Chairperson: Gilbert Laurin (Canada)
Rapporteur: Antonio Otavio Sa Ricarte (Brazil)
Vice-Chairpersons: India, Lithuania, South Africa and Tunisia
First extraordinary session of the Intergovernmental Committee
Highlights of the session:
Adoption of draft guidelines on:
- public measures to promote diverse cultural expressions
- public-private partnerships
- role and participation of civil society
Expert papers on:
- Public measures in Europe and in Latin America
- The partnering process
- Vulnerability and threats to protect cultural expressions
First exchange forum between civil society and States Parties.
(Paris, 24 - 27 June 2008)
More information on the session
Mr Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï, Chairman of the UNESCO’s Executive Board
Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
Oral report of the Rapporteur
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/8
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/Dec.
Draft Summary Records
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/9
Adoption of the Agenda
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/2 Prov. Rev.
Draft Summary Records of the First Ordinary Session
CE/07/1.IGC/10
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
Operational guidelines: concept and modalities for partnerships (Art. 15 of the Convention)
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/4
Operational guidelines on the role and participation of civil society (Art. 11 and related articles)
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/5
Operational guidelines on the use of the resources of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity: interim report
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/6
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
List of Participants
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.8
Provisional timetable
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.1
Article 7: Mesures to promote cultural expressions: European approches
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.2
Vulnerability and threat: Insights for the future implementation of Article 8
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.3
The partnering process
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.4
Article 7 : Measures to promote cultural expressions: Latin American approaches
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.5
Contributions of Parties on the use of the resources of the FIDC
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.6A
Comparative Table of Parties contributions on the use of the resources of the FIDC
CE/08/1.EXT.IGC/INF.6B
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
Flash Info, Office of the Spokeswoman – 25 June 2008
Participation of civil society representatives
Decision 1.IGC 7 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 (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
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E-mail: dl.canada(at)unesco.org