Qatar National Library held its second annual Libraries Lead Forum from 19-20 March 2023 in Doha, Qatar. This year’s forum explored how galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM institutions) carry out cultural diplomacy. Read More
IFLA will join Qatar National Library at their Libraries Lead Forum 2023, exploring the theme, “GLAMs and Cultural Diplomacy". Read More
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO’s 2005 Convention) convened for their 16th session from 7-10 February in Paris, France. Read More
IFLA will join the 16th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at UNESCO Headquarters. Read More
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO’s 2005 Convention) will convene for their 16th session from 7-10 February in Paris, France. Read More
Global discourse on culture and cultural heritage in 2022 can be characterised by greater recognition of the powerful potential of culture to help solve great challenges, as well as calls for action to ensure its protection in the face of natural and human-caused disaster. Read More
From 6-20 November 2022, 35,000 delegates from 190 countries, including more than 90 heads of state, came together in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference – COP27. Read More
UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MoW) Programme celebrated its 30th anniversary from 27 October - 5 November 2022. This programme seeks to ensure that the documentary heritage of the world is preserved, protected, and accessible – for people now and in the future. Read More
IFLA will have a key role in the Global Symposium of the 30th Anniversary of the Memory of the World Programme, helping to celebrate the programme's anniversary and explore the theme, "Enlisting documentary heritage to promote inclusive, just and peaceful societies." Read More
IFLA’s core message at MONDIACULT 2022 was a call to policymakers, including ministers of culture from around the world, to look to library associations and institutions as partners in realising the potential of culture to leave no one behind. We stressed that, through its transversal impact across the development agenda, culture is critical for achieving sustainable development goals. Read More