From 4 – 8 May 2015 the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is meeting in Geneva to comment on the assessment of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of WSIS. As this is the last meeting of CSTD before… Read More
term of office August 2015 – August 2017 Read More
Statement of Candidacy for IFLA President-elect To serve as President 2017-2019 As President-elect of IFLA, I will do my utmost to support our positions as spelled out in the Lyon Declaration, to pursue our expectations as articulated in the IFLA Trends Report, to work for… Read More
NETmundial outcomes: set of principles for Internet governance and a roadmap for their implementation The NETmundial meeting closed on April 24th with an outcome document adopted by acclaim by participants from 97 countries. The Multistakeholder Statement of Sao Paulo outlines a… Read More
IFLA is this week attending the NetMundial meeting in Sao Paolo, Brazil. NetMundial is being organized by the Brazilian Government and /1Net, a forum that gathers international entities of the various stakeholders involved with Internet governance. The meeting can be considered a response to the 2013 Snowden revelations… Read More
IFLA has become a signatory to the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance. Read More
The Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries (DC – PAL) will meet for the second time at the Internet Governance Forum in Bali on Wednesday 23rd October, 16.30 – 18.00 in Room 10. At a time when issues such as good governance, transparency and public access to information are increasingly being… Read More
IFLA participated in the 6th meeting of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) held in Lisbon on the 20th and 21st June. EuroDIG is the European feeder event to the international Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and this year’s discussions will contribute to the IGF… Read More