At its 39th session, the General Conference endorsed 131 out of the 134 recommendations of the Working Group on Governance (Resolution 39 C/87).
- Letter by the President of the 39th General Conference Ms Zohour ALAOUI
- Recommendations (Annex I of document 39 C/20)
At its 38th session, the General Conference established an open-ended Working Group on Governance, procedures and methods of work of the governing bodies of UNESCO (38 C/Resolution 101).
Chairperson of the Working Group: Mr Stanley SIMATAA
Vice-Chairs: Angola, Bahreïn, Germany (2017), Hungary, Norway (2016), Philippines, Venezuela
Two sub-groups have been established by the Working Group on Governance:
Sub-Group 1: “Structure, composition and methods of work of the Governing Bodies (General Conference and Executive Board)”- Co-Chairs: Norway and Philippines
Meeting held on Tuesday 15 November 2016
Meeting held on 23 September 2016, co-chaired by the delegates of Norway and Philippines.
Sub-Group 2: “Structure, composition and methods of work of UNESCO’s international and intergovernmental bodies” - Co-Chairs: Hungary and Philippines
The Sub-Group 2 met on Tuesday 28 February, Friday 31 March, Tuesday 9 May and Friday 9 June 2017.
- Draft Agenda
- Draft Programme of Work
- Co-Chairs’ Note (Objectives, Organization of debate and proposals/methodology)
Co-Chairs' Matrices
- Agenda - Item 3: Intergovernmental Councils and Committees
- Agenda - Item 6: Conventions
- Agenda - Item 7 : International Fund, International Programmes and International Expert Bodies
- Agenda - Item 8 : Category 1 Institutes (revised)
Informal Summaries
Feedback from the international and intergovernmental bodies
- Headquarters Committee
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- International Bureau of Education (IBE)
- UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE)
- UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA)
- UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC)
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute on Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)
- Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
- Convention against discrimination in Education (1960)
- International Convention against Doping in Sport (2005)
- Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict (1954)
- Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970)
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
- Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001)
- Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003)
- Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
- International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
- Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
- International Basic Science Programme (IBSP)
- International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGGP)
- Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme
- Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS)
- International Bioethics Committee (IBC)
- Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC)
- World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)
- Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation (ICPRCP)
- Executive Committee for the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo
- International Fund for the Promotion of Culture
- International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
- Information for All Programme (IFAP)
- International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Memory of the World Programme
- Conciliation and Good Offices Commission responsible for seeking the settlement of any disputes that may arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education