UNESCO Partnerships for SDG 16.10.2

UNESCO and its partners discussed the role of networks aimed at promoting SDG 16.10.2. The speakers presented UNESCO partnerships, such as the UNESCO Judges Initiative, the African Network of Information Commissioners (ANIC), a network of focal points of the UNESCO SDG 16.10.2 and an online training course on Access to Information policies, which created a web of five thousand ATI advocates.  

Moderator: 

• Jaco du Toit, Chief of Section, UNESCO Communication and Information sector

Speakers:

• Kanbar Hossein Bor, Head of the Democratic Governance and Media Freedom Department at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UK)
• Lucy N’dugu, Information Commissioner, Office of the Ombudsman of Kenya
• Toby Mendel, Chair, Freedom of Information Advocates Network (Canada)
• Sabin Ouellet, former chief prosecutor of Qubec
• Marius Lukosiunas, Advisor, UNESCO Communication and Information sector