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Title: Communication and Information Sector


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Communication and Information Sector
  • Communication Development Division (CI/COM)
  • Information Society Division (CI/INF)
  • Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and
    Peace (CI/FED)

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Communication 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

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Communication 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

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  • Communication Development Division (CI/COM)

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Fostering equitable access to information,Communi
cation and knowledge development
Communication Media Development
  • Communication Media
  • Content Diversity
  • Capacity Building
  • Community Access

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Communication 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

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Content Diversity
  • Local content
  • Production
  • Dissemination
  • Policy
  • Linguistic diversity
  • Digital preservation of media heritage

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Capacity 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

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Community Access
  • Development of access models
  • From piloting to scaling up (CMC)
  • Research and sharing experiences
  • Advocacy for enabling environments

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  • Information Society Division
  • CI/INF

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1. 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

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2. 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.)

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3. 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) 

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4. 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

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5. 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

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

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Main fields of activity
  • Raising awareness of freedom of expression
  • Assisting media in open and post conflict
    situations
  • Teaching Freedom of expression

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Assistance to Media in open and post conflict
situations
  • Humanitarian information
  • Building dialogue

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Assistance to Media in open and post conflict
situations
  • Create structural stability
  • ? media legislation
  • ? infrastructure
  • ? public service media
  • ? market development
  • ? local content production

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Assistance 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
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