16th Ordinary Session of the MOST Intergovernmental Council

The Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme is an intergovernmental science programme that builds the knowledge-policy nexus for positive social change. MOST strengthens the link between what we know and how we act on it. The substantive aim is to promote a reset along a more inclusive path by tackling inequalities in its social, economic, environmental, and technological dimensions. 

In April 2023, the 16th Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) of MOST will be hosted at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The IGC convenes biennially to take stock of key achievements and articulates future courses of action, including research priority areas and programme strategy. 

Alongside the IGC, the MOST Forum will bring together leading thinkers and policy-makers for intellectual debates on the most significant challenges and solutions for social development.

For questions, please contact most@unesco.org.

18 April 2023, 11:00 – 12:00 | Room 2.002 

• About SAC 
• Provisional timetable (MOST/IGC/SAC/2023/001)
• Report of the Chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee of MOST (MOST/IGC/2023/005)

19 April 2023, 08:30 – 09:00, Room II

• About the Bureau 
• Provisional Programme (MOST/IGC/2023/001)

19 April 2023, 09:00 – 18:00 | Room II 

• About the IGC 
• Access Provisional Programme and All Meeting Documents

List of Documents

• Provisional Programme (MOST/IGC/2023/001)
• Provisional Agenda (MOST/IGC/2023/002)
• Report on the activities implemented by the Secretariat since the 15th session of the IGC (MOST/IGC/2023/003)
• Discussion of the updated Action Plan of the MOST Programme for the period 2022-2023 (MOST/IGC/2023/004)
• Report of the Chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee of MOST (MOST/IGC/2023/005)
• Report on the existence of MOST National committees and proposal for creation of in-country MOST networks (MOST/IGC/2023/006)
• Examination of the Secretariat’s report on the advances in the implementation of the general recommendations for all intergovernmental bodies approved by resolution 39 C/87 “Governance, procedures and working methods of the governing bodies of UNESCO” and Discussion on the proposals by the Member States to improve governance of MOST based on the report (MOST/IGC/2023/007)

Iulia Sevciuc, Programme Specialist, Inclusive Policy Lab, i.sevciuc@unesco.org

Christin Pfeiffer, Programme Specialist, Futures Literacy and Foresight, c.pfeiffer@unesco.org

For IGC Members: 

most@unesco.org