CATEGORY 2 INSTITUTES AND CENTRES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF UNESCO

Based on the proposal by one or several Member States and complemented by a feasibility study carried out by the Director-General, the Executive Board recommends to the General Conference the designation of a category 2 institute or centre under the auspices of UNESCO

Category 2 institutes and centres can only be established by a resolution of the General Conference. Such a decision must specifically state that the entity in question is to be “under UNESCO’s auspices”

The designation as a category 2 institute and centre may be granted to an existing entity or to an institution in the process of being created

The Director-General must be explicitly authorized by the General Conference to conclude an agreement with the Member State or Member States concerned on the establishment of a category 2 institute and centre

In certain cases, the General Conference may authorize the Executive Board to take a decision on its behalf in designating a category 2 institute or centre

Attachment 1 to this strategy sets out guidelines for the procedures to be followed in the creation of institutes or centres under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2

Attachment 2 to this strategy contains a generic draft model agreement. In applying the model agreement governing the establishment of such centres enough flexibility should be allowed in order to take into account the legal constraints of Member States in proposing the establishment of such centres