Sunday, August 5, 2007

UNESCO and Non-Governmental Organizations

Since its foundation, UNESCO has given great importance to partnership with civil society organizations, in particular NGOs. The role of civil society representatives is increasingly important in every sector of daily life, and partnership with civil society organizations is becoming indispensable for governmental organizations in pursuing their strategic objectives.

Every six years, UNESCO's secretariat makes a report to the General Conference on the contributions that NGO's have made to UNESCO's operations. A new report has recently been published in preparation for this year's meeting of the General Conference.

UNESCO provides this list of NGO's maintaining official relations with UNESCO that are headquartered in the United States:


FORMAL CONSULTATIVE RELATIONS

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT (IAEA)

WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE (WCRP)

WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (WJC)

FORMAL CONSULTATIVE RELATIONS AS A NETWORK

INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION (IAPA)

INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION (IRA)

SIL INTERNATIONAL (SIL)

SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER (SWC)

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM COMMITTEE (WPFC)

OPERATIONAL RELATIONS

B'NAI B'RITH

INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION (IAA)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION (IACEE)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING (IAC)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION, SPORT AND DANCE (ICHPER)

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR TEACHING (ICET)

INTERNATIONAL LITERACY INSTITUTE (ILI)

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (ISPA)

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION THROUGH ART (INSEA)

JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL (JCI)

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

ZONTA INTERNATIONAL (ZONTA)

OFFICIAL RELATIONS THROUGH UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (IUPsyS)

WORLD FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH (WFMH)

FOUNDATION AND SIMILAR INSTITUTION

POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU, INC

WORLD EDUCATION

WORLD MONUMENTS FUND (WMF)