{"id":41809,"date":"2020-11-19T17:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=41809"},"modified":"2020-11-19T17:33:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:33:57","slug":"iceland-to-support-development-of-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/iceland-to-support-development-of-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland to support development of communication"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNESCO and Iceland have signed an Agreement, aiming at providing the first financial support of Iceland to the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). <\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Agreement was signed by Unnur Orrad\u00f3ttir-Ramette Permanent Delegate of Iceland to UNESCO with Jean-Yves Le Saux, Director of the Bureau of Strategic Planning at UNESCO.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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UNESCO\u00b4s Le Saux and Ambassador Orrad\u00f3ttir-Ramette.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iceland joins forces with other donors, including the Nordics countries. Their support is focused on the promotion of free and pluralistic media development in developing countries. The predictable nature of the Icelandic support, that covers 4 years, is significant. It will allow for a better planning and effective implementation. The first-year contribution from Iceland will allow UNESCO to implement relevant projects to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is vital since freedom of speech and access to information are essential to face this crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIceland is pleased to become a contributor to the IPDC at this point in time. We celebrate its 40th anniversary next week. Having strong and independent media is important to all societies. This is true especially now with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to working with the IPDC for the next four years. We are delighted to be contributing to the development of media and capacity building of media professionals” declared Ambassador Orrad\u00f3ttir-Ramette.<\/p>\n

40th anniversary<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jean-Yves Le Saux stressed the importance of the predictable and flexible funding from Iceland. \u00a0In addition IPDC secretary Guy Berger thanked Iceland for its support. He noted that the Programme marked its 40th anniversary on 24 November with an important role going ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cIceland\u2019s support will help build the capacity of journalists in developing countries. They have an important role in supplying the public with reliable information by means of a strong and independent media sector. This is a key to countering the current infodemic\u201d. He added: \u201cAll contributions to media development are appreciated and make a difference. However, we particularly value this multi-year commitment from Iceland.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNESCO and Iceland have signed an Agreement, aiming at providing the first financial support of Iceland to the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The Agreement was signed by Unnur Orrad\u00f3ttir-Ramette Permanent Delegate of Iceland to UNESCO with Jean-Yves Le Saux, Director of the Bureau of Strategic Planning at UNESCO. First contribution Iceland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":41811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20052],"tags":[20076,242],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}