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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
$
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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