First Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee

Diversity of Cultural Expressions

Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

First Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee

From 24-06-2008   to   27-06-2008
 (Paris - France) 

    The First Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 24 to 27 June 2008 in Room II.

    Conform with decision 1.IGC 5C, a meeting entitled ‘The role and participation of civil society in the implementation of the Convention for the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: An exchange between civil society and Parties to the Convention’, was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 23 June 2008 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room II. More info...

     

    Speeches at the Opening Ceremony

    • Mr Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï, Chairman of the UNESCO’s Executive Board*
       
    • Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
      PDF: Fr | en
        

     

    Oral Report (PDF)

    • Oral report of the Rapporteur
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/8 | en 

     

    Decisions and Participants (PDF)

    • Decisions
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/Dec. | en | fr
       
    • List of Participants
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.8 | en & fr

     

    Draft Summary Records (PDF)

       

    Working Documents

    • Adoption of the Agenda
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/2 Prov. Rev. | en pdf - doc | fr pdf - doc
       
    • Draft Summary Records of the First Ordinary Session
      CE/07/1.IGC/10 | en pdf | fr pdf
       
    • Preparation of operational guidelines for the implementation and application of the provisions of the Convention: measures to promote  and to protect cultural expressions (Art. 7, 8 and 17 of the Convention)
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/3 | en pdf - doc | fr pdf - doc
       
    • Operational guidelines: concept and modalities for partnerships (Art. 15 of the Convention)
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/4 | en pdf - doc | fr pdf - doc
       
    • Operational guidelines on the role and participation of civil society (Art. 11 and related articles)
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/5 | en pdf - doc | fr pdf - doc
       
    • Operational guidelines on the use of the resources of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity: interim report
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/6 | en pdf - doc | fr pdf - doc 
       
    • Selection of experts and terms of reference for the reports on preferential treatment (Art. 16 of the Convention): interim report
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/7 | en pdf - doc | fr pdf - doc
       

     

    Information Documents (PDF)

    • Provisional timetable
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.1 | en | fr
       
    • Article 7: Mesures to promote cultural expressions: European approches
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.2 | en | fr
       
    • Vulnerability and threat: Insights for the future implementation of Article 8
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.3 | en | fr
       
    • The partnering process
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.4 | en | fr
       
    • Article 7 : Measures to promote cultural expressions: Latin American approaches
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.5 | en | fr | es
       
    • Contributions of Parties on the use of the of the resources of the FIDC
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.6A | en & fr
       
    • Comparative Table of Parties contributions on the use of the resources of the FIDC
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.6B | en & fr
       
    • CHAIRMAN’S CONCLUSIONS ON THE SEMINAR ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS (2005) organized by Germany’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO and Germany’s National Commission for UNESCO - UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, Nov. 26, 2007
      CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.7 | en
       

     

    Miscellaneous

     

    Participation of civil society representatives

    Decision 1.IGC 7 (PDF) by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions authorized its Chairperson, on a transitory basis and until the modalities under Rule 7.4 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure (PDF) (on the participation of non-governmental organizations as observers during the Committee meetings) are determined by the Committee, to request the Director-General to invite non-governmental organizations having interests and activities in the field covered by the Convention to participate in the next two Committee meetings, namely the first extraordinary session and the second ordinary session.

    In accordance with Decision 1.IGC 7, the organizations concerned by this rule wishing to participate as observers are kindly asked to submit a written request to the Committee’s Chairperson:

    H. E. Mr Gilbert Laurin
    Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Canada to UNESCO
    Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO
    5, rue de Constantine
    75007 PARIS
    Fax: +33 (0)1 44 43 25 79
    E-mail: dl.canada@unesco.org


    • Start date - Local time:   2008 06 24
    • End date - Local time:  2008 06 27
    • Event Location  :  UNESCO Headquarters
         
    • Country  :  France
    • Updated: 2009-03-27 4:57 pm
    • Date Added: 2008-03-05 8:55 am
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