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?A Society of Virtual Literatures? (Helsinki, 20/21 May 2005) is an International conference on the Internet as new space for the dissemination and promotion of literary translation. Literary translation is an invaluable tool for linguistic and cultural diversification within the international book market. But without joint support and promotion measures, literary translation runs the risk of serving the expansion of limited number tongues and literary expressions. To provide this kind of support, there are today in the world some one hundred public and private organisations. The international conference ?A Society of Virtual Literatures? will gather some forty experts and managers of support programmes to analyse and measure how the Internet is changing their work, and where.
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UNESCO organized a three-day expert meeting on "Cultural Diversity in Knowledge Societies" in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, from 17 to 19 May 2005. The event took place in the framework of the conference "UNESCO between the two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" organized by the Russian authorities.
The meeting was one of UNESCO?s thematic meetings in preparation for the second meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005).
The purpose of this meeting was to measure sustainability of cultural diversity through the opportunities offered by ICT for future knowledge societies.
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UNESCO, together with the Naledi3d Factory of South Africa hosted a workshop in Pretoria, during the week of 28 November 2005, with the purpose to take the interactive-3d Learning Object concept one step further and to transfer skills in the translation of these objects to other local languages.
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Towards WSIS Phase 2
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In addition to UNESCO?s activities aimed at contributing to the implementation of the Action Plan, the Organization is planning to organize a series of "Thematic Meetings" that should identify and present concrete actions in the areas of education, sciences, culture and communication that its governmental and non-governmental constituencies implement, both on the policy and the application levels, to grasp the opportunities for development offered by ICT.
In a three tier approach, these events are planned to be organized firstly on ministerial level with a strong policy focus, secondly on a political/expert level focusing on core themes such as ICT-enhanced learning and freedom of expression, and, thirdly, on a professional level, focusing on themes such as multilingualism, cultural diversity and reaching the marginalized.
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The ?Reports and Conclusions of the thematic meetings organized by UNESCO in preparation of the second meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)? reflect the outcome of the conferences organized by UNESCO from February to May 2005 All four meetings endorsed UNESCO?s key principles for building knowledge societies and stressed UNESCO?s role as a facilitator of WSIS implementation activities or mechanisms. UNESCO took the opportunity to foster its multi-stakeholder approach to WSIS implementation activities and to formulate proposals for concrete actions in its areas of competence. The reports on the meetings will be introduced into the WSIS process and their conclusions will inform UNESCO?s future strategies and activities, particularly within the framework of its programme for 2006-2007.
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Africa: Mali
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UNESCO in partnership with the Académie Africaine des Langues (ACALAN), the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (AIF) and the Government of Mali, is organising a Conference on ?Multilingualism for Cultural Diversity and Participation of All in Cyberspace? in Bamako, Mali, from 6 to 7 May 2005. The event is one of UNESCO?s thematic meetings in preparation for the second meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, Tunisia; 16-18 November 2005).
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Europe and North America: Belarus
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A two-day International Scientific and Practical Conference on ?Information Technologies and Law (Legal Informatization ? 2004)? organized from 28 to 29 October 2004 in Minsk, Republic of Belarus, under the auspices and with the financial support of UNESCO, looked at access to legal information. The conference included in the list of WSIS thematic meetings was organized by the National Center of Legal Information of Belarus, a governmental institution in charge of facilitating legal information exchange, including the registration of legal acts, the maintenance of a databank of legal information and the dissemination of legal information.
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Global
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In preparation for the second WSIS Summit, Tunis 16-18 November 2005, UNESCO is organising a thematic meeting on freedom of expression in Cyberspace at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, from 3 to 4 February 2005, prior to PrepCom-2 in Geneva. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the challenges and opportunities this fundamental right encounters in the global network.
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UNESCO and the Club of Rome are co-organizing a three-day ?World Conference on Harnessing the Potential of ICT for Capacity Building? from 11 to 13 May at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The event is one of UNESCO?s thematic meetings in preparation for the second meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005).
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The three-day UNESCO-supported conference was organized by the Moroccan Ministry of Information on the initiative of the International Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (ORBICOM) and the Swiss Federal Office of Communication as a follow-up meeting to the 1st phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). More than 270 representatives of international and regional media professional and non-governmental organizations as well as media experts from the academic world and the media industry participated in this event.
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