Right to Know Day - Urge the UN to enshrine the importance of free expression in the Post-2015 Agenda
28 September 2014Today, 28 September 2014, is Right to Know Day.
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Internet Governance Forum 2014: IFLA talks copyright, public access, and local content
1 September 2014The 9th Internet Governance Forum takes place this week in Istanbul at a time when Internet Governance experts are debating how best to shape the future of the Internet.
ITU Report on ICT Indicators
17 June 2014IFLA at the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) High Level Event (HLE)
5 June 2014Next week IFLAwill be participating in the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) High Level Event (HLE) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Public Access: Supporting Digital Inclusion for All
20 May 2014IFLA, along with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington have prepared a briefing paper “Public access: Supporting digital inclusion for all – Maximising the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for inclusive social and economic development”.
Libraries on the agenda at NETmundial
24 April 2014TaC/IFLA Open Forum calls on governments to consider guidelines on better inclusion of vulnerable groups in the Information Society
30 December 2013Looking back on IFLA’s participation in the 8th Internet Governance Forum, Bali
29 October 2013Last week IFLA was represented at the 8th Internet Governance Forum in Bali, Indonesia, where the libraries’ perspective on intellectual property, free trade, access to information for disadvantaged peoples, net neutrality, human rights and development was contributed to a number of panels.
Closing of the WSIS+10 Review Meeting
28 February 2013The WSIS+10 Review concluded on Wednesday, 27 February with a lively multi-stakeholder debate across a large number of panel sessions. All sessions were asked to produce recommendations to feed into the final UNESCO statement “Information and Knowledge for All an Expanded Vision and a Renewed Commitment”.