Context
of our cooperation
Recent developments in the life of the Convention
and the Organization
Headquarters, Paris
06 Juin 2014
37 C/4 (2014-2021)
• Capacity of UNESCO to engage
more closely with UNESCO category
2 centres needs to be boosted
• UNESCO will need to act
increasingly as the moderator and
instigator of a multifaceted,
energized global network
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SO 7: Heritage
• Asset for promoting social stability,
building peace, recovery from crisis
situations, and development
strategies
• Essential for promoting peace and
sustainable societal, environmental
and economic development
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SO 7 outcomes
• Heritage integrated in post-2015
agenda
• Safeguarding strengthened
• Intentional destruction monitored
• Culture in disaster risk reduction
• Reconciliation enhanced
• Youth engaged
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SO 8: Creativity
• Renewable resource for problem
solving
• ICH for improvement of social
cohesion and well-being
• Particular attention to indigenous
people, women and youth
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SO 8 outcomes
• Creativity promoted especially
among vulnerable groups
• Access to cultural life enhanced
• Social and economic conditions
improved
• ICH skills safeguarded
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Focus
• Improve the relevance, coherence
and focus of UNESCO’s programme
• Whether from Headquarters, Field
Offices, category 1 and category 2
centres, or intergovernmental
programmes
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Budget 2014-2017
• Culture initial budget: US$54.1M
• Revised: US$38.8M
• 28% decrease
• Redeployment Exercise and Staff
movements
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37 C/5 MLA 2:
Creativity
‘Supporting and promoting the
diversity of cultural expressions, the
safeguarding of intangible cultural
heritage and the development of
cultural and creative industries’
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Partnerships
‘Partnerships with other UN,
international and regional
organizations as well as with civil
society networks will be established
for the implementation of both
Conventions at the country level and
synergies will be pursued’
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Expected result 6:
‘National capacities strengthened and
utilised to safeguard the intangible
cultural heritage, including
indigenous and endangered
languages, through the effective
implementation of the 2003
Convention’
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Indicators
• Number of supported Member States
utilizing strengthened human and
institutional resources for intangible
cultural heritage and integrating ICH
into national policies
• Percentage of UNESCO-trained
female cultural professionals who
then contribute to national-level
decision-making processes in the
field of culture
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Indicators
• Number of States Parties to the
Convention increased
• Number of organizations within and
outside the United Nations system,
civil society, and the private sector
contributing to programme delivery
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• Number of stakeholders involved in
the implementation of the
Convention contributing information
to the knowledge-management
system
Indicators
• Technical assistance provided for
development of safeguarding plans
for intangible cultural heritage,
including indigenous languages and
endangered languages, and
particularly for international
assistance
• Number of category 2 centres
provided with technical and
governance support
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Indicators
• Number of Member States supported
with technical assistance to
introduce or revise their cultural and
non-cultural policies, particularly in
Africa
• Number of Member States supported
with technical assistance to
introduce national gender-sensitive
and gender responsive cultural
policies
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Indicators
• Number of best practices promoted
• Number of Member States with
institutional resources strengthened
(ministries, institutes, NGOs,
universities, ICH committees),
particularly in Africa
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Indicators
• Number of UNESCO-led workshops
and capacity-building programmes
that raise awareness of gender
principles, especially women’s roles
in intangible heritage
• Number of formal and non-formal
education and awareness-raising
initiatives to disseminate heritage
values and knowledge among young
people in Africa
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Indicators
• Number of supported Member States
that have human resources
strengthened
• Number of persons trained in the
field of intangible cultural heritage;
of which number trained in Africa
• Gender balance amongst
experts/participants in human and
institutional capacity workshops
enhanced
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IOS Audit 2013
• Situation unsustainable
• Reduce frequency and duration of
meetings of governing bodies?
• Synchronize the meetings of the
General Assemblies?
• Temporarily suspend fresh
nominations?
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IOS Audit 2013
• Use more sponsors for meeting
expenses, including for translation
and interpretation
• Opportunity for common platform
for support services
• Alternative funding should be
considered
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IOS Evaluation 2013
• 2003 Convention highly relevant
international legal instrument
• Contributes to recognize UNESCO
as leader in the field of cultural
heritage
• 2003 Convention has significantly
broadened the international
discourse around the definition and
meaning of cultural heritage
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IOS Evaluation 2013
• Majority of States Parties have
integrated Convention’s provisions
in cultural policies and laws
following ratification
• Integration of provisions of the
Convention in policies and laws
other than culture (agriculture,
health, tourism, etc.) remains a
challenge
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IOS Evaluation 2013
• In many countries Government
institutions lack financial and human
resources to successfully implement
the Convention
• UNESCO has put in place an
extensive world-wide capacitybuilding programme with a network
of qualified experts
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IOS Evaluation 2013
• While RL has contributed to
increasing visibility of the
Convention and to raising
awareness about ICH, its relative
importance is overrated
• 2003 Convention closely linked to
the 1972 and 2005 Conventions as
well as to some work of the World
Intellectual Property Organization
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IOS Evaluation 2013
• The Convention lacks a monitoring
and evaluation framework with
objectives, indicators and
benchmarks, making it difficult to
measure and demonstrate results
• NGOs are recognized to play an
important role in the implementation
of the Convention at the country
level
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IOS Evaluation 2013
• Work of Secretariat considered to be
of high quality
• Its services are much appreciated by
States Parties, who consider the
Secretariat to be professional,
efficient and responsive
• However, it lacks resources, which
has put constraints on the number
of nominations and proposals
processed and on other activities
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Decision 8.COM 5.c.1
• Promote the Urgent Safeguarding
List by re-positioning it as an
expression of States Parties’
commitment to safeguarding and to
the implementation of the
Convention
• Clarify all misconceptions regarding
the purpose and use of the
Representative List
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Decision 8.COM 5.c.1
• Complement the Register of Best
Safeguarding Practices by
developing alternate, lighter ways of
sharing safeguarding experiences
• Strengthen UNESCO’s long-standing
cooperation with WIPO
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Decision 8.COM 5.c.1
• Encourage a debate on the role of
the private sector and of
private/public partnerships in
safeguarding intangible cultural
heritage
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• Strengthen informal sharing of
interesting and innovative examples
on working on the Convention,
including (safeguarding, policy and
legislation, sustainable
development)
IOS Review 2011
• C2Cs form an important part of
UNESCO’s network and represent, in
principle, an effective partnership
model
• Significant potential to contribute to
the achievement of UNESCO’s
strategic programme objectives
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However…
• Nearly half are still not operational
and the Secretariat has yet to
harness their full potential
• Present management framework
sets clear overall boundaries and
principles for engagement, but
improved operationalization is
needed in a number of areas
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And…
• While some sectors have made
progress in developing sectoral
strategies, other sectors are lagging
behind
• Programme sectors also need to
ensure that their reporting and
communication documents contain
information on the contribution of
C2Cs to the sectors’ programmatic
objectives
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Finally…
• Review Committee could be
established to strengthen the
inception and review phases
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Recommendations
• Implement findings of the 2011 IOS
Review
• Include C2Cs in the development of
the UNESCO partnership network
• Develop UNESCO sector strategies
for C2Cs
• Strengthen C2C status renewal
procedures
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Recommendations
• Improve monitoring and
transparency of the C2C system
• Review all existing C2C agreements
and restrain current network growth
• Evaluate and reduce the cost of the
C2C network to UNESCO
• Apply the Integrated Comprehensive
Strategy for C2Cs
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37 GC/Resolution 93
37 GC amended the current Integrated
Comprehensive Strategy to:
• Renew emphasis on contributions of
category 2 centres:
 to strategic programme
objectives and global priorities
(C/4)
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 to sectoral or intersectoral
programme priorities and
themes (C/5)
37 GC/Resolution 93
• Clarification of renewal procedures
and timetable with a pre-renewal
evaluation (next item on the agenda)
• Full costs to UNESCO to be borne
by category 2 centres and/or host
countries aimed at reducing
financial and administrative impact
on UNESCO’s already limited
resources
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