Partners
CLM has established liaison relationships with several organizations whose complementary missions make them important partners for IFLA: eIFL, EBLIDA, and the World Blind Union.
- Electronic Information For Libraries (eIFL)
Along with eIFL and EBLIDA, IFLA has put library affairs on the agenda at WIPO. Together they attended a high-level meeting in Geneva with the leaders of WIPO in 2008 at which the issues of importance to libraries were discussed along with a plan for regular briefings on such issues for WIPO staff and for participation in the regional workshops WIPO convenes in various parts of the world each year. - European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
IFLA has often joined forces with EBLIDA: issuing joint statements and organizing conferences on copyright and libraries. EBLIDA was side by side with IFLA and eIFL in the above mentioned plan to participate high-level meetings at WIPO. - International Association Law Libraries (IALL)
- World Blind Union (WBU)
CLM worked with the WBU to encourage WIPO to undertake a comprehensive study of limitations and exceptions for print-disabled people, which was published
earlier this year. - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO is a specialized agency of the UN and sets the copyright norm. The goal of CLM is to influence the WIPO Development Agenda at the biennium conference and maintain important relations with WIPO leaders. It is an integral part of the CLM strategic plan to cooperate with significant regional and national library associations in order to share the activity of monitoring and contributing to the activities emanating from international treaties and conventions such as WIPO. - World Trade Organization (WTO)
WTO is an international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade. The WTO came into being on 1 January 1995, and is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947. It is part of the CLMs strategic plan to represent library interests at international treaty meetings through the promotion of the IFLA position on the WTO and cooperating with other non-governmental organizations sharing library concerns.
Last update: 5 October 2012