ABOUT ORBICOM AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mission
Today we have more ways of communicating, but we also have more problems understanding the impact the diverse means of communication have upon our world and within our communities.
Our society is increasingly reliant upon information. As well, knowledge-based industries demand innovative ways of exchanging information, technology and expertise. We require new models for sharing what we know.
Set up to address these needs, Orbicom is an international network that links communications leaders from academic, media, corporate and government circles with a view to providing for the exchange of information and the development of shared projects.
Orbicom is supported by internationally-based institutions, media, governments and corporations. However, Orbicom’s mandate derives from UNESCO’s New Communications Strategy unanimously adopted at the 1989 General Conference. This Conference foresaw that new communications technologies would have a significant impact upon the complex processes shaping economies, the environment, social justice, democracy, and peace.
Societal change depends upon participatory communications. Greater access to information and increased ways of exchanging knowledge affect social development, democratization and good governance. Orbicom brings the Chairs and the associate members together in a global network.
Guiding principles
Board of Directors
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Audrey
Azoulay
General Manager
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Magda
fusaro
Acting General Secretary
Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (ORBICOM).
Université du Québec à Montréal.
Québec

STEPHANE
PALLAGE
Rector
Université du Québec à Montréal.
Québec
Board members

Philippe
VIALLON
Professor
UNESCO Chair “Journalistic and media practices. Between globalisation and cultural diversity”.
Université de Strasbourg
France

Eric
Olmedo
RESEARCHER AND ANTHROPOLOGIST
UNESCO Chair “Social practices in intercultural communication and social cohesion”.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Malaysia

MALVINA EUGENIA
RODRIGUEz
professor
UNESCO Chair in Public Communication for Social Justice, Human Rights and Territorial Development.
Universidad Nacional Villa María (UNVM).
Argentina

JUAN IGNACIO
MARTINEZ DE MORENTIN
professor
UNESCO Chair in Communication and Educational Values.
University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) / Universidad del País Vasco.
Espagne

ROBERTO
CHIACHIRI
Professor
UNESCO Chair in Communication.
Universidade Metodista de São Paulo.
Brésil

Ghislaine
Azémard
Treasurer
UNESCO Chair in “Innovation Transmission et Edition Numériques” at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, and Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at Université Paris 8.
France

May
Abdallah
PROFESSOR
President of AARCS (Arab Association for Research and Communication Sciences). Université du Liban.
Liban

Manuel Alejandro Guerrero Martínez
PrEsident
Associated with the UNESCO Chair “Chair in Communication and Society”.
Universidad Iberoamericana.
Mexique

GIFTY
APPIAH-ADJEI
PROFESSOR
Department of Journalism and Media Studies
School of Communication and Media Studies
University of Education, Winneba.
Ghana

MIRA K.
DESAI
professOR
Head of the university extension and communication department.
SNDT Women’s University
Juhu Campus
Mumbai, India

RAINER
RUBIRA-GARCIA
PROFESSOR
Director of the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising
Rey Juan Carlos University.
Spain

DENI
DARMAWAN
PROFESSOR
Professor of Educational Communication and Technology
Faculty of Education, Universitas Pendidikan
Bandung, Indonésie
Executive office
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Manuel Alejandro Guerrero Martínez
PrEsident
Associée à la chaire UNESCO
« Communication et société ».
Universidad Iberoamericana.
Mexique

ERIC
OLMEDO
Vice-prEsident
UNESCO Chair “Social practices in intercultural communication and social cohesion”.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Malaysia

Ghislaine
Azémard
TREASURER
UNESCO Chair in “Innovation Transmission et Edition Numériques” at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, and Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at Université Paris 8.
France
Former President

Jamal Eddine
Naji
honorary president
Director General of the Moroccan Broadcasting Authority (HACA) and founder of the Chair of Public and Community Communication (Souissi Universities).
Morocco
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Audrey
Azoulay
General Manager
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Magda
fusaro
Acting General Secretary
Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (ORBICOM).
Université du Québec à Montréal.
Québec