Message from the Chair of the IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania
Greetings from IFLA's Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania! Read More
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- 05 June 2023
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Digital Public Goods: a Briefing for Libraries
The idea that a key way in which governments can support development is through the provision of Digital Public Goods has become prominent in the work of the UN in recent years. This bridges work both around the future of internet governance (notably the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, and… Read More
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- 28 April 2023
Webinar: Asia and Oceania Regional Division: Northeast Asian libraries on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
IFLA's Asia and Oceania Regional Division will host the webinar "Northeast Asian libraries on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals". Read More
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- 13 March 2023
Advocacy Forward Look: Opportunities for Libraries, January-July 2023
We're happy to share a high-level overview of key meetings, events and observances that provide opportunities for libraries to make our voices heard by governments and wider stakeholder groups. Take a look through, and think where you want and could be able to get involved! Read More
- News
- 31 January 2023
FAIFE: Notes on Human Rights and Freedom of Expression 2022 (and hopes for 2023)
2022 brought many challenges for Human Rights and Freedom of Expression. The reports of several NGOs and international organizations offer a global picture of threats to free expression. Read More
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- 23 January 2023
IFLA SSA RDC Webinar on Digital inclusion: Digital inclusion in Sub Saharan Africa – the role of libraries
Join IFLA's Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Division Committee to explore the contribution that libraries can provide to making a reality of an inclusive internet and broader digital environment. 26 January 2023, 15:00-16:30 East Africa Time. Read More
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- 09 January 2023
Action Plan 2021-2023: Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Division Committee
Focus areas of this action plan include engaging in African Regional Sustainable Development Fora as a means of raising awareness and building alliances; supporting national engagement in Voluntary National Reviews and producing guidelines for libraries; organising side-events at the African Regional Internet Governance Forum (IGF); being represented at the global… Read More
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- 08 December 2022
Action Plan 2021-2023: Asia Oceania Regional Division Committee
Focus areas of this action plan include raising SDG awareness among libraries, and their involvement in SDG activities; supporting libraries in their involvement in Voluntary National Reviews by direct engagement and the production of relevant tools; focusing on the Internet Governance Forum, and in particular bidding for and holding a… Read More
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- 01 December 2022
Action Plan 2021-2023: Europe Regional Division Committee
Focus areas of this action plan include supporting countries in Europe to engage effectively in their own Voluntary National Reviews; working with other European library associations in order to develop shared approaches around the SDGs; organising introductions to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) topics, and working to encourage national library… Read More
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- 01 December 2022
Action Plan 2021-2023: Middle East and North Africa Regional Division Committee
Focus areas of this action plan include getting libraries in the Middle East and North Africa region involved in SDG-related activities, promoting the SDG Book Club, and preparing materials around how to get involved in Voluntary National Reviews; looking at preservation issues (in particular the convergence of cataloguing standards in… Read More
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- 01 December 2022