The new vision of the 34 C4 and the 34 C5.pptVIP

Science education- HIV and AIDS- Education for sustainable development- Contribution to the Mauritius Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Islands developing States (SIDS)- Fostering ICT-enhanced learning- Strengthening national research systems- Languages and multilingualism- Enhancing linkages between cultural and biological diversity as a key basis to sustainable development- Contributing to dialogue among civilizations and cultures and a culture of peace- Support to countries in post conflict and post-disaster situations- Development of a cross-sectoral programme for capacity-building- Priority Africa: coordinating and monitoring the plan of action to benefit Africa * * The new vision of the 34 C/4 and the 34 C/5 Hans d’Orville, Director, Bureau of Strategic Planning Training Seminar for Secretaries General of Caribbean National Commissions for UNESCO Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 3-5 July 2007 * The UNESCO’s Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013 (34 C/4), articulates the strategic vision and overall programmatic direction for UNESCO’s action in all its domains at the global, regional and country levels for the upcoming six years The roadmap of the C/4 is translated into three consecutive biennial programme and budget documents (C/5), beginning with the Programme and Budget for 2008-2009 (34 C/5), ensuring a reliable linkage and coherence between C/4 and C/5 (‘seamless transition’) I. Linkages between 34 C/4 and 34 C/5 *  “Programme-based approach”: Content overrides administrative structure – all UNESCO action will be driven by and organized around specific and complex global challenges and problems, calling for a mobilization of all of UNESCO’s core competences Interdisciplinarity and intersectoral engagement as integral parts of the programming process Structure: 1 single mission statement guiding UNESCO’s action across all its areas of action 5 overarching objectives (OOs), expressing the unique core compete