UNESCO- BSP has produced
two new e-publication collections...

UNESCO-mainstreaming series
&
Dialogue among Civilizations collection

Strategic Thinking and Planning
June 2002 Presentation by the Bureau of Strategic Planning to UNESCO's "Leadership and Change Management Programme" (LCMP) on Strategic Thinking and Planning.
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UNESCO's presentation to the United Nation's Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ)
June 2002 Presentation by the Director of the Bureau of Strategic Planning to the United Nation's Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the status of the Director-General's administrative and management reforms within UNESCO.
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Message to the Children of the
Twenty-first Century
An International Symposium Commemorating the
50th Anniversary of Japan’s Participation in UNESCO
3 July 2001, Tokyo, Japan

'The children of the twenty-first century will face many challenges. What should they be learning to help them overcome these challenges, and how should they be learning? These are questions that are particularly important now, as values continue to diversify and the world continues to change. This book presents six themes that are linked by the concept of harmony. ... This idea of harmony in place of confrontation in solving our various problems is one that the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, emphasized in his inaugural address in 1999, and this concept is reflected in UNESCO’s initiatives to promote dialogue among civilizations...'
Atsuko Toyama
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

'As children of the twenty-first century, no matter where you are and how different you may be, you have at least one thing in common: you all embody our hope for the future. It is our hope that you will carry on doing what the preceding generations ... have done well; more than this, we hope that you will do even better, far better, than us. ...
'As we begin the new century, our top priority must be the eradication of poverty, ignorance, and violence, each of which acquires new dimensions and new meanings in a world characterized by globalization.'
Koïchiro Matsuura
Director-General of UNESCO
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At its final meeting, the 31^st session of the General Conference adopted UNESCO's Medium-Term Strategy (2002-2007) and its Programme and Budget (2002-2003).

UNESCO's new Medium-Term Strategy sets forth the general policies of the Organization, its mission, strategic objectives and related strategies in each of UNESCO's fields of competence. It represents an integral part and the programmatic pillar of the reform process which has already been launched by the Organization. The clear structure of the Strategy is built  around a set of well-defined strategic and sub-strategic objectives and two cross-cutting themes to be pursued during 2002 - 2007.

The Organization's new unifying theme is as follows:  "UNESCO contributing to peace and human development in an era of globalization through education, the sciences, culture and communication".

The Approved Medium-Term Strategy (31 C/4 Approved) will be available at the beginning of 2002.

UNESCO's new Programme and Budget was also adopted by the General Conference setting the Organization’s biennial budget at US$ 544 million for the two years ahead (2002-2003) which represents zero percent nominal growth - negative growth in real terms.

The General Conference unanimously approved the Organization’s programme priorities, proposed by the Director-General, in favour of basic education; fresh water resources and ecosystems; the ethics of science and technology; diversity, intercultural pluralism and dialogue; and universal access to information, especially in the public domain.

The Approved Programme and Budget (31 C/5 Approved) will be available at the beginning of 2002.