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Information Meeting 13 November 2012

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Room XI)

Jānis Kārkliņš,

Assistant Director-General

Communication and Information Sector

Agenda

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General update - ADG

UNESCO Work Plan on Safety of Journalists and the

Issue of Impunity - DIR/FEM

Q and A

WSIS + 10 Review - DIR/KSD

Q and A

2012 World OER Congress and Declaration

20-22 June 2012, UNESCO HQ

Over 400 participants from more than 70 countries

More than 100 remote participants

Co-organized with the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) and supported by the Hewlett Foundation

Paris Declaration is published on the OER Congress website

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Memory of the World 20th Anniversary

MoW Warsaw Expert Meeting: 8-10 May 2012

Conference: Memory of the World in the Digital Age, 26-28 September 2012, Vancouver

Publication: Memory of the World – launched on 17 October 2012

Exhibition on the railings outside of UNESCO : 17 October- 14 November 2012

MoW Register submissions:

- Evaluation of the current round is underway

- Preliminary recommendations will be communicated to each nominator by year end

- Final decision in June 2013. Deadline for the next round is 31 March 2014

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Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation Conference

26-28 September 2012 - Vancouver, Canada

Hosted by the University British Columbia (UBC)

500 participants from more than 100 countries

180 remote participants

Co-organized with WIPO, OIF, IFLA, ICA, UBC, Microsoft and Google

Vancouver Declaration is published on the Conference’s website

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Open Access Strategy - Implementation

Curricula for librarians and researchers – under development

Open journal system editor training tools and self-directed learning tools – under development

Software that help in creating repositories – in the process of evaluation

Global Open Access Portal - constantly updated and evaluated

The Policy Guidelines (best case practices):

- English (published)

- French (in print)

- Russian (being translated)

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World Press Freedom Day – 3 May

WPFD 2012

Main conference: Tunis, Tunisia - Theme: Media Freedom Helping to Transform Societies

- Over 700 participants from 88 countries

- Half of the participants were Tunisians

Celebrations took place in 80 countries

WPFD 2013

Theme and venue to be determined

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UNESCO/ Guillermo Cano

World Press Freedom Prize

Members of the Jury

Jury comprises 12 independent members representing the six UNESCO regional groups

Members – professional journalists - serve for 3 years

The DG has appointed new members of the Jury for the period 2013-2016 and has renewed others.

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Programme Implementation

36 C/5 Regular Programme

Category

Budget Allocation

Expenses as at

23 Oct 2012

Budget Available

Execution rate based on 2012

Allotment (Expected Rate

83%)

Execution rate based on 36 C/5 Budget

(Expected Rate 42%)

Headquarters

FEM Division KSD Division Others

330,650 383,361

1,179,560

131,981 165,850 686,255

198,669 217,511 493,305

73 % 53 % 95 %

40 % 43 % 58 %

Region

Africa Arab States Asia & PR Europe & NA LAC

849,302 356,508 625,266 21,012

473,151

317,204 128,853 276,577 3,848 132,891

532,098 227,655 348,689 17,164

340,260

73% 72 % 65 % 65 % 50 %

37 % 36 % 44 % 18 % 28 %

Total CI 4,218,810 1,843,459 2,375,351 73 % 44 %

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Programme Implementation

Emergency Fund

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Title Div Budget

(US$) Expenses

(US$)

Available Funds as at

23 Oct. 2012 (US$)

Impl. Rate (%)

World Press Freedom Day 2012 Tunis + Celebration in 8 countries

FEM 125,850 105,852 19,998 84 %

Community Media Policy Environments FEM 85,000 28,154 56,847 33 % Capacity Building on Gender Mainstreaming in Media Policies

FEM 120,000 73,839 46,161 62 %

Sub-total, FEM 330,850 207,845 123,005 63 %

20th Anniversary of the Memory of the World including Digital Preservation Conference 2012

KSD 145,000 121,018 23,982 83 %

2012 World Congress on Open Educational Resources (OER)

KSD 49,850 44,817 5,033 90 %

2013 WSIS+10 Review Event KSD 152,480 34,447 118,033 23 % Open Access to Scientific Information and Research

KSD 220,000 27,150 192,850 12 %

Supporting Member States’ Capacities - in Africa and the Caribbean in IFAP's Priority Areas

KSD 220,000 3,700 216,300 2 %

Sub-total, KSD 787,330 231,132 556,198 29 %

Final Total 1,118,180 438,977 679,203 39 %

Programme Implementation

EXB Projects

Overall Project Rate as at 23 Oct 2012

Current 2012 Rate as at 23 Oct 2012

Headquarters FEM Division KSD Division UNESCO Emergency FUND

27,1 % 82,1 % 39,7 %

38,5 % 36,3 % 39,7 %

Sub Total - Headquarters 35,4 % 38,2%

Region Africa Arab States Asia and the Pacific Region Europe and North America Latin America and the Caribbean

81,7 % 74,0 % 76,3 % 92,2 % 94,0 %

49,2 % 41,1 % 44,0 % 47,9 % 69,5 %

Sub Total - Region 79,8 % 47,5 %

Total 63.2% 42.5%

Total On-going EXB :US$ 32,481,079; Total 2012 ULOs : US$ 3,456,383

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Major Upcoming Events

Worldwide: World Radio Day, 13 February 2013

Paris: NETEXPLORATEUR, 14-15 February 2013

Paris: WSIS + 10 Review Conference, 25-27 February 2013

Worldwide: World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2013

Global Forum on Media and Gender (To be confirmed)

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Thank you!

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