Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations of the Executive Board – 181st session

From 16-04-2009 to 17-04-2009 (France) 

On Thursday 16 April 2009, a Round Table was organized on the theme: “The role of NGOs in the normative process: the example of Culture”. Two sub-themes were examined: ’the role of NGOs in the elaboration and adoption of Conventions’ and ‘the role of NGOs in the implementation of Conventions’.

On Friday 17 April 2009, an Open Forum was organized on ‘UNESCO and NGOs facing a multiple crisis: threat and opportunities”.

The detailed programme of these two days is attached below.

Webcasts of the debates are available for Thursday morning, for Thursday afternoon and for Friday morning, for Friday afternoon.

• Organizer: UNESCO
• Start date (local time): 16-04-2009 10:00 am
• End date (local time): 17-04-2009 6:00 pm
• UNESCO, Room I
  7, Place de Fontenoy
  Paris
  France

• Document 1 :181 EXB Committee NGO provisional Programme.doc
• Document 2 :Intervention H.d'Orville, ADG-BSP 17 04 09.doc