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)
Last update: 3 December 2018