Communications and Event Management Support to Promote UNAOC Media Portfolio

* Background

Since its establishment in 2005, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) has worked to explore the root causes of polarisation within and between societies and recommend a programme of action to address the issue including building bridges of understanding through the promotion of intercultural and interreligious dialogue. The initiative was co-sponsored by the former Prime Minister of Spain Jose Luis Zapatero and the then Prime Minister, currently the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in New York and the chain of terrorist attacks that followed in Bali, Madrid, London and İstanbul, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in 2005 at the recommendation of, and with support from, the Governments of Spain and Turkey. 
In 2006, a High-Level Group appointed by the Secretary-General produced a report that included a description of the key elements of the mandate foreseen for UNAOC. UNAOC is a crucial soft power political tool for preventive diplomacy, which works to support the conflict prevention and conflict resolution agenda of the United Nations. During its more than fourteen years of existence, UNAOC has pioneered a range of approaches and activities across its four priority areas namely, Youth, Education, Media and Migration.

* Objective

UNAOC is looking for a service provider with experience working with New York based journalists to provide communications support to promote its media portfolio.
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