This year’s African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development – the seventh such meeting – will offer a platform to hear about progress towards the SDGs across Africa. The need to support a strong and equitable response to and recovery from COVID-19 will be at the… Read More
Items discussed at the meetings include presentation about SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and IFLA’s Library Map of the World from IFLA HQ, update on the survey “Formation needs of associations”, IFLA Division IV Webinar Series for LIS students, discussion about MLAS membership, news from the Governing Board and Division Chair,… Read More
IFLA has responded to a consultation by the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, highlighting the value of a focus on access to information as a driver of success in the Sustainable Development Goals. Read More
IFLA has responded to a consultation by the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, highlighting the value of a focus on access to information as a driver of success in the Sustainable Development Goals. IFLA’s response highlights the presence of access to information as… Read More
Human creativity, expressed through culture and the arts, is a natural resource. Innovation driven by creativity is how we imagine solutions to the pressing challenges of our time. Culture and heritage are how we construct our identities, values, and worldview, and how we share them with others. Read More
IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme focused on building understanding of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It worked through a train-the-trainers model, with training run in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia-Oceania, and subsequently in the Middle East and North Africa and… Read More
This report contains information about fulfilment the Committee’s goal of transition from SIG to Section, and its objectives for 2019-2020: 1) Increase the ability to promote environmental awareness, and 2) Promote libraries’ commitment to the implementation of the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read More
Throughout its advocacy around the Sustainable Development Goals, IFLA underlines the importance of information - and libraries as the institutions that provide meaningful access to it - in driving progress. We interviewed Genilson Geraldo, Federal University of Santa Catarina, to find out about work in Brazil to build understanding of the interaction between information and development. Read More
In this article, IFLA celebrates the work of the Associations in alignment with the IFLA Strategy for 2020. It is a wrap up for 2020. Read More
In a survey out now, OCLC is exploring how libraries are working with the SDGs. IFLA interviewed Evi Tramantza, Chair of the OCLC Global Council Program Committee, to find out more. Read More