First Consultation Meeting of National Committees

for the UNESCO Information for All Programme

Moscow, 7-8 December 2009

Programme

6 December (Sunday)
19:00 /

Arrivalofparticipants

Dinner

7 December (Monday)
9:30 / Opening and welcome addresses:
  • Evgeny Kuzmin, Chair, Russian IFAP Committee, President, Interregional Library Cooperation Centre
  • Karol Jakubowicz, Chair, Bureau of Intergovernmental Council, UNESCO Information for All Programme
  • Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Executive Secretary, Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
  • Ekaterina Chukovskaya, Deputy Minister−Secretary of State,Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
  • Boyan Radoykov, Secretary, Intergovernmental Council for IFAP
Moderators:
Karol Jakubowicz
Boyan Radoykov
  • Presentation of the objectives of the Meeting
  • Adoption of the Programme of the Meeting

10:15−18:00
Coffee break::
11:30−11:50 / Plenary session. Current situation of IFAP:
Introductory presentation by the Russian IFAP Committee
General Report
Evgeny Kuzmin, Chair, Russian IFAP Committee; President, Interregional Library Cooperation Centre
Programme for the Creation of Legal Access Information Centres Network in Russia
Vyacheslav Yudin, Deputy Director, Dept of Legal Information, Spetssvyaz of Russia
Participation of Business in the Implementation of the UNESCO Information for All Programme in Russia
Irina Mironova, Vice-President, Codex Legal Information Consortium
Preservation of Linguistic Diversity and Its Development In Cyberspace: Yakut Experience
Nadezhda Zaikova, First Deputy Minister,Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Developing the Concept of the Individual Information Culture in Russia
Ekaterina Kudrina, Rector, KemerovoStateUniversity of Culture and Arts
Natalia Gendina, Director, Research Institute of Information Technologies in SocialSphereKemerovoStateUniversity of Culture and Arts
Valery Ponomarev, Vice-Rector, KemerovoStateUniversity of Culture and Arts
Moderators:
Karol Jakubowicz
Boyan Radoykov
13:30−14:30 / Lunch
14:30−18:00 /
  • Brief presentation of activities by the participants
  • Identification of major problems and challenges
  • Presentation and discussion on the Guidelines for theestablishment and operation of a National IFAPCommittee
  • Defining a procedure by which the Bureau canrecognize the National IFAP Committee that bestcontributes to implementing IFAP goals and promoteInformation for All
  • Continuation of the discussion
Moderators:
Karol Jakubowicz
Boyan Radoykov
19:00−20:00 / Classical musicconcert
20:00−22:00 / Reception by the Russian IFAP Committee
and Xerox Corporation
8 December (Tuesday)
09:30−13.00
Coffee break:
11.30−11.50 / 2 Working groups:
  • Implementing the Template for National InformationSociety Policy
  • Prospects for new synergies and enhanced multilateralcollaborations in the framework of IFAP
  • Publicity and visibility
  • Funding
Working Group 1
Moderator:
Divina Frau-Meigs, Expert, French National Commission for UNESCO, Professor, University Sorbonne;Chair, French IFAP Committee.
Rapporteur:
Verena Metze-Mangold, Director, Film Fonds, Hessischer Rundfunk; Vice-President, German National Commission for UNESCO
Working Group 2
Moderator:
Srisakdi Charmonman, Chair, Board and Chief Executive Officer, College of Internet Distance Education, Assumption University
Rapporteurs:
Ľudovít Molnár, Professor, Dean of Faculty, SlovakUniversity of Technology; Chair, Slovakian IFAP National Committee
Niv Ahituv, Director, Netvision Institute for Internet Studies; Chair, Israel IFAP National Committee
13:30−14:30 / Lunch
15:00−18:00 / Plenary session: Reporting back from the 2 working groupsand Proposals for improvement of the existing collaborationand IFAPimplementation
Moderators:
Karol Jakubowicz
Boyan Radoykov
18:00 / Closure of the Meeting
19:00 / Dinner
9 December (Wednesday) / Departure of participants