Programme

Closed sessions

14:00 - 19:00 (CET)  | 09:00 - 14:00 (UYT)

• Training Workshop with Privacy Commissioners on right to privacy, freedom of expression and data protection – by UNESCO and National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI)

15:00 - 23:45 (CET)  | 10:00 - 18:45 (UYT)

•  Regional United Nations Workshop on Freedom of Expression, Safety of Journalists, and Access to Information – by UNESCO and the United Nations System Staff College

15:45 - 21:30 (CET)  | 10:45 - 16:30 (UYT)

• Artistic freedom in the digital sphere – by UNESCO and PEN America's Artist at Risk Connection (ARC),  CECC-SICA, with the support of the Kingdom of Norway  

14:00 - 17:00 (CET) | 09:00- 12:00 (UYT)

• Principles of Effective Support to the Media Sector - by Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), the Global Forum for Media Development, UNESCO and the Government of Uruguay

15:00 - 16:00 (CET)  | 10:00 - 11:00 (UYT)

•  Kick-off of the Youth Newsroom covering the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference – by UNESCO and the Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU) - in the presence of Dra. Ana Ribeiro, Subsecretary of Education and Culture of Uruguay and Dr. Felipe Paullier, Director of the National Youth Institute 

• Regional Event: Towards a Model law on the safety of journalists - by SOCOLAC, ELAP and UNESCO

• Litigation and Accountability for Pegasus Surveillance Against Journalists  – by Media Defence

16:00 - 17:00 (CET)  | 11:00 - 12:00 (UYT)

• Regional Event:  10th Anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity - achievements and challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean– by ACNUDH and UNESCO

• Making societies and journalism sustainable – by Fojo Media Institute, Linnaeus University

• Surveillance out of control: How to put an end to the Pegasus crisis – by Reporters Without Borders

• Social Media 4 Peace: content moderation practices to advance social cohesion - by UNESCO

17:00 - 18:15 (CET)  | 12:00 - 13:15 (UYT)

• Regional Event: Follow-up to Windhoek+30 Declaration: Transparency of internet platforms: an agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean – by OBSERVACOM and UNESCO

17:00 - 19:00 (CET)  | 12:00 - 14:00 (UYT)

Lunch Break

18:00 - 19:00 (CET)  | 13:00 - 14:00 (UYT)

• Adressing the business model challenge for public interest media – by International Fund for Public Interest Media and BBC Media Action 

• "I’ve got my AI on you: Spotlight on artificial intelligence and freedom of expression" - by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

19:15 - 20:00 (CET)  | 14:15 - 15:00 (UYT)

• High-level Opening Ceremony

• H.E Luis Lacalle Pou, President of Uruguay
• Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

with performances organised by the SODRE, the Official Service of Diffusion, Representations and Entertainment of Uruguay

• Opening Talkshow: Journalism under Digital Siege

• High-level interventions and Ministerial Statements 

22:00 - 22:45 (CET)  | 17:00 - 17:45 (UYT)

• UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Award Ceremony 

22:45 - 23:45 (CET)  | 17:45 - 18:45 (UYT)

• UNESCO – Nobel Peace Summit Session "The role of Freedom of Expression in Promoting Peace" (working title) 

23:45 - 00:45 (CET)  | 18:45 - 19:45 (UYT)

• Cocktail

Closed sessions

13:00 - 14:00 (CET)  | 08:00 - 09:00 (UYT)

• (Online session) Priority Africa : Regional Celebration in Africa /WPFD Convention in Arusha presenting the highlights of an ongoing assessment report on press freedom and the safety of journalists in Africa – by UNESCO

14:00 - 0:30 (CET)  | 09:00 - 19:30 (UYT)

• Regional United Nations Workshop on Freedom of Expression, Safety of Journalists and Access to Information – by UNESCO and the United Nations System Staff College 

14:00 - 18:00 (CET) | 09:00 - 13:00 (UYT) 

• Media Viability: What Can Really be Done? – by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

• Equally Safe: Towards a Feminist Approach to the Safety of Journalists - by Article 19

• Journalists & Whistleblowers: A Dynamic Society to Fight Corruption - Free Press Unlimited and Regional Office for South America of the Inter American Institute of Human Rights

• SILENCED – Democracy, Journalism and Censorship in the Digital Age - by IBAHRI and the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom

• National event: The impact of disinformation on journalism and the media – by Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CED)

   

15:00 - 17:00 (CET)  | 10:00 - 12:00 (UYT)

• Regional Event:  Media Viability in Latin America and the Caribbean - by IAB and IAPA

15:30 - 16:30 (CET)  | 10:30 - 11:30 (UYT)

• High-level Dialogue on Press Freedom and the UN Plan of Action on Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity - by the Presidency of the UNESCO General Conference, with the participation of the President of the UN General Assembly and the President of the Human Rights Council 

• Digital Authoritarianism and Technology-facilitated Threats to Journalists and Human Rights Defenders -  by the Media Freedom Coalition and the Freedom Online Coalition

• Newsroom Responses to Online Violence Against Women Journalists -– by UNESCO and the International Center for Journalists

• Academic Conference – Panel 1 - War, Conflicts and Safety of Journalists

• National event: What is the Role of Public Media in a Context of Threats and Fake News? - by Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CED) Uruguay

17:00 - 18:00 (CET)  | 12:00 - 13:00 (UYT)

• News Media Want Money from the Internet Companies; now what about Access To Data? – by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
• The SafeBox Network: A Collective, Worldwide and Journalistic Response to defeat impunity" - by Forbidden Stories
• Civil Society Organizations Contribution to Advancing Transparency of Digital platforms – by the Forum on Information and Democracy
• Developing Effective Tools to Counter Gender-Based online harassment – by UNESCO and the Thomson Reuters Foundation
• National Event: Freedom of Expression in Art – by PEN Club Uruguay
• Academic Conference – Panel 2 - Human Rights Standards and Working Conditions of Journalists During Crisis

19:00 - 20:00 (CET)  | 14:00 - 15:00 (UYT)

• Launch of the Special Mandates Joint Declaration 2022 on Freedom of Expression and Gender Justice
• Academic Conference – Panel 3: Gender Violence and Safety of Women Journalists

20:30 - 21:30 (CET)  | 15:30 - 16:30 (UYT)

• Addressing the Digital Challenges to Freedom of Expression through the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI – by UNESCO
• Academic Conference – Panel 4 – Digital Harassment against Women Journalists

22:00 - 23:00 (CET)  | 17:00 - 18:00 (UYT)

• Panel Discussion by Presidents and Chief Justices of Regional Human Rights Courts on the Legal frameworks Underpinning the Right to Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists – by UNESCO and the Interamerican Court for Human Rights.
• Information as a Public Good – Our Journalists, Our Freedom by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
• Developing Principles for Effective Media Assistance – by Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) and Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
• Bridging Barriers to Transparency around Company and Government Data Practices — a Discussion with the Action Coalition on Meaningful Transparency” by the Global Network Initiative (GNI)
• Launch of the Core Group of Friends of Freedom of Expression and Journalism of the Organization of American States - Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR
• National Event: Freedom of Expression on the Internet - Perspectives from Law and Journalism –   by Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y Social (CERES)

Parallel Partner Sessions

22:00 - 23:00 (CET)  | 18:30 - 19:30 (UYT)

• Disinformation Without Borders: The Role of International Community Media in Protecting the Public from Disinformation and Surveillance – by PEN America

23:30 - 00:30 (CET)  | 18:30 - 19:30 (UYT)

• We Should be Talking about Gendered Disinformation – by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection on the Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
• Monitoring Unfreedom, Taking Action – How Human Rights Activists and Journalists React to the Different Faces of Digital Authoritarianism – by Deutsche Welle Akademie
• Protecting Professionals in the Public Sphere - Intersectoral Dialogue on the Protection of Artistic Freedom, Freedom of Expression and Scientific Freedom – by UNESCO
• Regional Event: Book Presentation “Navigating the infodemic with MIL-Media and Information Literacy”.  by the Public Defender of Audiovisual Communication Services of Argentina and UNESCO
• National Event: Recognition of the Ministry of Education and Culture to Danilo Arbilla– by the Ministry of Education and Culture
• Closed side event: Joint Regional Launch of UNESCO Flagship Reports “World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development” and Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity Report - by  UNESCO and Al Jazeera - by invitation only

Closed sessions

14:00 - 16:30 (CET)  | 09:00 - 11:30 (UYT)

• Closed meeting: Ten years of the UN Plan on Safety of Journalists: How can we – from a multi-stakeholder view – improve? - by the CSO Coalition on the Safety of Journalists

14:00 - 18:30 (CET)  | 09:00 - 13:00 (UYT)

• Closed Session: Regional United Nations Workshop on Freedom of Expression, Safety of Journalists and Access to Information – by UNESCO and the United Nations System Staff College 

• Closed Session: A roundtable discussion with women journalists on practical solutions to deal with online harassment – by Free Press Unlimited

• Ensuring a diversity of free voices in the media – by UNESCO

• Regional Event: Meeting of LAC journalists' organisations on journalism under surveillance - by FEPALC, IFJ and APU

• Freedom of Expression  during Conflicts - curbing of war-related disinformation vs. access to information on internet platforms

• Showcasing the ‘Global Drive for Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists’– by UNESCO and OHCHR

• Transparency and Beyond: Role of Think Tanks in Advancing Implementation of the Responsibilities of Intermediaries – by the Center for Law and Democracy

15:00 - 17:00 (CET)  | 10:00 - 12:00 (UYT)

• Regional Event: Latest jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on freedom of expression, freedom of the press and safety of journalists - by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression in the University of the Andes, OBSERVACOM and UNESCO  

15:30 - 16:30 (CET)  | 10:30 - 11:30 (UYT)

• High-Level Session. Safety of journalists in Ukraine war 

• Building allyship and solidarity in the fight for press freedom – by Project Syndicate and Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

• Spyware moratorium and accountability to (unlawful) surveilance of journalists  - by OHCHR and Amnesty International

17:00 - 18:00 (CET)  | 12:00 - 13:00 (UYT)

• Closing Plenary

17:00 - 18:00 (CET)  | 14:00 - 19:00 (UYT)

• Transport to Montevideo

20:30 (UYT)

• Ballet function “FIRE BIRD “ (Stravinsky) at SODRE Theater Montevideo followed by Gala dinner (self-payed or upon invitation) 

5 MAY

Field Trip to Colonia del Sacramento, the first city founded in Uruguay by the Portuguese in 1680 and declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1995.

Full day tour to Colonia del Sacramento

09:00 - Departure from the official conference hotels in Montevideo. Buses with guide on board, water and snacks. Reception in the Historic District by the authorities of the Municipality and the bilingual guides. Exact arrival point for bus parking: Odriozola near the city wall.

11:00 - Guided walking tour through the historic center of Colonia del Sacramento

12:00 - Lunch on your own at any of the many restaurants in the historic center (unless invited).

15:30 - Transfer to Plaza de Toros Real de San Carlos. Guided tour.

16:45 - Transfer from Plaza de Toros to Centro Cultural Bastión del Carmen (Rivadavia 223)

18:00 - 18:30 - Performance by the SODRE Folkloric Ballet Schools at the Bastión del Carmen Cultural Center (Rivadavia 223).

18:40 - 20:40 -Transfer by bus to the official Conference hotels in Montevideo.

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