Orbicom-UNESCO

A Network Designed to Link Diversity of Approach and International Expertise
Jointly created in 1994 by UNESCO and Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), ORBICOM is a network more of 200 associate members and 36 UNESCO chairs in Communications from around the world.
Orbicom currently comprises chairs from Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, South Africa (2), Russia, Spain (3), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States (2) and Uruguay.
Each of these Chairs includes communications leaders from the private and public sectors. This international collaboration of academics, high level corporate decision makers, policy consultants, and media specialists makes the Orbicom Network unique and constitutes a truly multidisciplinary approach to the promotion of communications development.
Action, Training and Research
Communication technologies are essential to the development and the sharing of knowledge and information.
Orbicom seeks to develop dynamic research projects, teaching, training and publications leading to more participative communications.
To accomplish this mission, Orbicom has set the following objectives:
Fostering Alliances
Orbicom's strength and uniqueness stem from the convergence of member expertise and vision. Partners from universities, foundations, private corporations, public organizations and professional associations work together to define Orbicom policy. This co-operation enables them to devise strategic broad-based plans for worldwide communications development.
Building Strategic Partnerships
Corporations, foundations, professional associations and leaders in communications industries bring their support in Orbicom. Some choose to sponsor one or more Orbicom activities while others fund a UNESCO Chair.
Association with the Orbicom Network provides communications industries with an outstanding tool for global involvement, high level exchange, and the opportunity to build strategic alliances with partners in the vanguard of international communications from around the world. Involvement includes sponsorship of one or more Orbicom or UNESCO Chair activities: funding internships, exchanges and research in communications; sponsoring symposia; supporting the interactive electronic site; and, assisting with publications.
Orbicom members and partners benefit from the unique interconnectivity and international collaboration that bring communications practice, research and vision together in a global approach to a shared future.
Annual International Conference
A meeting-conference of members is held every year. In 2018, the annual meeting of Orbicom took place in Lima, Peru, with the theme "Communication, City and Public Space". In 2019 the meeting took place in Strasbourg, France, and the theme was "Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age".
The 2021 meeting-conference will be held in Spain and the 2022 meeting-conference in Malaysia.
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