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The Assistant Director-General for Culture To Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 1 April 2021 Ref.: CLT/CCE/DCE/21/1851 Subject: Eighth session of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (1-4 June 2021) Dear Sir/Madam, On behalf of the Director-General, l am pleased to invite your Government to participate in the eighth session of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which will take place from 1 to 4 June 2021. In light of the ongoing pandemic, this session will be held online every day from 12.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. (Central European Time). For the opening of the session on 1st June, participants will be asked to connect to the meeting at 11.30 a.m. The session will be conducted in the six working languages of the Conference of Parties. You will find attached the provisional agenda for this Conference. The “General Debate” on the implementation of the Convention by its stakeholders will take place on 1 June 2021. It will give Parties and observers an opportunity to discuss new initiatives to overcome the common challenges facing the governing bodies. l would be most grateful if you could confirm your participation or that of your designated representatives by registering online no later than 17 May 2021 using the following link: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpf- mpqDwuHdJtMsge3zYzhfjDwmbEqc9C. Please note that only registered participants will have an active connection to the session, allowing them to take the floor. Other participants will be able to follow the work of the Conference through a live webcast. ./… 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, France Tél. : +33 (0)1 45 68 01 34 www.unesco.org  -2– Given the limited number of active connections that can be supported by the Zoom platform, please note that the Secretariat will only be able to guarantee two active connections to Parties to the Convention and one active connection to Member States not Parties to the Convention. Further information as well as documents corresponding to items on the provisional agenda will be made available from 3 May 2021 at the following address: https://en.unesco.org/creativity/governance/statutory-meetings/conference- parties/8th. The Secretariat is at your disposal to answer any further question you might have: [email protected]. Furthermore, I would like to inform you that the third edition of the Civil Society Forum will take place prior to the Conference on Monday, 31 May 2021. The provisional agenda of this Forum will be published on the Convention's website. Finally, l would like to remind you that States Parties to the Convention that wish to present their candidature for election to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions are requested to do so before 20 April 2021 to the Secretariat of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO, Culture Sector, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France; e-mail: [email protected]). Please accept, dear Sir/Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration. Ernesto Ottone R. Enc.: Provisional agenda cc: Permanent Delegations of the Parties concerned UNESCO National Commissions of the Parties concerned Contact Points of the Parties to the 2005 Convention 8 CP DCE/21/8.CP/2 Paris, 2 April 2021 Original: French CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS Eighth session Online 1- 4 June 2021 Item 2 of the provisional agenda: Adoption of the agenda Decision required: paragraph 2 DCE/21/8.CP/2 – page 2 1. Provisional agenda of the eighth session of the Conference of Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (hereinafter “the Conference of Parties”): Opening of the session 1. Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson(s) and Rapporteur of the Conference of Parties 2. Adoption of the agenda 3. Approval of the list of observers 4. Adoption of the detailed summary record of the seventh session of the Conference of Parties 5. General debate on the implementation of the Convention by its stakeholders 6. Presentation of the conclusions of the third edition of the Civil Society Forum 7. Report of the Committee on its activities and decisions (2020-2021) 8. Secretariat’s report on its activities (2019-2020) 9. Quadrennial periodic reports: transmission of new reports and implementation of the capacity-building programme on participatory policy monitoring 10. Status report on the national roadmaps for the implementation of the Convention in the digital environment 11. Updated progress report on the implementation of Article 16 on preferential treatment for developing countries 12. Report on the implementation of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity 13. Future activities of the Committee (2022-2023) 14. Election of the Members of the Committee Closing of the session 2. The Conference of Parties may wish to adopt the following resolution: DRAFT RESOLUTION 8.CP 2 The Conference of Parties, 1. Having examined Document DCE/11/8.CP/2, 2. Adopts the agenda of the session contained in the aforementioned document.