13th June 2017
Sixth ordinary session of the Conference of Parties
Highlights of the session:
- 13 Resolutions approved
- Approval by acclamation of the operational guidelines on the implementation of the Convention in the digital environment
- Presentation of the new Quadrennial Periodic Reports (2015 and 2016) and the 2015 Global Report “ReǀShaping Cultural Policies. A Decade Promoting the Diversity of Cultural Expressions for Development”
- Election of 12 new members to the Intergovernmental Committee
- Identification of the future activities of the Committee
UNESCO Headquarters | 12 - 15 June 2017
During its 6th ordinary session, the Conference of Parties examined several Agenda items, including: follow-up to the Recommendations of the External Auditor’s Report; the Secretariat’s Report of its activities and the Secretariat’s report on the International Fund for Cultural Diversity and its fundraising strategy.
More information on the session
Election of a Chairperson, one or more ViceChairperson(s) and a Rapporteur of the Conference of Parties
DCE/17/6.CP/1
Adoption of the summary record of the fifth ordinary session of the Conference of Parties
DCE/17/6.CP/4
Report of the Committee on its activities and decisions to the Conference of Parties
DCE/17/6.CP/6
Secretariat’s report on its activities 2015-2017
DCE/17/6.CP/7
Secretariat’s report on the follow-up to the recommendations of the External Auditor’s “Report on the Governance of UNESCO and Dependent Funds, Programmes and Entities
DCE/17/6.CP/8
Quadrennial periodic reports: transmission of new reports and the 2015 edition of the Global Report
DCE/17/6.CP/9
Secretariat’s report on the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)
DCE/17/6.CP/10
Draft operational guidelines on the implementation of the Convention in the digital environment
DCE/17/6.CP/11
Criteria and steps for civil society participation in sessions of the Convention's governing bodies.
Provisional Timetable
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.1 (REV)
List of Participants
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.2
Election of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions/Provisional list of candidates for election to the Committee, as at 2 May 2017
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.3
Election of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions/Final list of candidates for election to the Committee, as at 11 June 2017
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.3 (REV)
Executive Summaries of Parties’ Quadrennial Periodic Reports
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.4
Results of the Satisfaction Survey on the Preparation and Organization of the 2005 Convention’s Sessions of the Governing Bodies
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.5
Follow Up to the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) Recommendations concerning the Methods of Work of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Bodies. Report by the External Auditor (38 C/23)
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.6
Status Report on the Implementation of IOS Recommendations (IOS/EVS/PI/134 REV)
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.7
Strategy for Reinforcing UNESCO’s Action for the Protection of Culture and the Promotion of Cultural Pluralism in the Event of Armed Conflict (38 C/49)
DCE/17/6.CP/INF.8
Operational guidelines on the implementation of the Convention the digital environment
Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the 2005 Convention Conference of Parties.
Provisional agenda - Civil Society Forum on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (12 June)
English | French
Programme (organised by CISAC) - Fairly Remunerating Creators in the Digital Environment: The Challenges of the Transfer of Value (12 June)
English | French
"CISAC position paper on the transfer of value"
Screening of the film “Reseba: The Dark Wind” 2016 winner of the Asia Pacific Screen Award (13 June) – No document
Programme - Panel discussion with beneficiaries of capacity building support for participatory policy monitoring (14 June)
English | French
Programme - Panel discussion with beneficiaries of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (15 June)
English | French