Title: Communication and Information Sector
1Communication and Information Sector
- Communication Development Division (CI/COM)
- Information Society Division (CI/INF)
- Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and
Peace (CI/FED)
2Communication and Information Sector
- MAJOR PROGRAMME V COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
- Programme 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
access - Main line of action 1 Promoting freedom of
expression - Main line of action 2 Universal access
promoting policies and standards, raising
awareness and monitoring - V.1.2 Fostering community access and diversity of
content - Main line of action 1 Training information and
media professionals and strengthening related
institutions - Main line of action 2 Strengthening community
access and participation in knowledge societies - Main line of action 3 Creating and preserving
diverse content
3Communication and Information Sector
- MAJOR PROGRAMME V COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
- Programme V.2 Promoting communication
development and ICTs for education, science and
culture - V.2.1 Fostering media development
- Main line of action 1 Promoting independent and
pluralistic media development - Main 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 culture - Main line of action 1 Enhancing literacy,
teacher training and quality education at all
levels through media and ICTs - Main line of action 2 Broadening access to
scientific and technological information through
media and ICTs
4- Communication Development Division (CI/COM)
5Fostering equitable access to information,Communi
cation and knowledge development
Communication Media Development
- Communication Media
- Content Diversity
- Capacity Building
- Community Access
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6Communication 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
7Content Diversity
- Local content
- Production
- Dissemination
- Policy
- Linguistic diversity
- Digital preservation of media heritage
8Capacity 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
9Community Access
- Development of access models
- From piloting to scaling up (CMC)
- Research and sharing experiences
- Advocacy for enabling environments
10- Information Society Division
- CI/INF
111. 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
122. 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.)
133. 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)
144. 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
155. 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
16- Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and
Peace (CI/FED)
17Main fields of activity
- Raising awareness of freedom of expression
- Assisting media in open and post conflict
situations - Teaching Freedom of expression
18Assistance to Media in open and post conflict
situations
- Humanitarian information
- Building dialogue
19Assistance to Media in open and post conflict
situations
- Create structural stability
- ? media legislation
- ? infrastructure
- ? public service media
- ? market development
- ? local content production
20Assistance 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