33^rd General Conference of UNESCO
( 3 - 21 October 2005, Paris, France )
WSIS IMPLEMENTATION & FOLLOW-UP

Draft Budget Projet de Budget UNESCO and the WSIS L'UNESCO et le SMSI Amendment to the Draft Programme and Budget submitted by Italy Suggestions concerning Open Access in paragraph 0511 ( 33G p 195) V1.1 "Creating an enabling environment for the promotion of freedom of expression and universal access" strategic approaches. ( 18 August 2005 ) : Requests the Member States (a) (b) (c) to foster through the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) dissemination of the principles of open access; to foster dissemination of the principles of open access, particularly in universities; to promote developing countries' open access to archives for the sake of spreading scientific know-how; Invites the Director-General (a) to assess the feasibility of creating a database on existing open access initiatives worldwide and to report at the forthcoming sessions of the Executive Board and the General Conference on the progress of open access strategies throughout the world; to promote a network of national working groups with a view to fostering open access in their universities, to cooperate internationally in initiatives and projects on the subject of open access, and to promote the training of experts for cooperation in the publication of and open access to texts free of charge. Our informal suggestions concerning Open Access - ( version 3 ) Nos suggestions informelles concernant le Libre Accès - ( version 3 ) Our informal suggestions concerning Free Software - Records of the General Conference - Resolutions Excerpts of interests, page 227 / p 225 pdf : 20. Having examined 33 C/DR.68 (submitted by Italy) which proposes in paragraph 0511 to include a reference to UNESCO's contribution to the implementation of the concept of "universal access" and "open access", particularly to scientific works in universities, the Commission recommended that the General Conference invite the Director-General to take the concerns of its author into account in formulating the work plans. Unfortunately, UNESCO Director-General has not, as invited by Italy in August, made a report at the forthcoming sessions of the Executive Board and the General Conference on the progress of open access strategies throughout the world. May be the schedule was too tight for the 33 C in October. It is hoped this report could be prepared soon. It remains to be seen how Italy's concerns are going to be taken into account in current work plans. Italy and other national delegations should be vigilant that UNESCO is compliant with this resolution.

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