Conference Session 191

Empowering Africa's burgeoning population with access to demographic and development information - the world population explosion and access to the information needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa

Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA) / Réseau d’accès à l’information en Afrique (RAIA) Special Interest Group

16 August 2012 08:30 - 10:30 | Room: Session Room 2 | SI

• Community knowledge centers for Liberia: meeting Africa's Millennium Goals through a unique collaboration of communities, universities, libraries, and schools for Liberia's economic & social development
  MARTIN KESSELMAN, CONNIE WU, LAURA PALUMBO, JAMES SIMON and RODOLFO JULIANI (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA) and RICHARD ROWE (Ole.org)
• Academic and research institutions repository: a catalyst for access to development information in Africa
  CHIMEZIE PATRICK UZUEGBU (Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia State, Nigeria)
• Open forum in English and French, with panelists from the ATINA Preconference, IFLA Riga 2012
  [Discussion ouverte en anglais et en français avec un panneau de participants de la Conférence Satellite du RAIA, IFLA Riga 2012]
  What are the life prospects of the seven billionth living person, probably born in Africa late in the year 2011? How can access to information and education for civic and information literacy improve his or her odds of a better life?
  [Quels sont les lendemains pour Monsieur ou Madame Sept Milliard, né probablement en Afrique vers la fin 2011 ? Comment l’accès à l’information et l’éducation pour la maîtrise de l’information et la culture civique peuvent-ils améliorer sa vie?]