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Culture Sector Diversity of cultural expressions Unted Nations EducaUonal, Scientiflc and Cultural OrganlzaUon Organisation des NaUons Unies pour l'éducatton, la science et la culture Oigannsaciôn de las Madones Unidas para la Educadôn, ta Cienda y la Culture OpraHMaayM îi OfiieflMHeHHbix HaiiMH no BonpocaM ofipasoBaHMd, HayKM M Kyflb-rypbi SjaAJt ^1 <atl« uuisjij ^Jtj î^^iii ^^Bâff, ^^J&Jtft^Â To thé National Commissions for UNESCO of Parties to thé 2005 Convention 17March2021 Réf.
: CLT/DCE/20/L35 Subject: Twelfth call for funding requests to thé International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) under thé 2005 Convention on thé Protection and Promotion of thé Diversity of Cultural Expressions Sir/Madam, We are pleased to inform you that on 17 March 2021, UNESCO launched its twelfth call forfunding requests to thé International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD).
Thé IFCD is one of thé 2005 Convention on thé Protection and Promotion of thé Diversity ofCultural Expressions' key instruments of international ooperation and assistance.

Thé Fund invests in projects in developing ountries that lead to structural change through policies and stratégies that hâve a direct effect on thé création, production, distribution of and access to a diversity of cultural expressions.
This call, which coincides with thé célébration of thé International Year of thé Créative Economy for Sustainable Development, will ontribute to support initiatives that that aim to 'build back better' thé cultural and créative sectors ofdeveloping countries, which hâve been severely affected by thé COVID-19 pandemic.
As you know, National Commissions for UNESCO play a crucial rôle in thé success of thé IFCD, by widely disseminating thé call and by ensuring thé pre-selection of applications at thé national level before submitting them to thé UNESCO Secrétariat for évaluation by thé panel of experts.

National Commissions are also important in keeping applicants informed during thé entire application process.
Allow me to take thé opportunity to thank you for your participation and contributions during thé previous funding cycles.

Please note that ail information related to thé call is available on thé IFCD website (htt s://en.

unesco.or /creativit /ifcd/a l ).

l would also like to share with you thé following important information on thé application and sélection procédures: * Ail funding requests must be submitted online through thé IFCD website and therefore wilt not be accepted in paper format or by émail.
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Thé deadline for applicants to submit their funding requests online is Wednesday, 16 June 2021 (noon, Paris time).

Thé pre-selection of funding requests at thé national level by National Commissions for UNESCO will also be conducted online.
After 25 June 2021, each National Commission will receive an e-mail containing instructions to access thé applications submitted from their country and to carry out thé différent steps of thé pre-selection.

To recall, in accordance with thé Guidelines on thé use of IFCD resources (para.
12), National Commissions for UNESCO are invited to form a pre-selection panel made up of représentatives of thé Ministries of Culture and/or other Ministries responsible for thé cultural industries and of civil society organizations specializing in thé field of culture to evaluate and pre-select funding requests to be submitted to thé UNESCO Secrétariat.
Kindly note that National Commissions for UNESCO and any other organizations participating in thé pre-selection of funding requests to thé IFCD are not eligible for IFCD funding.

National Commissions for UNESCO will be asked to finalize their pre-selection activities online by Monday, 26 July 2021 (noon, Paris time).

Please recall that a maximum of four (4) applications can be pre-selected per country: a maximum of two from public authorities/institutions and a maximum oftwo (2) from NGOs.
Please make sure that you présent thé pre-selected applications well in advance of thé deadline in order to avoid any potential technical problems with thé uploading of documents to thé online platform.

Eligible requests will be evaluated by an indépendant panel of experts, which will make a list of recommended projects for thé approval of thé Intergovernmental Committee of thé 2005 Convention at its fifteenth session of thé Intergovernmental Committee in February 2022.
Please do not hesitate thé UNESCO Secrétariat at contact convention2005.

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or should you hâve any questions or require additional information.

to Yours sincerely, Toussaint Tiendrebeogo Chief of Entity Diversity of Cultural Expressions ce Permanent Délégations of thé Parties to thé 2005 Convention National Contact Points of thé 2005 Convention UNESCO Field Offices