengthening community access and participation in knowledge societiesMain line of action 3 : Creating and preserving diverse content

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Communication and Information Sector

MAJOR PROGRAMME V : COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATIONProgramme V.2: Promoting communication development and ICTs for education, science and culture

V.2.1 Fostering media developmentMain line of action 1 : Promoting independent and pluralistic media developmentMain line of action 2: Developing media in conflict areas and post-disaster situations

V.2.2 Advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and cultureMain line of action 1 : Enhancing literacy, teacher training and quality education at all levels through media and ICTsMain line of action 2 : Broadening access to scientific and technological information through media and ICTs

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Communication Development Division (CI/COM)

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Fostering equitable access to information,Communication and knowledge development:

• Communication Media• Content Diversity• Capacity Building• Community Access

Communication Media Development

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Communication Media Development

• Print media pluralism• Community Media (Community Radio

and CMC).• Public Service Broadcasting• News Agencies and Services• ICT convergence and enhancing

investigative capacity of media

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Content Diversity

• Local content– Production– Dissemination– Policy

• Linguistic diversity• Digital preservation of media heritage

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Capacity Building (Human Resources)

• Training of journalists and media professionals.

• Development of on line and off line training modules on key competencies

• Empowering women and youth through and in media.

• Media Literacy

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Community Access

• Development of access models• From piloting to scaling up (CMC)• Research and sharing experiences• Advocacy for enabling environments

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Information Society DivisionCI/INF

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1. Principles and Policies

• Contributing to the international debate on the Information Society within the WSIS process

• Contributing to policies for digital empowerment (Information for All Programme

• Promoting the application of UNESCO instruments (Cyberspace Recommendation, e-Heritage Charter )

• Establishing new forms of partnerships with the private sector

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2. Information preservation

• Preserving the documentary heritage stored in libraries and archives, including audiovisual archives (Memory of the World Programme)

• Preserving the digital heritage (websites, e-documents, databases, etc.)

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3. Access: infostructureand specialist capacities

• Increasing access to information through multimedia/telecentres and libraries

• Networking libraries through the UNESCO Network of Associated Libraries (UNAL)

• Training trainers, researchers and decision makers in information and informatics

• Providing information management tools to communities (FOSS, IDAMS, CDS-ISIS) 

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4. ICT enhanced education

• Promoting ICT-enhanced learning (including virtual universities and multimedia learning support techniques)

• Training of educational personnel in information handling and informatics

• Fostering access to free courseware and open educational resources

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5. Empowerment

• Training users (information & ICT literacy)• Empowering youth to participate in

knowledge societies• Promoting the development of ICT based

content for the disabled, women, post-conflict situations and disadvantaged population groups

• Developing methodologies for multilingualism in cyberspace

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Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace (CI/FED)

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Main fields of activity

• Raising awareness of freedom of expression

• Assisting media in open and post conflict situations

• Teaching Freedom of expression

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Assistance to Media in open and post conflict situations

• Humanitarian information

• Building dialogue

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Assistance to Media in open and post conflict situations

Create structural stability:

⇨ media legislation⇨ infrastructure⇨ public service media⇨ market development⇨ local content production

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Assistance to Media in open and post conflict situations

Capacity building:⇨ conflict sensitive journalism⇨ human rights⇨ professional standards⇨ safety of media professionals⇨ association building⇨ local ownership of aid projects