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National Commission Regional Consultation
Europe & North America Region
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Download Fact Sheet on the Regional Consultation Process  54 kb (last update: February 2008).
 All National Commissions of a very same region meet once every two years for a REGIONAL CONSULTATION.
 Members make suggestions on UNESCO's Medium-Term Strategy (Draft C/4 Document) and on the next biennium's Programme and Budget (Draft C/5 Document), thereby starting the process of UNESCO's Programme elaboration.
2008 Regional Consultation : The Hague, Antwerp (31 May – 4 June, 2008)
Professor Alec Boksenberg (Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO; also Chair of the Natural Sciences Committee), Ms Sue Davies (Chair of the Culture Committee) and Professor John Morgan (Interim Chair of the Education Committee; also Convenor of the UK UNITWIN UNESCO Chairs Group) attended the 2008 Regional Consultation.
Mr Andreas Westerwinter (Deputy UK Permanent Delegate to UNESCO) attended as an observer.
Key Documents
UK National Commission Report (pdf, 2 pages)
Response of UK National Commission for UNESCO to the Regional Consultation Questionnaire on the Preparation of the Draft Programme and Budget for 2010-2011 (35 C/5) (pdf, 16 pages)
Final Report of the Director-General’s Consultation and 15th Quadrennial and Statutory Conference of National Commissions for UNESCO in Europe and North America 2008 (pdf, 19 pages)
Other Background Documents
UNESCO 2008-9 Programme and Budget (34 C/5 - approved)
UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy 2008 - 2013 (34 C/4) Summary Fact Sheet 156kb, 2 pages
2006 Regional Consultation : Athens (June 25-28, 2006)
Professor Alec Boksenberg (Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO; also Chair of the Natural Sciences Committee), Ms Sue Davies (Chair of the Culture Committee) and Mr Bob Doe (Member of the Education Committee) attended the 2006 Regional Consultation.
Mr Andreas Westerwinter (Deputy UK Permanent Delegate to UNESCO) attended as an observer.
Key Documents
UK Submission (download)
Questionnaire and associated document download all
Questionnaire and Annexes Only ((Questionnaire - 14 pages; Annexes - 13 pages)
Deliberations Only (Summary of deliberation at the last General Conference * - 15 pages)
Final Report (prepared by UNESCO) (download)
Other Background Documents
UNESCO 2006-7 Programme and Budget (33 C/5 - approved) download
UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy 2002 - 2007 (31 C/4) Download
Regional report from 2004 consultation (Europe and N America region) download
The UNESCO Director-General’s Reflections on the Future Role of UNESCO: Some Key Issues, Trends and Challenges (pursuant to General Conference 33 C/Resolution 64) (download)
* The summary of deliberations at the 2005 October General Conference highlights issues on which Member States were invited to provide guidance and direction, including the scope of UNESCO’s future action; the linkage between UNESCO’s strategy and programmes; the reflection of UNESCO’s mission and functions; the approach to strategic objectives for UNESCO’s programmes; the selection of cross-cutting themes and intersectoral approaches; as well as the results-based approach, which is reflected in the formulation of “expected outcomes” for each strategic objective.
2004 Regional Consultation : Zurich (June 19-24, 2004)
Professor Alec Boksenberg (Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO; also Chair of the Natural Sciences Committee) attended.
Key Documents
UK Intervention delivered by Alec Boksenberg (download)
Final Report (prepared by UNESCO) (download)
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