Event
12th session of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP)
The Programme is guided in its planning and implementation by an , currently comprising 18 UNESCO Member States that are elected by UNESCO鈥檚 General Conference. The Council guides the planning and implementation of the programme by considering relevant proposals, recommending broad lines of action, assessing achievements, encouraging the participation of Member States, and supporting fundraising efforts.
The Intergovernmental Council elects a composed of six members: a Chair, four Vice-Chairs and a Rapporteur. Members of the Bureau fulfil their roles and responsibilities in accordance with the 鈥溾. The Members of the Bureau also assume the role as chair of 6 working groups.
The , corresponding to the 6 priority areas of IFAP, play an important role in the implementation of IFAP's activities and are responsible for developing detailed contributions to IFAP鈥檚 work. The 6 priorities are Information for Development, Information Literacy, Information Ethics, Information Preservation, Information Accessibility and Multilingualism.
In addition, several pursue the goals of IFAP at the national level by serving as a meeting point for various stake-holders and as an avenue for the transfer of knowledge from the international to the national level.
