UNESCOs RELATIONS WITH PARTNERS: UNESCO CLUBS, PARLIAMENTARIANS, CITIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

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UNESCO Clubs and New Partnerships Sector for
External Relations and Cooperation
Information Seminar for New Secretary-Generals Of
the National Commissions for UNESCO ? 27 February
2007 ? Akané NOZAKI (ERC/PTS)
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ERC/PTSUNESCO Clubs and New PartnershipsSector
for External Relations and CooperationUNESCO

• Parliamentarians
• Cities and Local Authorities
• UNESCO Clubs

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? PARLIAMENTARIANS ?

• Have direct impact on the preparation of national
  legislation
• Responsible for approving and allocating of
  national budgets
• Can convey UNESCOs message to the grassroots
  communities

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Cooperation with Parliamentariansat
International level

• Inter-Parliamentary Union
• (IPU)
• Established in 1889
• International organization of Parliaments
• 148 national parliaments and 7 international
  parliamentary assemblies (February 2007)
• Administers institutional co-operation between UN
  and its Special Agencies
• Agreement with UNESCO concluded in 1997

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Cooperation with Parliamentariansat regional
level

• ? Agreements with
• Parlamento Latinoamericano (1994)
• Parliamentary Assembly for Francophonie (2005)
• ? Cooperation on ad hoc basis
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• European Parliament
• African Parliamentary Union (APU)
• Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU)
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)

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Cooperation with Parliamentariansat national
level

• Creation of Parliamentary Focal Points for UNESCO
  in charge of relations with National Commissions
• Permanent link between the activities of the
  Parliaments and those of National Commissions

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? CITIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES ?

• Municipalities
• Cities
• Local Authorities
• Associations of cities

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UN-HABITAT

• The United Nations Human Settlements Programme,is
  the United Nations agency for human settlements.
• MoU concluded in March 2005

UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments)

• Established in May 2004
• Largest world organization made up of cities and
  national associations of local authorities in
  over 127 countries
• Agreement approved by UNESCOs Executive Board

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? UNESCO CLUBS ?
?? What are UNESCO Clubs ??

• Groups of people of all ages, from every kind of
  social and professional background and origin,
  from all over the world, who share a firm belief
  in the ideals of UNESCO
• Members of UNESCO Clubs work as volunteers to
  implement UNESCOs ideals at grass roots level
• Disseminates UNESCOs objectives and promotes
  UNESCOs values in local communities

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UNESCO Clubs Key dates

• 19 July 1947 Very first UNESCO Club created in
  Japan
• 4 November 1949 Mr Jaime Terres-Bodet, then DG
  of UNESCO, launched an appeal for the creation of
  UNESCO Clubs in secondary schools and
  universities
• April 1978 1st World Congress of UNESCO Clubs
• July 1981 Creation of the World Federation of
  UNESCO Clubs
• Today More than 3600 UNESCO Clubs in over 90
  countries

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Main functions of UNESCO Clubs

• Training
• Dissemination of information
• Action

Roles of National Commissions

• Provide necessary information and/or advice
• Verify whether the new Club subscribes to the
  UNESCO founding
• principles non-profit activities
• Give official recognition and permission to use
  the Organizations name

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Regional Federations of UNESCO Clubs

• Asia and Pacific Federation (1974)
• Afirican confederation (1999)
• European Federation (2001)
• Arab States Federation (2005)
• Latin America and Caribbean Federation

World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centre and
Associations (WFUCA)

• provides general co-ordination services
• Encourages active co-operation among National
  Federations through interregional and sub
  regional programmes

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National Commissions for UNESCO

• Permanent bridges linking UNESCO with the civil
  society
• Extended arms of UNESCO
• Best position to judge the very value of UNESCOs
  partners
• Raising UNESCOs profile at national level
• Providing advice/ information about UNESCO
• and its programmes.
• Providing relevant documentation
• (legal instruments, facts, statistics,
• data etc)
• Organization of / participation in briefing
• sessions
• (Seminars, roundtables, lectures, etc)

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• UNESCO Clubs and New Partnerships
• Sector for External Relations and Cooperation
• ERC/PTS

Mr Massoud ABTAHI Chief ERC/PTS m.abtahi_at_unesco.o
rg Ms Akané NOZAKI a.nozaki_at_unesco.org
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• THANK YOU