Capacity-building on Periodic Reporting and the Global Monitoring Reports (GMR) for the 2005 Convention on the

Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

Avril Joffe, UNESCO Expert Facility

Project funded by the Swedish Government

Implementation by the Diversity of Cultural Expressions Section of the Culture Sector, in cooperation with UNESCO Field Offices

2014-2017

With funding from the

Swedish International Development

Cooperation Agency

Enhancing fundamental freedoms through

the promotion of the diversity of cultural

expressions

Global Capacity-building Strategy

Four training modules being finalized (available in December 2015)

Understanding the Convention

Participatory planning for cultural policy making

Periodic reporting

International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)

Three more training modules planned

Cultural Statistics and Indicators

Small- and Medium-size Enterprise (SME) Development

Preferential treatment and international coordination (Articles 16 & 21)

Convention’s Expert Facility

2011 Expert Facility

30 international experts trained

Technical assistance missions in 13 developing countries with EU funding

2015 expanded Expert Facility

43 international experts trained

Capacity-building on periodic reporting in 12 developing countries

Awareness-raising in Pakistan

Capacity-building in Palestine

Can be called on to assist field action

Swedish Government-UNESCO cooperation

• UNESCO and Sweden signed in Nov. 2014 a Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA) for 2014-2017

New Programme Cooperation Agreement

• A project to implement the 2005 Convention nationally and globally

2005 Convention

• New funding by Sweden signals a strong commitment towards the objectives of the 2005 Convention

Commitment by Sweden

Why periodic reporting?

Stakeholder consultation

Policy design & implementation

Indicator building

Policy monitoring

Evaluation & reporting

Policy review by stakeholders

Re-design of policy

Policy making being a cyclical process, periodic reporting provides opportunities for:

multi-stakeholder consultation

Identification of needs

Capacity-building

Collection of data and evidence

Dialogue between government and civil society

Awareness-raising

Project’s overall goal

Supporting periodic reporting/ policy monitoring efforts

Enhance the establishment of systems of good governance (transparent, participatory, informed)

Support the active participation of both governmental and civil society actors

Component 1

Country-level capacity development interventions

Context

Periodic reports is one of the statutory obligations of all Parties, but, Parties…

Lack capacity to elaborate the report

Lack understanding of the scope of the Convention

Lack statistical data and indicators for the culture sector

Capacity-building identified as a priority

Policy-making being a cyclical process, monitoring and reporting constitutes an indispensable step within this policy cycle, helping countries to grasp the state of affairs of their creative sector and understand/define priority actions for the future

Country-level capacity-building interventions in 12 developing countries that are Parties to the Convention

Africa

UNESCO Office in Dakar

Senegal Burkina

Faso

UNESCO Office in

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

UNESCO Office in Harare

Zimbabwe

UNESCO Office in Nairobi

Rwanda

Arab states

UNESCO Office in Rabat

Morocco Tunisia

Asia

UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh

Cambodia

UNESCO Office in Jakarta

Indonesia

UNESCO Office in

Hanoi

Viet Nam

Latin America and the

Caribbean

UNESCO Office in Havana

Cuba

UNESCO Office in

Quito

Colombia

Quadrennial Periodic Report (QPR) Deadlines

30 April 2016

• Burkina Faso (2nd QPR)

• Cambodia (2nd QPR)

• Cuba (2nd QPR)

• Ethiopia (1st QPR overdue since 2012)

• Indonesia (1st QPR)

• Rwanda (1st QPR)

• Senegal (1st QPR overdue since 2012)

• Tunisia (2nd QPR)

• Viet Nam (2nd QPR)

• Zimbabwe (1st QPR overdue since 2012)

30 April 2017

• Colombia (1st QPR)

• Morocco (1st QPR)

Country-level capacity-building process

1. Consultation

(1-day event) &

needs assessment

(1-2 months)

2. National training workshop

(3-days)

3. Elaboration of a periodic report

(4-8 months)

4. Public presentation & debate on the periodic

reports

(1-day event)

1. One-day Consultation and needs assessment

1-day multi-stakeholder consultation

= Raising awareness about the Convention among them is essential

1 - 2 months for

• Needs assessment by the national team

• Multi-stakeholder team to include governmental and civil society

2. Three-days training workshop

3-day national training workshop

by experts from the Expert Facility &

UNESCO Field office

Participants representing various stakeholders

3. Elaboration of periodic reports (6-8 months)

Collection of relevant data and information

Inclusion of contributions by civil society

Mentoring provided by the experts

Participatory drafting of a periodic report

Finalization of a draft periodic report

4. One-day public presentation of the periodic report

Multi-stakeholder forums for feedback and validation

Integration of comments provided at the forum

Submission of the finalized periodic reports to UNESCO

Deliverables of Component 1

1 day consultations organized

National team developed for periodic reporting

Needs assessment conducted

3-day national workshop conducted

Periodic reports elaborated by the national team with inputs from various governmental institutions and civil society organizations

Public presentation organized to review/finalize the periodic reports

Periodic reports submitted to UNESCO

Keeping in mind: Creating synergies with CI Sector

Media diversity

• Consultation, training and public presentation of periodic reports to involve media professionals/experts

Media Indicators

• Capacity-building activities to contribute to indicator development including media diversity

Component 2

Production of two Biennial Global Monitoring Reports (GMR) in

(1st edition in December 2015 and 2nd in June 2017)

What is GMR and what for? A tool for benchmarking, monitoring and follow-up of the implementation of the Convention

Analysis of current global trends

Identification of emerging challenges

Assessment of the impact of policies and measures

Sharing of solutions/good practices

Promotion of transparency/good governance of culture based on guiding principles of the Convention (respect of human rights, fundamental freedoms)

Draft table of contents Foreword by the Director-General of UNESCO, Ministry of Culture of Sweden & Messages from high personalities celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Convention (to be identified)

1. Introduction

2. Executive summary

3. Monitoring and evaluating policies for the diversity of cultural expressions: history and background

4. State of implementation of the 2005 Convention

5. Methodology and indicators : proposals for a global results based monitoring framework

6. Cultural policies to promote the diversity of cultural expressions

7. International coordination: the Convention in other international fora

8. International cultural cooperation

9. Preferential treatment

10. Culture and sustainable development

11. Participation of civil society

12. Digital technologies

13. Public Service Broadcasting and Media Diversity

14. Status of the Artist, Freedom of artistic expression

15. Gender Equality

16. Concluding Chapter: The way forward

Monitoring the diversity of cultural expressions globally: Priority monitoring domains

Respect of human rights

• Freedom of artistic expression/creation

• Status of artists

• Mobility of artists

• Media diversity

• Gender equality

Sovereign right

• Policies and measures adopted to reinforce different stages of the cultural value chain (creation, production, distribution/diffusion, participation access to culture)

Equitable access

• International cooperation and preferential treatment to facilitate the mobility of artists, open and balanced exchange of cultural goods and services

• Analysis of the impact of digital technologies on the diversity of cultural expressions

Complementary aspects

(economic & cultural)

• Integration of culture into sustainable development policies

Expected results of the project

1.

Governmental and civil

society actors participate in transparent

and informed policy making

processes

2.

Countries apply

evidence-based and informed

policy making

3.

Synergies in analysis and advocacy are created with

the Communication

Sector

Keeping in mind: Creating synergies with CI Sector

• Joint referencing to key indicators, frameworks and global reports in areas of freedom of expression and media diversity: Media Development Indicators (MDI), Culture for Development Indicators (CDIS), Global Reports on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development and publications in the Internet Freedom Series

Synergies in analysis of data and consolidation of indicators

• Experts recommended by CI Sector:

Shared expertise

• Joint presentation of GMR during World Press Freedom Day (3 May), World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (21 May), and World Radio Day (13 February)

Coordinated advocacy and messaging

For more information: http://en.unesco.org/creativity/

Thank you.