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RELEVANCE FOR THE MEDIA, CULTURE, GRAPHICAL SECTOR RELEVANCE FOR THE MEDIA, CULTURE, GRAPHICAL SECTOR World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization (WCSDG)

Ümit EFENDIOĞLU Policy Integration Department International Labour Office

• WCSDG created in February 2002
• Two Co-Chairs, 19 independent members,

five ex-officio members from ILO

• Diverse backgrounds - business, labour,

politics, academia and civil society

• First systematic attempt to analyze the social

dimension of globalization

• Report launched in February 2004
• First report on globalization based on

dialogue and search for common ground

BACKGROUND OF WCSDG REPORT

WCSDG: World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization

• ICTs as enablers of globalization
• Access to information via global media
• Increased awareness of global

disparities

• Spread of democracy
• Cultures and values affected by

globalization

– Concern for dominance of English and Western-owned media – Concern for homogenization of news, views, cultures and values

MEDIA, CULTURE AND ICTs IN THE REPORT

ICTs: Information and Communication Technologies

MAIN MESSAGES OF THE REPORT

• Critical but positive view of

globalization

• Many benefits, but also widening

inequalities and exclusion

• Fair rules
• Better governance for a fair and

inclusive globalization

• Dialogue among all social actors
• Decent work for all

GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

• Beginning at home

– coordinated/integrated policy responses – building national institutions – local and national governance

• Emergence of global production

systems

– Risk of a “race-to-the-bottom” through incentive competition – More cooperation on cross-border competition policy for equal market access

AN EXAMPLE FROM THE CULTURE SECTOR

• Findings of recent ILO studies in 5

creative industries in the culture sector in SADC countries on a par with those

• f WCSDG:

– Governed by multinationals – Developing countries at the bottom end of the global value chain – Employment conditions sporadic, precarious and informal – Need for an integrated view

SADC: Southern African Developing Countries WCSDG: World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization

MOBILIZING ACTION: WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• A fair globalization can only be achieved by a

fair and inclusive information society.

• Eliminating digital divide

– Access to ICTs – investment in infrastructure – Creative adaptation and effective use of ICTs – education and skills

• Proposal of WCSDG: Policy Development

Dialogue on global capacity building through education and skills for information technology

• Responsible media for quality global dialogue

WCSDG: World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization

FINAL REMARKS

• WCSDG report is relevant to all sectors
• It calls for action to remedy the unfair

course of globalization

• If no action is taken, inequalities will

exacerbate

• You have a voice towards better

governance and a fair and inclusive globalization

• Engage in social dialogue to develop

policies to counter the adverse effects

• f globalization

WCSDG: World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization