The Conference agenda include the development of strategies of lobbying the African Union, the ECOWAS, Southern African DevelopmentCommunity (SADCC) and other inter-state bodies to reform laws obstructing free speech and expression, and discussions of ways to develop proposals for common legal standards for free expression legislation in Africa.
The general and specific aims of the international community (such as The Millennium Development Goals - MDGs) govern all the strategies and actions of UNESCO.