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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, non- members of the Intergovernmental Committee, and States not parties to the Convention 3 December 2020 Ref.: CLT/CCE/DCE/20/7707 Subject: Fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2-5 February 2021) Sir/Madam, On behalf of the Director-General, I am pleased to invite your Government to participate in the fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, to be held from 2 to 5 February 2021. Please find attached the provisional agenda for this session. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is unfortunately not possible at this stage to specify the meeting modalities for this session. The Secretariat is currently exploring various options (in person, online or a combination of these options) and technical arrangements that would allow the session to be held in full compliance with both statutory and public health requirements. These options will be presented to the Bureau of the fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee, in order to determine the best possible option for the next session, based on the host country’s latest public health recommendations. As soon as a decision has been reached, the Secretariat will inform Parties of the relevant arrangements. Despite the exceptional circumstances, please rest assured that the Secretariat will spare no effort to provide an optimal working environment for the next session of the Committee. For any additional information, please send an e-mail to the Convention’s Secretariat at the following e-mail address: [email protected]. 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, France Tél. : +33 (0)1 45 68 15 05 www.unesco.org ./…  -2- I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued interest and support for the implementation of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Please accept, Sir/Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration. Ernesto Ottone R. Enc. Provisional Agenda cc: Permanent Delegations to UNESCO of the countries concerned National Commissions for UNESCO of the countries concerned National Contact Points of Parties to the 2005 Convention of the countries concerned. 14 IGC DCE/21/14.IGC/1 Paris, 3 December 2020 Original: French INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS Fourteenth session Paris, UNESCO Headquarters 2-5 February 2021 Item 1 of the provisional agenda: Adoption of the agenda Decision required: paragraph 2 DCE/21/14.IGC/1 – page 2 1. Provisional agenda of the fourteenth 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 thirteenth session of the Committee 4. Secretariat’s report on its activities (2020) 5. Preliminary analytical report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cultural and creative industries, and the findings of the ResiliArt movement 6. Quadrennial periodic reports: transmission of new reports and implementation of the capacity building programme on participatory policy monitoring 7. Narrative report on the International Fund for Cultural Diversity 8. Recommended projects from the eleventh call for funding requests to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity 9. Update on the implementation of the recommendations of the second external evaluation of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity 10. Analysis of the Guidelines on the Use of the Resources of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity, with a view to their possible revision and updating 11. Draft of the new fundraising strategy for the International Fund for Cultural Diversity 12. Progress report on the implementation of Article 16 on preferential treatment for developing countries 13. Synergies with the 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist 14. Establishment of an assistance programme for the implementation of the Convention in the digital environment 15. Collaboration with civil society to implement the Convention 16. Report of the Committee on its activities and decisions (2020-2021) 17. Date of the fifteenth session of the Committee 18. Election of the members of the Bureau of the fifteenth session of the Committee Closing  DCE/21/14.IGC/1 – page 3 2. The Committee may wish to adopt the following decision: DRAFT DECISION 14.IGC 1 The Committee, 1. Having examined Document DCE/21/14.IGC/1, 2. Adopts the agenda of the session contained in the above-mentioned document.