24-25 January 2024

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We are pleased to invite you to attend the 15th International Forum of NGOs in official

partnership with UNESCO on “Transforming Mentalities”, which will take place at

UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 24 and 25 January 2024. The event will be held in person

and online.

The Forum will seek to gather examples of good practices in challenging the stagnant

discriminations and inequalities within societies and build concrete recommendations for

action at various levels. It will build on the work undertaken by UNESCO through its Social

and Human Sciences Sector on the Transforming MEN’talities initiative, which aims at fighting

harmful stereotypes based on gender and promoting positive social norms, as well as on the

Roadmap against Racism and Discrimination and its yearly Global Forum.

Organized by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee in cooperation with UNESCO in

accordance with the Directives concerning UNESCO’s partnership with non-governmental

organizations, this Forum is intended primarily for NGOs in official partnership with the

Organization, but is open to other NGOs and institutions, as well as to representatives of

Member States. A strong presence of youth representatives will be particularly welcome.

If, as we hope, your organization is in a position to participate in this Forum, we should be

grateful if you would kindly register your representatives at indico.un.org/event/1009103/

by 22 January 2024 at the latest. Please note that upon registration you will receive an

automatic acknowledgement and will receive further communications to the email address

specified in your registration. Kindly also note that, as customary, the travel and living

expenses of representatives must be borne by the organization they represent.

We are very much counting on your presence in Paris and active participation in this Forum,

and we invite you to disseminate this information to any other organizations and partners

which may be interested to join this event.

Yours sincerely,

Nick Newland - President of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee

Gabriela Ramos - Assistant Director-General, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO