The 2016 International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) will be held from 12 to 14 December 2016 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

The 2016 Conference will focus on the theme “The challenge of the digital revolution for NGOs” and will be organized around four subthemes: “The digital revolution and its impact on the diversity of cultural expressions”; “The challenge of access to digital information”; “Does e-learning address challenges of education systems worldwide?”; and “Science and the digital revolution: which ethical implications?”.

The Conference is a key forum in which UNESCO’s official NGO partners meet to review the state of cooperation with UNESCO. This year’s Conference will provide a welcome opportunity to examine collective NGO action carried out in 2015 and 2016, and will adopt the main lines of collective cooperation for 2017-2018.

Moreover, participants will be called upon to elect a new Chairperson for the Conference, as well as a new NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee.

The International Conference of NGOs gathers every two years NGOs in official partnership with the Organization. However, representatives of Member States, foundations in official relations with UNESCO, other NGOs and/or other interested organizations may attend the Conference as observers.

Any additional information and working documents will become available soon on this site and the one of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee (http://www.ong-unesco.org)

CONTACTS

UNESCO-NGO LIAISON COMMITTEE

Maison des ONG

UNESCO

1, rue Miollis

75732 Paris Cedex 15 - France

Tel.: +33 1 45 68 36 68

Fax: +33 1 45 66 03 37

E-mail: comite.liaison.ong@unesco.org

Facebook: Ngo-Unesco Liaison Committee

DESK FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Sector for External Relations and Public Information

UNESCO

7, place de Fontenoy

75352 Paris 07 - France

Tel.: +33 1 45 68 68 15 67

E-mail: ngo@unesco.org