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Advisor, Media Development, Pluralism and Diversity @UNESCO
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WORK HISTORY
Advisor, Media Development, Pluralism and Diversity @UNESCO
Paris, FR
Dr Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg is Advisor for Communication and Information with 25 years of professional experience in human rights, social inclusion, international relations, political affairs and international cooperation. Currently, she serves as Advisor for Communication and Information to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at Headquarters in Paris, France. She leads the development and delivery of a wide spectrum of programme and project management initiatives in media development, pluralism, and diversity. Her work includes programme design and management, policy advice, international cooperation and partnerships, knowledge management, assessment and monitoring, and resource mobilization in order to ensure that Member States and media institutions are enabled to strengthen media development and media pluralism. She promotes human rights, gender and disability equality, social inclusion and cohesion, and empowerment of Indigenous Peoples and Persons with Disabilities, as well as fair representation and portraying of all citizens in mainstream media including the Public Service Broadcasters and Community Media. She has held successive positions with UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector on the right to information for Persons with Disabilities, Indigenous peoples, and speakers and signers of lesser-used languages. She oversaw UNESCO’s actions on the organization of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (20••••32) and International Year of Indigenous Languages (2019), implementation of normative instruments such as UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace (2003). She contributed to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) and UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007). She developed global advocacy campaigns, strategic cooperation frameworks, and ensured international cooperation.
EDUCATION
Vilniaus dailės akademija | Vilnius Academy of Arts
Bachelor's of Arts
Aalto University
Visiting PhD researcher, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Finland
Vilnius University
Master of Communication and Information, Lithuania
Lund University
Visiting PhD researcher, Faculty of Informatics, Sweden
Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University
Doctor's Degree, Communication Faculty
ABOUT IRMGARDA KASINSKAITE-BUDDEBERG
Ms Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg is Advisor for Communication and Information working at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Since 2002, she has occupied various positions at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), working with other UN system entities, intergovernmental organizations, research, civil society, and public-private sector partners. She currently leads the development and implementation of a wide range of programme and project management initiatives in the field of media development, pluralism, and diversity. Until 2022, Dr Kasinskaite-Buddeberg coordinated UNESCO’s activities related to the realization of human rights to provide access to multilingual information and knowledge, with special attention to the socially vulnerable groups. Her work was focused on the implementation of international normative instruments, providing policy and technical advice, intellectual leadership in the implementation of targeted initiatives, methodology development and capacity building. Since 2017, she coordinated the preparation, organization and follow-up of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages and the organization of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL20••••32). She was also in charge of the projects related to the promotion of multilingualism in cyberspace and the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) of lesser-used and endangered languages. She was involved in the conceptual and methodological development of the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages. She also coordinated the implementation of the international normative instrument entitled \"Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace\"(UNESCO, 2003) and other major flagship projects. Between 2009 and 2020, she also coordinated programmes and projects related to the digital inclusion of Persons with Disabilities within the context of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006). She led UNESCO\'s actions in the area of Media and Information Literacy, including the development of the Global Assessment Framework for country readiness and teacher competencies. Prior to joining UNESCO, she worked as a Senior Programme Specialist at the Ministry of Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities, The Government of Lithuania. She was also a lecturer at Vilnius University, International Centre for Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Management.
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