Rapid Response
Media Mechanism
(RRMM)
Rapid Response Media Mechanism
Origins
 High-level Group Report
 Madrid Forum of the Alliance
Objective
 Counter radical and/or incendiary messages by providing a
range of balanced views on divisive issues
How does it work?
 Global Expert Finder (www.globalexpertfinder.org)
 Journalist trainings, seminars, and fora
 Network of media-savvy opinion leaders
GlobalExpertFinder.org
What does Global Expert Finder do?
 Connects journalists directly to experts around the world
 Provides journalists with analysis by experts (articles, videos,
podcasts, blog posts, etc.)
 Sends journalists media alerts with experts to contact when
news stories break
Journalist Trainings
 Pakistan - training of journalists from religious media
 Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age - an online journalism
course for journalists from the Middle East, Europe, and the United
States
 Indonesia – training of journalists writing on cross-cultural issues in
the Asia-Pacific
 Turkey – training of journalists writing on religion
Media Trainings for Opinion Leaders
 Media training workshops for British Muslim opinion leaders
 Media trainings for experts featured on GEF
Partnerships
• Experts in the Euromed: European Commission and
Anna Lindh Foundation
• Search for Common Ground
• International Center for Journalists
• International Center for Religion and Diplomacy
How you can benefit
• Integrate proactive media engagement into existing
counter-radicalization initiatives
• Find independent experts to recommend to the media in
times of crisis
• Showcase experts from your country to global media
through the project
• Broader range of international experts helping to reduce
tensions around potentially polarizing issues
How you can contribute
Support journalist trainings
Suggest names of experts for the Global Expert Finder resource
Share contacts of journalist associations and media outlets
Suggest think-tanks and research organizations who could provide
names of potential experts
Organize an event to present the Global Expert Finder resource to
media outlets in your country or region
Media Literacy Education
“Evaluating information sources requires skills and
critical thinking.
Separating fact from opinion, evaluating text and image
are teachable skills.
Media literacy instruction promotes media awareness
and development of Internet literacy to combat
misperceptions, prejudices and hate speech”
Report of the High-level Group
Media Literacy initiatives
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Online clearinghouse
Support to grass roots projects
Media Literacy publication
UNESCO Chair
Plural + Youth Video Festival
Media Literacy Education Clearinghouse
The AoC MLE clearinghouse is a
Web 2.0 multilingual, user-
generated, global repository of
information aiming at facilitating fast
access to available MLE resources
and information.
• Over 30,000 unique visits a month.
• The first such resource in Arabic.
• 33 active Partner Organizations
from around the world.
www.aocmedialiteracy.org
Supporting grass roots projects
Direct support to:
• A joint project of Cairo University and Barcelona
Autonomous University for the development of
MLE content in Arabic.
• The development of a Global Media Literacy Curriculum, in
partnership with 18 universities from around the world
Direct support to:
Media Literacy for Global
Understanding.
A joint project of Temple
University, Kuwait University and
the Roberts Elementary School,
Philadelphia.
Media Literacy Publication
A publication produced in collaboration
with UNESCO, the EC and Grupo
Comunicar.
Eighteen Media Literacy experts from
around the world provide in-depth analysis
on specific media education projects and
initiatives.
The book is being widely distributed and
has become a source of information to
experts, educators, researchers and policy
makers across the planet.
Media Literacy UNESCO Chair
In partnership with UNESCO’s Universities Chair Programme, creation of the
UNESCO UNITWIN AoC Chair
on Media and Information Literacy for Intercultural Dialogue
The initial network of universities include:
• Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
• Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
• Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
• Cairo University, Egypt
• West Indies University, Kingston, Jamaica
This UNITWIN-Chair will focus in developing research, curricula and in-the-field
programs where MLE is used as a platform for intercultural dialogue and social
cohesion.
How can you contribute?
How can you benefit?
We would like to encourage you to contact us regarding Media
Literacy and Youth Media initiatives from
your country and region.
The AoC aims at further expanding these fields by energizing and
supporting, connecting existing initiatives and creating truly global
and multicultural networks and communities of knowledge.
Your participation to the Media Programme is crucial.
For questions or comments, contact:
Emmanuel Kattan
Sr. Adviser Communications
kattan@un.org
And
Jordi Torrent,
Media Literacy Manager
torrent@un.org
Education
UNAoC Education Area
“In the political sense, we know also that in order to arrive at
an understanding of the world, we must understand others.”
Octavio Paz, Nobel Laureate from Mexico
Knowledge
Three Goals:
- Understanding
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Respect
Framework
• Importance of education to bridge divides
• Consolidating projects from First
Implementation Plan
• Working with partners to leverage
resources
•Practical projects for dialogue that delivers
Clearinghouse on
Education about Religions and Beliefs (ERB)
ERB Clearinghouse & Focal Points
The clearinghouse :
• Promotes Learning about diverse religions and beliefs; ethics, tolerance
education, civic education and diverse approaches on learning about the “other.”
• Operates within the human rights framework and currently focuses on
education at the primary and secondary level
• Its contents include: guidelines, learning and teaching material, relevant
organization organizations, journal, related events, news, and online forum.
• Partners with IGOs, academic institutions, and NGOs.
Focal Points are invited to:
• Utilize ERB as resource when setting up or recommending policy in this area
• Disseminate country products in this area through approved partner
• Recommend ERB institutional/NGO partners in own country
Research Network
Research Network & Focal Points
The Alliance Research Network:
• Is a network of Research Centers and Universities to serve as a collective
think-tank for the Alliance, and be the leaders of a movement to encourage
cross-cultural educational exchange and research.
• It offers an opportunity for linkages between Global (AOC), National (Country),
and Local levels (Research Network Member)
• Has currently Partners from 13 different countries; goal is to have at least one
per GOF member
Focal Points are invited to:
• Utilize Research Network as resource for research, evaluation, and
implementation of National Strategies for Alliance of Civilizations
• Sponsor conferences, research, and exchanges between members of research
network
• Recommend Network members from own country
Academic Exchanges
Focus on:
“Exchange deficit” between Western
and MENA countries in particular
and the Muslim world as whole.
Advocating and facilitating exchanges,
especially at faculty level for
sustainable programs
Building bridges between exchange
providers, countries, and educational
institutions
Academic Exchanges and Focal Points
1.
Thematic tables may be formed of IGOs and countries to
spur exchanges.
2.
Exchanges are recurring feature in national plans, and
AoC can help with connecting providers and institutions
3.
AoC can link providers to national policy-makers to
make policy recommendations to enhance exchanges
4.
Data on exchanges may be made available to specific
countries (when available) by secretariat.
For questions or comments:
please contact
Dr. Thomas Uthup, Research Manager,
uthup@un.org
Youth Sector
Youth Solidarity Fund (YSF)
The fund aims to:
• Highlight the contribution of youth in advancing cross-cultural
understanding both locally and internationally
• Provide seed funding to youth organizations for them to
implement projects advancing Alliance objectives
• Youth organizations lead while Alliance provides technical
support and visibility, fosters synergies, promotes results and
shares lessons learned widely
FPs and the YSF:
Before implementation:
Broaden outreach to youth
organizations during
applications phase
During implementation:
For countries linked to
selected projects, work
closely with youth
organizations
After implementation:
Integrate project learning and results into
national initiatives, policies and strategies
Youth Consultative Committees
in the Mediterranean region
The project:
• Helps mainstream the voice of youth into policies and strategies
aiming to reduce/prevent youth extremism in the Mediterranean
• Will be integrated into the AoC Euro-Mediterranean Strategy
• Supports the establishment of national youth consultative
committees to enter into a dialogue with governmental authorities
• Links with 3-4 research institutes
FPs and Youth Consultative Committees:
For Mediterranean countries:
- Support establishment of consultative process
- Take active role in consultative process, integrate
recommendations into national policies
For all countries:
- Help disseminate recommendations and good practices
- Facilitate networking with national and international
organizations tackling similar issues
Collaboration with the Commonwealth
Youth Program and Francophonie
• Raise awareness,
offer training and share
resources with governmental
representatives regarding
methods of youth participation
in intercultural dialogue
initiatives and policies
• Develop content supporting youth mainstreaming while
leveraging respective networks and building relationships with
national governments
FPs are invited to :
• Support the organization of meetings/trainings with
Ministries of Youth, Ministries of Foreign Affairs,
Ministries of Immigration and Municipal Affairs, etc.
• Help disseminate resources (e.g. guidebooks)
developed for these meetings/trainings among local
and municipal levels
For questions or comments:
Contact Isabelle Legare
Youth Programme Manager
isabellel@unops.org
Migration Integration
Migration - Integration
Increasing Migration
► Increasing cultural diversity
mtDNA-based chart of large human migrations
Estimated number of International Migrants at Mid-year
80'000'000
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Threat to stability, prosperity and identity?
Opportunity for progress?
Factor of conflicts and polarization?
Driving force for development and innovation?
70'000'000
60'000'000
Africa
50'000'000
Asia
Europe
40'000'000
Lat. Amer. &Carib.
30'000'000
N. Amer.
20'000'000
Oceania
10'000'000
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1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
Goals and expected outcomes
The successful integration of migrant
populations is a goal in itself and a key
objective in improving cross-cultural
relations globally.
To support efforts by various
stakeholders to integrate newcomers
and build trust among cultures
Provoke a shift in popular
perceptions – from migration as a
threat to migration as an opportunity
The Online Community will not address the
question of regulation of migrant flows
UNAoC - IOM plan of action
The UNAoC works with the International Organization for Migration
(IOM) as a main partner for this issue.
The MoU signed in April 2009 is completed by an implementation plan
that specifies the following areas of cooperation :
Migration/Integration Online Community (Clearinghouse)
Promotion of Good Practices on Integration
Other areas of cooperation, such as Plural + video contest, and
possible provision of technical support to Partners and countries
I. Online Community on Migration - Integration
(Clearinghouse)
Aim:
- to highlight successful models for the integration of migrants so as
to counter polarizing speech and stereotypes about migrants
- to encourage possible replication of good practices in other contexts
and promote further involvement of all actors in integration efforts.
The Online Community focuses on three
policy areas:
- Socio- Economic Integration
- Legal and Political Integration
- Cultural Integration
The Online community: a unique platform for learning and exchange in
Migrant Integration in the UN system
- source of information on good practices (including tools,
guidelines and policies)
- virtual space for exchange and learning for a variety of
practitioners (national & local governments, civil society and
NGOs, private sector and academia, IOs and UN agencies)
- support for coordination and cooperation between various
stakeholders
Official launching to be
announced during
Rio Forum in May 2010
II. Promotion of Good Practices of Integration
Experts affirmed during the Istanbul Forum and the Interethnic City
roundtable that:
Forging an ‘alliance for integration’ that coalesce
migrants, the hosting societies and countries of origin alike is of
key importance.
Policy making on integration should involve civil society and
new citizens in an inclusive and open way
Thematic platform
Citizens & Authorities together to build
Societies of Inclusion
UNAoC-facilitated opportunity for stakeholders
from various backgrounds to exchange on good
practices on the integration of migrants at the
local level
How can you benefit from the program?
- We offer to provide technical support to the Focal Points of GoF
countries directly and/or through our network of partners
-We can connect you with other countries and raise awareness on
possible areas of cooperation within the GoF
- The Online community can provide visibility to your countries’ good
experiences, as it will highlight successes of good integration practices
- We contribute to build a bridge between countries with long term
established integration policies and countries with good examples of
integration that have not yet been valorized in formal policies
How can you contribute to this program?
- Share with us what your interest and your expectations are with regard
to this program
- Inform us about examples of good practices from your countries,
whether from the government or from other stakeholders
- Provide us with suggestions of organizations that you would
recommend as partners for the program
- Suggest to your country to participate in the thematic platform on
Migration Integration (Citizens & Authorities together to build Societies
of Inclusion)
- Initiate with the secretariat’s support a working group on a specific
topic with other GoF members
III. Plural + - Youth Video Festival
PLURAL+ a Youth-produced Video Festival on migration,
identity and diversity.
Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a
world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and
religious divisions, PLURAL+ is aimed at involving youth in
addressing the key issues in their community related to
migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human
rights and social cohesiveness.
The AoC is developing PLURAL + in partnership with the
International Organization for Migration in collaboration
with other international partners.
www.unaoc.org/pluralplus
For questions or comments:
Contact Florence Laufer
Migration – Integration Officer
laufer@un.org
Horizontal
Initiatives
Horizontal Initiatives supporting the central building blocks
of AoC: National Plans and Regional Strategies
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AoC Fellowship
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AoC Media Fund
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Business Coalition for Intercultural dialogue and cooperation
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City Diplomacy: Dialogue Café
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Foundations network
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Marketplace of Ideas
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Silatech
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Addressing Mass Audiences
Business Coalition for Intercultural
Dialogue and Cooperation
• Session in Madrid Forum with business
leaders
• Report: “Doing Business in a Multicultural
World: Challenges and Opportunities” in
partnership with Global Compact
• Istanbul 2009 Forum Session:
Call for coalition by private sector
• Launch at Levin Institute on Sept. 22:
Keynote speech by H.E. Prime Minister of
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and CEOs of
Repsol and China’s Broad Air Conditioning
Mission of the Business Coalition:
• Provide an international platform on
the role of business in intercultural
dialogue and cooperation
• Support AoC projects and initiatives
• Share challenges and good practices
FPs are invited to :
Inform companies and invite them to
join network
AoC Fellowship
Description:
• Study Tour for emerging
leaders between West
and Arab/Muslim World
• 3 countries in Arab world
& 4 countries in West
Objectives:
• Provide Direct Exposure
• Build Understanding & Bridges
• Create Alumni Network and Group of Champions
Fellowship Partners:
Timeline:
Pilot Phase (2 Study Tours + Evaluation Seminar) → Rio Forum
2010 → Upscale
FPs are invited to :
• Suggest nominations for candidates
• Make contributions to program of visits
City Diplomacy: Dialogue Cafe
Partners:
Dialogue Café uses telepresence technology to create a
global platform connecting people from diverse
backgrounds and cultures in cities across the globe
Its Features:
• Provides a showcase for the vibrancy and culture of each city
• Establishes a global exchange of information for multicultural/multicity project development
• Stimulates ideas to tackle social issues such as youth literacy and
employment
• Creates database of conversations for online access
Future steps:
• Coalition of Dialogue Café cities
• Implementing common Charter for the Network of Dialogue Cafés
• Initiating first network of pilot cafés by 2010
Marketplace of Ideas
Concept:
Innovation - Scaling Up - Replication
2009 Projects Featured in the Marketplace of Ideas :
Next Steps for the Marketplace of Ideas :
• Integrating Marketplace of Ideas and Youth Solidarity
Fund (YSF)
• Increasing AoC support to winners
FPs are invited to :
• Contribute to disseminate to local NGOs
• Work with AoC Secretariat in the development of the
program
Addressing Mass Audiences
Objectives:
• Moving from outreach to global awareness
• Using power of image/multimedia
• Piggybacking on major world events
Initiatives:
• TV and film documentary (September 2011 with
filmmaker Romuald Sciorra)
• Partnership with FIFA World Soccer Cup in South Africa
2010
• Posting promotional Youtube video
Thank you.
The hand of coexistence, Pohang, South Korea