Unlike IMC and ITI, ICFTC, whose admission to formal associate relations is the most recent, does not yet have a “framework agreement”.

Finally, exacerbating these challenges is the extreme shortage of skilled ITI technical personnel.

The General Conference took note of this report at its 20th plenary meeting, on 20 October 2005, and approved the decisions recommended by the Commission therein.

Scientists from two companies are collaborating to develop a molecular diagnostics solution for detection of pathogens and antibiotic resistance in implant and tissue infections (ITI).

She presented a concrete example of a national development project in Burkina Faso, in which ITI had taken part, and where theatre proved to be a powerful tool for communication, a means of personal expression for social and economic betterment.

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(ii) In the field of artistic creativity and the cultural industries with the International Music Council (IMC) and the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the former being devoted to the promotion, conservation and dissemination of all types of music throughout the world, and the latter to the training and further training of actors, in countries where there is genuine shortage of such training, and the development and juxtaposition of different theatrical traditions and expressions; both are concerned with exchanges, the conservation and dissemination of heritage, young people’s careers, the status of artists; and also with the International Film Council, of the International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFTC), whose present status and the different types of cooperation available to UNESCO from ICFTC are exhaustively described in document 164 EX/40.

Recognizing that the aim of ITI is to promote the international exchange of knowledge and practice in the theatrical performing arts, including drama, dance, and music theatre, in order to consolidate peace and solidarity between peoples, deepen mutual understanding, and increase creative cooperation between all people in the theatrical performing arts

Dozens of cultural spaces, organizations and theatre troupes, all springing from civil society, are active in organizing and running such events, in training for the living arts, and in everyday cultural life, for example: the Atelier-théâtre burkinabè (ATB), the Centre burkinabè de l’International Theatre Institute (CB-ITI), the Centre national des arts du spectacle et de l’audiovisuel (CENASA), the Centre for Training and Research in the Living Arts (CFRAV), the Carrefour international du théâtre de Ouagadougou (CITO), the Espace culturel Gambidi, and the Union des ensembles dramatiques de Ouagadougou (UNEDO).

A new ITI cartridge, Unyvero, is being developed not only for general surgery, but also for infections caused by biofilms (e.g., on knee and hip implants or catheters), and for abdominal surgery infections, diabetic foot, burn wounds etc.

The ISS-3 Review recommended in March 2010 that ImmD should revamp its ITI to upkeep ImmD’s service quality and enhance its handling capacity to cope with the substantially growing service demands.

Riding on the ITI, the ISS-3 Review also recommended, inter alia, the development of ICONS, to cope with future service demand and technological requirements in the area of immigration control, and to address the obsolescence and limited capacity of the existing set of control point systems.