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Libraries on the agenda

Key Initiative 1.2:

Introducing libraries on the agenda of international organizations

Activity 1.2.1: Prepare a UNESCO recommendation on the essential and changing role for libraries in society

We will draft a Recommendation and work in cooperation with partner Member States to place it on the UNESCO agenda.

Key Actions:

2017

  • IFLA Welcomes Renewed Focus on Library Objectives at 39th UNESCO General Conference (19 November)
  • Libraries Support Education, Science and Culture: IFLA attends the UNESCO General Conference (10 November)

2016

  • Libraries make an essential contribution to development (June 2016)
  • Toolkit Libraries and National Development Plans (April 2016)

2015

  • IFLA launches new toolkit to support immediate advocacy for access to information in national development plans (December 2015)
  • #next4billion – IFLA’s roundup of the United Nations Summit for the 2030 Agenda (November 2015)
  • Call for examples: Libraries and the UN 2030 Agenda (August 2015)
  • Sessions at IFLA Congress in Cape Town to focus on the post-2015 development agenda (2030 Agenda) (August 2015)
  • IFLA Welcomes the UN 2030 Agenda (August 2015)
  • What has happened with the UN post-2015 Development Agenda and how is access to information progressing? (June 2015)
  • IFLA takes Lyon Declaration to the UN (February 2015)

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Last update: 3 December 2018


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