BSP/C/16/NGO/18 Reply to the Consultation of Member States and
Associate Members, including their National Commissions
for UNESCO, as well as of intergovernmental organizations
and international non-governmental organizations,
on the preparation of the Draft Programme
and Budget for 2018-2021 (39 C/5)
PAX ROMANA
UNESCO questionnaire on the Programme and Budget for the period 2018-2021 (39 C/5)
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Non-Governmental Organization in official relations
with UNESCO
Q1: Please select whether you are representing:
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Q10: For UN, IGO or NGO, please specify the name of
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IMCS PAX ROMANA
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Q11: Please enter your name and title below:
Edouard KAROUE (President), Evelina Manola
(Secretary General), Marguerite Dauny (UNESCO
Representative)
Q12: Please enter your e-mail address below:
[email protected], [email protected]
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Q13: Question 1: With respect to your national needs and priorities, for which of the following SDGs would you
require UNESCO’s support? Please indicate the level of priority by assigning High, Medium or Low to each
Goal.If you are a UN agency, IGO or NGO, please assess according to areas for joint collaboration with
UNESCO, whether at global, regional or local level.[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish to
avoid using only “High” ratings].
SDG 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere
High
SDG 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved
nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Medium
SDG 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
at all ages
Medium
SDG 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and
promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
High
SDG 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women
and girls
High
SDG 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of
water and sanitation for all
High
SDG 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable
and modern energy for all
Medium
SDG 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, full and productive employment and
decent work for all
High
SDG 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and
sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Medium
SDG 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
High
SDG 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable
Medium
SDG 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns
High
SDG 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and
its impacts
High
SDG 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas
and marine resources for sustainable development
Medium
SDG 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat
desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and
halt biodiversity loss
High
SDG 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to justice for all
and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at
all levels
High
SDG 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the global partnership for sustainable
development
Medium
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Q14: Question 2: From the following list, please rate the areas where you think UNESCO should further
capitalize on its multidisciplinary expertise and enhance its intersectoral approach to support Member States
in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish to avoid using
only “High” ratings]
Intercultural dialogue, peace building and the fight against
all forms of discrimination
High
Global citizenship education, including preventing violent
extremism
High
Education for sustainable development
High
Climate change
High
Biodiversity and management of transboundary natural
resources
Medium
Sustainable cities
Medium
Emergency preparedness and response (including Disaster
Risk Reduction)
Medium
Harnessing Digital and Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) for promoting sustainable development
Medium
Additional comment
We consider those items as priorities as they are the core of the mission of UNESCO in the world.
Q15: Question 3: Do you agree that the Organization should enable a more flexible, cost-efficient and effective
implementation of intersectoral programmes and projects?
(no label)
Somewhat agree
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Q16: Question 4: Do you agree that the Organization
continue giving the same emphasis to specific target
population or country groups?
Yes
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Q17: If your answer is yes, please rank the following by order of priority (1=Lowest to 5=highest):
Youth (in line with the UNESCO Operational Strategy on
Youth, 2014-2021)
5
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
5
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
3
Post-conflict and post-disaster situations (PCPD)
4
Most marginalized and impoverished segments of society,
including persons with disabilities
5
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PAGE 10: C - TARGET GROUPS
Q18: If your answer is no, you may wish to provide your
comment in the text box below:
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Q19: Question 5: In view of its limited resources, do you think that UNESCO should prioritize its regular budget
resource allocation to support its normative and upstream work, and complement its resources with
extrabudgetary funding to finance its operational work?
(no label)
Agree
Additional comment
As UNESCO has limited resources, we do agree that complementing resources should be searched in order to
promote its technical knowledge as any expert does, for the benefit of Member States than need it and can finance.
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Q20: 6.1. Major Programme I – Education
(no label)
Highly significant
Additional comment
IMCS Pax Romana is investing in the training education of young people who are meant to be the future leaders in
their countries in order to promote good practices based on justice and fight against discrimination and corruption., n
a few words, taking decisions for the benefit of all. We think that the Major Programme on Education is and should be
highly significant.
Q21: 6.2. Major Programme II – Natural Sciences, including the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
(IOC)
(no label)
Moderately significant
Q22: 6.3. Major Programme III – Social and human sciences
(no label)
Moderately significant
Q23: 6.4. Major Programme IV – Culture
(no label)
Highly significant
Additional comment
For the same reason as expressed above.
Q24: 6.5. Major Programme V – Communication and information
(no label)
Moderately significant
Q25: 6.6. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
(no label)
Moderately significant
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Q26: 6.7. Other (e.g. interdisciplinary/intersectoral activities)
(no label)
Moderately significant
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Q27: 7.1. Education thematic areas[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish to avoid using only
“High” ratings]
Relevance
UNESCO
Comparative
Advantage
Sector-wide policy and planning
Medium
High
Literacy
High
Medium
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET)
High
High
Higher education
High
Medium
Teachers
High
High
Promotion, monitoring and evaluation of learning outcomes
High
High
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education
Medium
High
Global citizenship education
High
High
Education for Sustainable Development
High
High
Health education, HIV and sexuality education
Medium
High
Global, regional and national coordination of Education 2030
Medium
High
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Q28: 7.2.a. Natural sciences thematic areas[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish to avoid
using only “High” ratings]
Releva
nce
UNESC
O
Compa
rative
Advant
age
Strengthening Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy and the science-policy
interface
Low
High
Enhancing capacity-building and education in basic and applied research in natural sciences
Medium High
Mobilizing local and indigenous knowledge and engagement with society, in particular with
vulnerable groups including SIDS and indigenous people
High
High
Expanding global cooperation in the geological sciences
Low
High
Enhancing risk reduction, early warning of natural hazards and disaster preparedness and
resilience
High
High
Strengthening the use of biosphere reserves as learning places for biodiversity conservation,
equitable and sustainable development, and climate change adaptation
Medium High
Strengthening responses to local, regional and global water security challenges by
enhancing knowledge, innovation, policies, human and institutional capacities and by
improving international cooperation
Medium High
Q29: 7.2.b. IOC thematic area[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish to avoid using only “High”
ratings]
Releva
nce
Strong scientific understanding and systematic observations of the changing world ocean
climate and ecosystems shall underpin sustainable development and global governance for a
healthy ocean, and global, regional and national management of risks and opportunities from
the Ocean
UNESC
O
Compa
rative
Advant
age
Medium High
Q30: 7.3. Social and human sciences thematic areas [Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish to
avoid using only “High” ratings]
UNESCO
Relevan
Comparativ
ce
e Advantage
Mobilizing knowledge and values to equip societies to comprehend and accompany
social transformations
High
High
Participatory and inclusive policy formulation to promote equity, rights and ethical
principles
High
High
Peaceful and inclusive societies harnessing the potential of dialogue and the
participation of youth
High
High
Integrity and governance of sport as an enabler of sustainable development and peace
Low
Medium
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Q31: 7.4. Culture thematic areas[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish to avoid using only
“High” ratings]
Releva
nce
UNESC
O
Compa
rative
Advant
age
Protecting cultural property in the event of an armed conflict (1954 Convention and its two
Protocols)
Medium High
Combating illicit import, export and transfer of cultural property and enhancing the capacities
of museums (1970 Convention and 2015 Recommendation concerning the Protection and
Promotion of Museums and Collections, their Diversity and their Role in Society)
Low
High
Identifying, protecting, monitoring and sustainably managing tangible heritage (1972
Convention and 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape)
Low
High
Protecting Underwater cultural heritage (2001 Convention)
Low
High
Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage, including indigenous and endangered
languages (2003 Convention)
Medium High
Sustaining and promoting the diversity of cultural expressions (2005 Convention and 1980
Status of the Artist Recommendation)
Medium High
Mainstreaming Gender Equality through the implementation of the culture conventions
Medium High
Culture for Sustainable Development, in particular through sustainable urban development
within the 2030 Agenda
Medium High
Emergency preparedness and response, including the implementation of the 2015 strategy to
reinforce UNESCO’s action for the protection of culture and the promotion of cultural
pluralism in the event of armed conflict
Low
Educational programmes to promote heritage values, creativity and cultural diversity
Medium High
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Q32: 7.5. Communication and information thematic areas[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may wish
to avoid using only “High” ratings]
Releva
nce
UNESC
O
Compa
rative
Advant
age
Freedom of expression and press freedom, including safety of journalists
Medium High
Media development through the International Programme for the Development of
Communication (IPDC)
Low
Medium
Enhanced pluralistic media and empowered audiences
Low
Medium
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education and open ICT solutions for
building inclusive knowledge societies
High
High
ICTs for creating employment and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
High
High
Universal access to knowledge including persons with disabilities, linguistic minorities,
people living in remote areas and other marginalized and vulnerable social groups (2003
Recommendation on the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to
Cyberspace)
High
High
Preservation of documentary heritage including through the Memory of the World Programme
Low
(MoW)
High
Implementation of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes
Medium High
Outcomes of the Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP) priorities promoted
Low
Medium
Q33: 7.6. UNESCO Institute for Statistics- Major work areas[Note: For the purpose of prioritization, you may
wish to avoid using only “High” ratings]
Relevance
UNESCO
Comparative
Advantage
Strengthening national statistics in Education
Low
Medium
Strengthening national statistics in STI
Low
Medium
Strengthening national statistics in Culture
Medium
Medium
Strengthening national statistics in Communication and Information
Low
Medium
Development of education indicators by UIS
Low
Medium
Production and dissemination of policy-relevant statistical information by UIS
Low
Medium
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Q34: Question 8: In the light of the programme assessment results in the SRR, as well as the findings of
external evaluations and your own assessment, please indicate which of the thematic area(s) listed above
under ‘Part F - Programme priorities for the future 39 C/5’ should be discontinued in the 39 C/5. Please use also
the same text box for any other related comment.[Note: For ease of reference you may wish to access the list
of thematic areas in the pdf version of the questionnaire]
In our point of view, if Programme priorities for the future should be discontinued in the 39 C/5 it would be in the
following fields:
1. Natural sciences and thematic areas.
2. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Those are important items but, since we have to make priorities we think that they could be discontinued and be
transferred to other specialized organisations which can work on these fields under the supervision and monitoring of
UNESCO.
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Q35: Question 9: If you wish to add any other general comment please enter your text in the box below:
Knowing that the resources of UNESCO are limited, our comments are based on the fact that UNESCO should focus on
what she stands for (Education, Science and Culture) where she acquired very important experience and fruitful
achievements, transferring the other thematics to most specialized organisations.
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