What is the international community doing to fight crimes against journalists and impunity? What is the status of the judicial inquiries of journalists killed between 2006 and 2013? Are free, independent and pluralistic media a priority in the post-2015 development agenda? What is experience telling us about media development in the world? How can journalism excellence be promoted so that journalists can disseminate quality knowledge for peace, development and democracy around the world? And how can all this be properly and rigorously assessed?
These and many other issues will be discussed by the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), which opens in the UNESCO Headquarters (Paris, France) on 20 November 2014. A special session will also be devoted to online privacy and freedom of expression, including the right to be forgotten.
IPDC was set up in 1980 as the only intergovernmental programme in the UN system mandated to mobilize international support in order to contribute to sustainable development, democracy and good governance by strengthening the capacities of free and independent media. Since its creation, IPDC has channeled about US$ 105 million to over 1,700 media development projects in some 140 countries.
IPDC’s Council is composed of 39 Member States elected by UNESCO’s General Conference. It meets once every two years to reflect on the latest trends in the media development field and give direction to the Programme. In addition to projects supported on an annual basis all over the world, IPDC has also launched a series of initiatives aimed at building a knowledge base in strategic areas, such as:
- Safety of Journalism
- Global Initiative for Excellence in Journalism education
- Assessing Media Development: Media Development Indicators
- IPDC and Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Knowledge Driven Media Development
- Media sustainability
The IPDC Council will also elect a new Chair and new Bureau members. For further information about the Council meeting, please visit the IPDC website.
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