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 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

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

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

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

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)

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

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.

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 % 50 % 37 % 36 % 44 % 18 % 28 % Total CI 4,218,810 1,843,459 2,375,351

Programme Implementation Emergency Fund 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 85,000 28,154 56,847 33 % Capacity Building on Gender Mainstreaming in Media Policies 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) 49,850 44,817 5,033 90 % 2013 WSIS+10 Review Event 152,480 34,447 118,033 23 % Open Access to Scientific Information and Research 220,000 27,150 192,850 12 % Supporting Member States’ Capacities - in Africa and the Caribbean in IFAP's Priority Areas 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 % 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

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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