Fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee

The fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions will be held from 8 to 11 February 2022 at UNESCO Headquarters in Room 1.

During this session, the Committee will establish its future work plan for 2022-2023 and review the quadrennial periodic reports submitted by Parties in 2021. It will take stock of the implementation of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) and approve new projects for funding in the framework of the Fund’s twelfth call for funding requests. The Committee will also examine a draft revision of the Operational Guidelines on the Use of the Resources of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity and a report on a feasibility study that has been conducted to examine the possibility of establishing a regular consultative mechanism with micro, small and medium-sized cultural and creative enterprises. Moreover, it will consider ways to strengthen collaboration with civil society in the implementation of the 2005 Convention by reviewing the conclusions of the Third Forum of Civil Society Organisations.

Several events will be organised during this session, including:

The launch of the third edition of the Global Report Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity (8 February 2022 at 3:30 pm)
The screening of short films, organised in collaboration with the Doha Film Institute (9 February 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm)
A panel discussion on “The Healing Power of Culture and Creativity” organised in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (10 February 2022, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm)

The presentation of the results of the EU/UNESCO project “Support for new regulatory frameworks to strengthen cultural and creative industries and the promotion of South-South cooperation” (11 February 2022, from 14:00 to 15:00)

More information on the session

Participation of Civil Society

In accordance with Rule 7.4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Intergovernmental Committee and its Decision 1.EXT.IGC 5, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) having interests and activities in the field covered by the Convention who wish to participate as observers to a session or all sessions of the Committee, are asked to submit a written request to the Director-General of UNESCO. Only NGOs which meet the criteria provided by the Annex to the operational guidelines of Article 11 (Role and participation of civil society) are eligible. The request must be accompanied by the documents mentioned in paragraph 2 of the Annex.

At its ninth session, the Committee requested the Secretariat to organize a working session between civil society representatives and the Bureau prior to the opening of the meetings of the governing bodies in order to address, inter alia, specific issues of importance to civil society (Decision 9.IGC 9). This year, the meeting between civil society representatives and the Bureau will be held on 7 February 2022 (TBD).

Committee Members

Full table of Committee Members found here: https://en.unesco.org/creativity/governance/governing-bodies

Working Documents

Adoption of the agenda

DCE/22/15.IGC/1

15igc_01_provisional_agenda_en.pdf

English

15igc_01_provisional_agenda_fr.pdf

Français

Approval of the list of observers

DCE/22/15.IGC/2

Adoption of the detailed summary record of the fourteenth session of the Committee

DCE/22/15.IGC/3

Report of the Secretariat on its activities and the implementation of the Committee’s decisions (2021)

DCE/22/15.IGC/4

Transmission of new quadrennial periodic reports

DCE/22/15.IGC/5

Report on the implementation of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (2021) and recommended projects from the twelfth call for funding requests

DCE/22/15.IGC/6

Revised draft Guidelines on the Use of the Resources of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity

DCE/21/15.IGC/7

Provisional budget of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (2022-2023)

DCE/21/15.IGC/8

Report on the feasibility study for the creation of a regular consultation mechanism of the Committee with micro, small and medium-sized cultural and creative enterprises

DCE/21/15.IGC/9

Preliminary reflections to recognise and encourage the efforts made by cultural institutions and organisations to provide access to a diversity of cultural expressions

DCE/21/15.IGC/10

Collaboration with civil society to implement the Convention and the conclusions of the third Civil Society Forum

DCE/21/15.IGC/11

Future activities of the Committee: work plan and calendar (2022-2023)

DCE/21/15.IGC/12

Date of the sixteenth session of the Committee

DCE/21/15.IGC/13

Election of the members of the Bureau of the sixteenth session of the Committee

DCE/21/15.IGC/14