| A meeting entitled ‘The role and participation of civil society
in the implementation of the Convention for the Protection and the
Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: An exchange between
civil society and Parties to the Convention’, will be held at
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 23 June 2008 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
in Room II (Decision
1.ICG 5C [PDF]).
This meeting will take place the day before the extraordinary session
of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion
of the Diversity Cultural Expressions, which will be held from 24
to 27 June 2008, also at UNESCO Headquarters.
It aims to enable civil society and Parties to discuss the involvement
of civil society in the implementation of the Convention and the
relevant modalities. The working languages are English and French.
Representatives of Parties and non-governmental organizations with
activities and interests in the fields covered by the Convention
wishing to participate in the meeting are asked to register online
no later than 15 June 2008 by filling in the registration
form on the Convention website.
The following topics will be discussed during the meeting:
1. The role of civil society in the promotion and the implementation
of the Convention:
a) Functions and contributions
b) Coordinated approach
2. Civil society’s input to the work of the Organs of the
Convention: options and proposals
3. The International Fund for Cultural Diversity and civil society:
a contributor, a beneficiary, a service provider?
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