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To the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, not Members of the Intergovernmental Committee, and to the States Member of UNESCO, not Parties to the Convention 8 December 2022 Culture Sector The Assistant Director-General Ref: CLT/CCE/DCE/22/10675 Subject: Sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (7-10 February 2023) Sir/Madam, On behalf of the Director-General, I am pleased to invite your government to participate, as an observer, in the sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Room I (Fontenoy Building) from 7 to 10 February 2023. The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 7 February at 3 p.m. and registration will begin at 2 p.m. Please find enclosed the provisional agenda for this session. I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the Secretariat will organize an online exchange session with civil society organizations on Friday, 10 February at 10 a.m., in accordance with Decision 15.IGC 11 of the Intergovernmental Committee, as well as an online exchange session with cultural organizations and institutions on Thursday, 9 February at 3 p.m. In addition, several events will take place on the margins of the formal session, including: • a meeting of National Commissions and National Points of Contact for the Convention, which will be held on Tuesday, 7 February from 10 to 11 a.m. • a working session between the members of the Bureau of the sixteenth session of the Committee and civil society observers, which will be held on Tuesday, 7 February from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. • a screening of the films produced within the framework of the "UNESCO-Nara Film Residency" programme, which will take place on Wednesday, 8 February at 6 p.m. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France T: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 55 Further information as well as documents corresponding to items inscribed on the provisional agenda will be made available in accordance with the statutory deadline (four weeks before the opening session of the Committee) at the following address: https://www.unesco.org/creativity/en/sixteenth-session-intergovernmental-committee. The working languages for the session will be English and French, with simultaneous interpretation provided in both languages. Travel and subsistence expenses of participants will be borne by the government they represent. For all enquiries concerning visas or other formalities required to enter France, I kindly invite you to contact the French consulate or mission in your city or country. The present letter, together with a letter from your government indicating the name of your country’s representative(s), may be used when applying for a visa. I would be grateful if you could confirm your participation or that of your designated representative(s) by registering online, no later than 16 January 2023, at the following address: https://en.unesco.org/creativity/form/registration-sixteenth-intergovernmental- committee. In case of technical difficulties, Mr. David Martel Pintado is at your disposal for assistance (tel: +33 1 45 68 18 76 or +33 1 45 68 15 05; email: [email protected]). For any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Secretariat of the Convention at the following email address: [email protected]. Please accept, Sir/Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration. Yours sincerely, Ernesto Ottone R. Enc. Provisional agenda Cc: Permanent Delegations to UNESCO of the States concerned National Commissions for UNESCO of the States concerned 2005 Convention National Points of Contact of the States concerned 2/2 16 IGC DCE/23/16.IGC/1 Paris, 8 December 2022 Original: French INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS Sixteenth Session UNESCO Headquarters, Room I 7 – 10 February 2023 Item 1 of the provisional agenda: Adoption of the agenda Decision required: paragraph 2 DCE/23/16.IGC/1 – page 2 1. Provisional agenda of the sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (hereinafter "the Committee"): Opening 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of observers 3. Adoption of the detailed summary record of the fifteenth session of the Committee 4. Report of the Secretariat on its activities and the implementation of the Committee’s decisions (2022) 5. Transmission of new quadrennial periodic reports and proposals to rationalize their submission cycles 6. Report on the implementation of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity and its fundraising strategy (2022) 7. Recommended projects from the thirteenth call for funding requests to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity 8. Report on the consultation of UNESCO networks in view of improving consultations with micro, small and medium-sized cultural and creative enterprises 9. Proposals aiming to improve the engagement of cultural organizations and institutions to promote access to a diversity of cultural expressions 10. Collaboration with civil society to implement the Convention and proposals for the organization of the fourth Forum 11. Report of the Committee on its activities and decisions (2022-2023) 12. Date of the seventeenth session of the Committee 13. Election of the members of the Bureau of the seventeenth session of the Committee Closing 2. The Committee may wish to adopt the following decision: DRAFT DECISION 16.IGC 1 The Committee, 1. Having examined document DCE/23/16.IGC/1, 2. Adopts the agenda of the session contained in the above-mentioned document.