The African regional edition of the Internet Governance Forum offers an opportunity to share views and build consensus around the best ways to ensure that the Internet works for all in Africa. Read More
The 10th Latin America and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF) took place in Panama City, on 2-4 August. LACIGF provides a space for multi-sectoral dialogue on the Internet Governance agenda for the region. IFLA was represented, highlighting how libraries can help tackle key issues facing the Internet today, from cost of access to educating Internet users about how to spot fake news. Read More
For information to play a full role in helping people to learn, find work and live healthily, simply laying cables may not be enough. The way in which access to knowledge is provided strongly affects the impact it has in communities, especially those facing the toughest development challenges. At the Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum, IFLA set out how libraries can help. Read More
The 10th Latin America and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum offers an opportunity to explore current trends in uses and governance of the Internet. Bringing together government, business and civil society from across the region, it is also a strong stage for libraries to highlight their contribution, from sharing their… Read More
The eighth Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum provides an opportunity to discuss key policy issues around the way the Web works, both exploring regionally specific trends and contributing to the global Internet Governance Forum in December of this year. IFLA will be there, underlining both the values of… Read More
The 2017 edition of EuroDIG – the European Dialogue on Internet Governance – offers an opportunity both to shape the debate on Internet governance in Europe, and to feed into discussions for the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in December. IFLA will be attending in order… Read More
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has just published its reports on the outcomes of its intersessional activities – the day to day work that takes place outside of major conferences. One of the outcomes is from activity on Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling… Read More
The last day of IGF 2016 combined the advocating for public access with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. IFLA's three leaders give a first-hand account of their IGF experience. Read More
On the third day of the Internet Governance Forum the IFLA delegates participated in sessions about the right to be forgotten, mass surveillance, and human rights. Read More
This was the day for our main session for the Dynamic Coalition for Public Access in Libraries, co-organized by IFLA and EIFL. People from different sectors came to talk about how to ensure public access to the Internet, including Vint Cerf from Google and Carolina Rossini from Facebook. In the auditorium we also had people from Wikipedia and from the Internet tech and policy community, and we discussed participation in national and regional forums. Read More