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