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The Digital / Knowledge Divide

Lack of knowledge Poverty

MarginalizationExclusion

KnowledgeProsperityGlobalizationInclusion Knowledge Divide or Digital Divide

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Communication and Information Sector

• Promote Free flow of ideas by Word and Image

• Help maintain, increase and diffuse Knoweldge

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UNESCO’s mandate and function

UNESCO’s mandate related to CI:Promote the free flow of ideas by word and image

Maintain, increase and diffuse knowledge

Laboratory of ideas

Standard-setter

Clearinghouse

Catalyst for international cooperation

Capacity builder

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Major Programme Vpriorities in 2006-2007*

• Empowering people through access to information and knowledge with special emphasis on freedom of expressionPrincipal priority

• Promoting communication development and ICTs for education, science and culture Other priority

*Programme and Budget 2006-2007 33 C/5http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001449/144964e.pdf

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Major Programme V Structure

Programme V.1: Empowering people through access to information with special emphasis on freedom of expression

Programme V.2. Promoting communication development and ICTs for education, science and culture

V.1.1. Creating an enabling environment for the promotion of freedom of expression and universal access

V.1.2. Fostering community access and diversity of content

V.2.1. Fostering media development

V.2.2. Advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and culture

MLA 1: Promoting freedom of expressionMLA 2: Universal access – promoting policies and standards, raising awareness and monitoring

MLA 1: Training information and media professionals and strengthening related institutionsMLA 2: Strengthening community access and participation in knowledge societiesMLA 3: Creating and preserving diverse content

MLA 1: Promoting independent and pluralistic media developmentMLA 2: Developing media in conflict areas and post-disaster situations

MLA 1: Enhancing literacy, teacher training and quality education at all levels through media and ICTsMLA 2: Broadening access to scientific and technical information through media and ICTs

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• Defending freedom of expression, pluralism and independence of media

• Promoting media dévelopment – diversity of functions and ownerships

• Strengthening information and communication capacities

• Promoting diversity of content in the media and information networks

• Promoting information literacy, information preservation, information ethics

• Strengthening infostructures

• Advancing the use of ICTs for education, science and culture

CI core programme areas

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Flagship activities

• World Press Freedom Day (3 May) and UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

• Community media/Community Multi Media Centers as a catalysts for development and social change

• Innovative solutions for ICT-enhanced learning

• Memory of the World Programme

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Two Intergovernmental Programmes in CI

Information for AllProgramme (IFAP)

dedicated to promoting universal access to information and knowledge for development.This is a key plank in building Knowledge Societies

InternationalProgrammefor CommunicationDevelopment (IPDC)

major forum in the UN system designed to develop free and pluralistic media with a global approach to democratic development

159 projects funded in 2004-2006 for $ 3.7 million

Contribute to building Knowledge Societies

and mobilize partnerships

and strengthening

international cooperation

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Intersectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration    

• Cross-cutting themes (CCT) projects on ICTs (Poverty reduction, HIV/AIDS, audiovisual industry and public service broadcasting, intercultural dialogue with indigenous people, open distance learning, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS))

• CI Focal Points for various interdisciplinary areas • Intersectoral and interdisciplinary working groups

for joint programme actions in:

– WSIS preparation and implementation – ICTs and Education for All – Implementation of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and

its Action Plan– Multilingualim– Communication, Information and Human Rights– ICTs and the Dissemination of Social and Scientific Research Results

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Organizational structure and

Budgets

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CI within UNESCO structure

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CI at Headquarters

Assistant Director-General for Communication

and Information

Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace

Communication Development

Division

Information Society Division

Executive Office

* In total 54: Professional and General service staff at Headquarters

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CI in the field

Sector represented in 31 UNESCO Offices:

ARAB STATES

AmmanBeirutDoha

*RabatRamallah

ASIA/PACIFIC

*AlmatyApia

BangkokBeijingJakarta

New DelhiTeheran

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

BrasiliaHavana

*KingstonMontevideo

QuitoSan Jose

*Directors have CI profile16 – Advisor for Communication and Information12 – National Programme Officer

AFRICA

AccraAddis Ababa

BamakoBujumbura

DakarDar es Salaam

HarareLibrevilleNairobi

WindhoekYaounde

EUROPE &NORTH

AMERICA

MoscowNew York

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Major Programme V: Budget breakdown

Major Programme V

Regular Budget

Extra-budgetary resources

2006-2007 Total

resources

Personnel Activities Indirect Programme

Costs

Total Appropriation

2006-2007

33 C/5 – Total, Major Programme V

18 502 200 14 239 00 209 200 32 950 400 5 840 000 38 790 400

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Distribution of funds Major Programme V (cont.)

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

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Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace

Freedom of the press, pluralism and independence

of the media, development of community

newspapers and radio stations are crucial to the re-establishment

of social bonds and to the reconciliation process.

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Main fields of activity

• Raising awareness of freedom of expression

• Assisting media in open and post conflict situations, humanitarian information

• Safety of media professionals

• Creation of structural stability

• Ethical issues of Information Society

• Media laws

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Communication DevelopmentDivision (CI/COM)

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Communication Development Division

The inadequate development of media capacities

in many developing countries prevents from expressing peoples aspirations, from sharing and accessing

information, and from making informed decisions that are vital to long-term development.

The mission of the Division is to enhance media capacities

in order to address these needs.

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• Mass Media (print media pluralism, community media, Public Service Broadcasting, ICT convergence and enhancing investigative capacity of media)

• Community Access (Community Radio development of access models, piloting and scaling up CMC, research and experience sharing, advocacy for enabling environment)

• Capacity building (capacity building of training institutions, development of training modules, empowerment,) Media and development – Science communication, Media and sustainable development, Media and HIV/AIDS

• Loacl Content (dissemination and policy)

Communication Media Development

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Information Society Division(CI/INF)

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Information Society Division

The mission of theDivision is to foster the

development of policies, capacities and tools for universal

access to information and knowledge, facilitate the

effective integrationof ICTs in education,science and culture.

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Information Society Division activities

• Empower– Training of information specialists– Empowerment of youth, people with disabilities and gender

mainstreaming– Information literacy

• Access– Public domain information– Information literacy– Multilingualism– Community access points– Information management tools

• Apply– ICT-enabled learning

• Share– Digital libraries– Open content– Open-access and collaborative networks– Portals

• Preserve– Archives– Libraries– Memory of the World

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New programme modalities

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New Programme Modalities

Harnessing the potential of ICTs in programme implementation:

• ICT – enhanced training• Open and distance learning• New structures (networks, platforms)• Virtual meetings and conferences• Building Centres of Excellence• UNESCO e-platform promoting local content• Production of multimedia training materials,

CD-ROMs, etc.

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New Programme Modalities (cont.)

• Increased use of existing networks – both electronic and professional

• Working with international, regional, national and local “champions”

• Increased partnership with civil society groups and grassroots level NGOs, Private Sector

• Pilot and field-test new ideas and approaches through community-level “road shows”

• Translate important UNESCO publications into other major regional languages

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Outreach

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Recent Publications

• Comment assurer la présence d’une langue dans le cyberespace ?

• Publication: 10th UN Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development

• Practical guide: Citizens and media. Practical guide for dialogue between citizens and media

• Manual: Coaching manual for Support to Media during Elections

• Media education manual

• Paper: Entre Jóvenes. Comunicación y VIH

• Document: Media Sustainability Index - Iraq

• Case study: Principles of Awareness-Raising for Information Literacy

• Best practices: Public Service Broadcasting

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1502&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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http://www.unesco.org/webworld

CI online - WebWorld