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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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