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07052 Action will be articulated around the following main thrusts: reconstructing education systems;
providing advice and expertise in conflict resolution pertaining to natural resource management and
to disaster prevention and mitigation efforts, particularly on how to integrate early warning systems
into post-conflict and disaster responses; protecting damaged cultural and natural heritage, including
emergency consolidation/rehabilitation of damaged cultural heritage sites and institutions as well
as the safeguarding of endangered intangible cultural heritage; providing access to information;
strengthening the role of communication and information in fostering mutual understanding, peacebuilding
and reconstruction; providing access to humanitarian information in disaster environments;
promoting the development of institutional and human capacities for the development of sustained
free, independent and pluralistic media and strengthening the safety of media professionals.
07053 Expected results at the end of the biennium:
Effective post-conflict and post-disaster operations put in place, with proper
infrastructures and administrative mechanisms
Advisory services provided on natural resource management and the
revitalization of institutions in post-conflict and post-disaster affected countries
Support provided for cultural pluralism, intercultural dialogue and the
safeguarding and protection of damaged cultural heritage, including intangible
heritage, with a view to sustaining peace and social cohesion processes
Networks for media professionals promoted, and professional standards and
self-regulatory mechanisms in post-conflict environments enhanced
Capacity for media to report on peace-building, conflict resolution and disaster
awareness enhanced and access to humanitarian information in disaster
environments improved, and safety of media professionals enhanced
National/local planning, management and reform capacity for country-led
recovery and reconstruction improved in UNESCO’s fields of competence
Policy guidelines on conflict prevention and disaster risk reduction developed
and disseminated widely in affected Member States
Participation in United Nations integrated post-conflict and post-disaster
responses ensured, in particular with respect to common needs assessments,
OCHA consolidated appeals, strategic and programmatic frameworks as well as
funding mechanisms and improved national/local activity planning
Intersectoral Platform on UNESCO’s Contribution to the Mauritius Strategy for
the further implementation of the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
07054 The Platform spearheads UNESCO’s contribution to the United Nations strategy in support of
sustainable development in SIDS, drawing on the contributions of all five UNESCO programme sectors.
The overall objective is to mobilize UNESCO’s comparative advantage by developing fully intersectoral
activities that address priorities identified by SIDS Member States. To identify these priorities, the
Platform’s work is guided by the High-Level five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy that took place
in September 2010, as well as Decision 41 adopted by the 185th session of the Executive Board, and
Resolution 33 adopted by the 35th session of the General Conference. The proposed expected results
draw together inputs from across UNESCO’ s house-wide SIDS Task Team at Headquarters and in the
Field, laying the foundation for collaborative on-the-ground implementation.
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