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To Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions not members of the Intergovernmental Committee, and UNESCO Member States not parties to the Convention 8 December 2021 Culture Sector The Assistant Director-General Ref.: CLT/CCE/DCE/21/8813 Subject: Fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (8-11 February 2022) Sir/Madam, On behalf of the Director-General, I am pleased to invite your Government to participate, as an observer, in the fifteenth 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 8 to 11 February 2022. The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 8 February at 3 p.m. and registration will begin at 2 p.m. Please find attached the provisional agenda for the session. I would like to seize this opportunity to highlight the launch of the third edition of the 2005 Convention’s Global Report Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity, which will take place on Tuesday, 8 February from 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. in Room I. In addition, the Secretariat will be organising several events 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, 8 February from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room IV, • a working meeting between the 15 IGC Bureau Members and civil society observers, which will be held on Tuesday, 8 February from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room IX, Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Education, la Science et la Culture 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France T: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00  • a panel discussion on “The Healing Power of Culture & Creativity”, organized in partnership with the World Health Organization, which will take place on Thursday, 10 February from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. in Room I, • a presentation of the results of the EU/UNESCO project “Supporting new regulatory frameworks to strengthen the cultural and creative industries and promote South-South cooperation”, which will take place on Friday, 11 February from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room I. Further information as well as documents corresponding to the items included in the provisional agenda will be made available in accordance with the statutory deadline (four weeks prior to the opening of the Committee) at the following address: https://en.unesco.org/creativity/. The working languages for this session with be English and French, with simultaneous interpretation provided in both languages. Participants’ travel and subsistence expenses will be borne by the Government they represent. For information concerning visas and other formalities for entering France, please contact the French consulate or its mission in your city/country. This letter, together with an official letter from you indicating the name(s) of your State’s representative(s), can be used when applying for a visa. Should you wish to designate a representative to attend this session, please confirm his/her participation no later than 16 January 2022 by registering online: http://www.unesco.org/culture/2005convention/registration. Mr David Martel Pintado is available to assist you with any technical difficulties you may encounter (tel: +33 1 45 68 18 76 or +33 1 45 68 15 05; email: [email protected]). For all other questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Secretariat 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 15 IGC DCE/22/15.IGC/1 Paris, 8 December 2021 Original: French INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS Fifteenth session UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 8 – 11 February 2022 Item 1 of the provisional agenda: Adoption of the agenda Decision required: paragraph 2 DCE/22/15.IGC/1 – page 2 1. Provisional agenda of the fifteenth 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 fourteenth session of the Committee 4. Report of the Secretariat on its activities and the implementation of the Committee’s decisions (2021) 5. Transmission of new quadrennial periodic reports 6. Report on the implementation of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (2021) and recommended projects from the twelfth call for funding requests 7. Revised draft Guidelines on the Use of the Resources of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity 8. Provisional budget of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (2022-2023) 9. Report on the feasibility study for the creation of a regular consultation mechanism of the Committee with micro, small and medium-sized cultural and creative enterprises 10. Preliminary reflections to recognise and encourage the efforts made by cultural institutions and organisations to provide access to a diversity of cultural expressions 11. Collaboration with civil society to implement the Convention and the conclusions of the third Civil Society Forum 12. Future activities of the Committee: work plan and calendar (2022-2023) 13. Date of the sixteenth session of the Committee 14. Election of the members of the Bureau of the sixteenth session of the Committee Closing 2. The Committee may wish to adopt the following decision: DRAFT DECISION 15.IGC 1 The Committee, 1. Having examined Document DCE/22/15.IGC/1, 2. Adopts the agenda of the session contained in the above-mentioned document.