Content tagged WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

We live in a technology-driven world, characterized by an overarching trend for digitalization that crosses all sectors of society and in the face of the growing impact of media. Knowledge, skills...

Event - 29 April 2021

Tags: Media and Information Literacy (MIL), Webinar, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Public access in libraries can be a powerful tool to bring online those most at risk of digital exclusion. An IFLA-led workshop at the WSIS Forum 2021 examines good practices, key considerations...

Event - 8 April 2021

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Digital inclusion, Workshop, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

IFLA, along with Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) and UNESCO, held an Interactive Facilitation Meeting on Open Access in Geneva, Switzerland on May 19th, as part of the World Summit on...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Internet access, Internet governance, Conference proceedings, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

This was the last day of the Internet Governance Forum 2016. In the session on Networks & solutions to achieve SDGs agenda - Internet at play, the discussion focused on the impact of...

News - 16 December 2016

Tags: 2030 Agenda, Access to information, IGF, igf2016, Internet governance, Public Access, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

On the second day of the Internet Governance Forum, IFLA participated in sessions about the right to be forgotten, mass surveillance and human rights online. This gave us the opportunity to tackle...

News - 16 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, IGF, igf2016, Internet governance, Public Access, RTBF, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

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...

News - 9 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, dc-pal, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, IGF, igf2016, Internet governance, Public Access, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

December 6 was the official first day of the Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara. Team libraries participated in Assessing the Role of Internet Governance in the Sustainable...

News - 8 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, IGF, igf2016, Internet governance, Public Access, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Guadalajara takes place on 6-9 December 2016. IFLA will be focusing on promoting the Principles on Public Access in Libraries, which includes...

News - 6 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, IFLA International Leaders Programme, igf2016, Internet governance, Public Access, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

The World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2016 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ICT for development community, and is co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP...

Event - 29 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Conference, Development, Freedom of information, Internet access, Sustainability, Switzerland, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

19 October, 13:15 - 14:30 United Nations Headquarters Conference Building, Room F The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the International Federation of Library...

Event - 16 October 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Event, Information society, United States of America, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Two-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly, to be preceded by an intergovernmental process that also takes into account inputs from all relevant stakeholders of the World Summit on...

Event - 4 September 2015

Tags: Event, France, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

IFLA will be attending the Ninth Annual Internet Governance Forum, in Istanbul, Turkey.  More information to follow.

Event - 17 July 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Event, Turkey, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

IFLA will be attending the High level expert meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The Event will be held in the ITU Headquarters, Geneva from 10-13 June 2014 (9...

Event - 13 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Event, Switzerland, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

In the same year that World Wide Web celebrates 25 years, Brazil hosts NETmundial – Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance. The meeting is organized in...

Event - 23 April 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Brazil, Freedom of information, Internet governance, Meeting, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

During this years Internet Governance Forum (IGF), in Bali, Indonesia, IFLA particiapted in several workshops. The video links to these workshops can now be found online: Tuesday 22...

News - 1 November 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Indonesia, Information policies, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Last week IFLA was represented at the 8th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Bali, Indonesia, where the libraries’ perspective on intellectual property, free trade, access to information for...

News - 29 October 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, IGF, Indonesia, Information policies, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

On Day 2 at IGF, IFLA participated in five workshops with topics spanning rights issues for disadvantaged and indigenous peoples, copyright and content creation and net neutrality. IFLA...

News - 24 October 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, IGF, Indonesia, Information policies, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Yesterday was day 1 at the Internet Governance Forum in Bali, Indonesia, and the librarians were out in force! This year, alongside representatives from IFLA over 40 librarians from the broader...

News - 23 October 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, IGF, Indonesia, Information policies, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Participate in the IGF via remote participation, see the details on remote participation. The theme of the IGF in Bali, running from 22 -25 October 2013, is ‘...

News - 18 October 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, IGF, Indonesia, Information policies, Internet access, Policy, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

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...

News - 16 October 2013

Tags: Advocacy, IGF, Indonesia, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

At the 2013 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), IFLA hosted a workshop on 'Public Access to the Internet and the role of Libraries as an agent of development...

News - 17 May 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Switzerland, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Ten years ago the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) took place in Geneva, aiming to bridge the global digital divide separating rich from poor countries by...

News - 25 February 2013

Tags: France, Information literacy, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

  The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) +10 review Meeting is starting next week in Paris, France. The meeting will take place from the 25th to the 27th of February,...

News - 21 February 2013

Tags: France, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

  2013 marks the ten years land mark from the first phase of the WSIS Summit in Geneva. UNESCO, as one of the leading implementing UN Agencies along with ITU and UNDP, is organising the first...

Event - 14 February 2013

Tags: Event, France, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Open Institute Kenya, Open Rights Group, Affilias, the UK Taxpayers Alliance and IFLA addressed the issue of “Big Data” and how the increasing trend of governments around the world...

News - 29 November 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

  IFLA participates in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) since 2008 with the aim of ensuring that libraries are visible and active in the debate on Internet governance....

Informational Page - 12 November 2012

Tags: IGF, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

IFLA’s final workshop at the IGF 2012 took place on the morning of Thursday 8th November in Baku. The IFLA Director of Policy and Advocacy participated in a panel on intellectual property...

News - 12 November 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

At an IGF workshop on Wednesday 7th November IFLA and other library representatives made the case for libraries as key actors to help vulnerable and marginalised people play a key role in...

News - 8 November 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

  At IGF 2012 Baku, Workshop 130 IFLA, EIFL and ISOC’s workshop on public libraries and digital inclusion kicked off the first afternoon of the 2012 Internet...

News - 7 November 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

This workshop will focus on the tensions between intellectual property rights and the freedom to share. It will interrogate such questions as: Is the classical conceptualization of copyright...

News - 7 November 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

  The workshop is the continuation of the Vilnius (WS 109) and Nairobi (WS 126) discussions on the use of ICTs by vulnerable people. The propose of this workshop is to have...

News - 6 November 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

IFLA, together with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) and the Internet Society (ISOC) will hold a workshop during this year'’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku,...

News - 5 November 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

The seventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will take place from 6-9 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. The IGF is a UN-sponsored event to discuss the main public policy issues...

Event - 31 October 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, Meeting, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

  watch the live webcast! ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’ The seventh meeting of the Internet Governance...

News - 31 October 2012

Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Last week in Stockholm IFLA participated in the European Internet Governance Forum for the first time. The forum, also known as EuroDIG, brought together over 200 representatives from governments,...

News - 20 June 2012

Tags: Announcement, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

On Thursday 17th May 2012 IFLA, along with its organising partners Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Scholarly Publishing and...

News - 22 May 2012

Tags: Access to information, Open access, Switzerland, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Just released: presentations and outcomes from the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2011 that took place in Geneva from 16 - 20 May. The Forum provided structured opportunities to...

News - 30 May 2011

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

The ITU WSIS 2011: Open Access session, Geneva © ITU / V. Martin IFLA, along with Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) and UNESCO, held an Interactive Facilitation Meeting...

Informational Page - 27 May 2011

Tags: Advocacy, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Dear Colleagues As you may know, the IFLA General Assembly passed a resolution at the Gothenburg Congress in 2010 that encouraged IFLA to become more involved in the promotion of open access...

News - 7 January 2011

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Ελληνικά | Íslenska | Nederlands | Português | српски језик | Slovenčina | Slovenščina Celebrating this week's...

Publication - 2 March 2010

Tags: Information Literacy, Information society, Lifelong learning, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Statements

Ελληνικά | Íslenska | Nederlands | Português | српски језик | Slovenčina | Slovenščina Célébrant cette semaine la...

Publication - 2 March 2010

Tags: Information Literacy, Information society, Lifelong learning, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Statements

Ελληνικά | Íslenska | Nederlands | Português | српски језик | Slovenčina | Slovenščina Conmemorando durante esta semana la...

Publication - 2 March 2010

Tags: Information Literacy, Information society, Lifelong learning, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Statements

Ελληνικά | Íslenska | Nederlands | Português | српски језик | Slovenčina | Slovenščina Bei den aktuellen Feiern zur...

Publication - 2 March 2010

Tags: Information Literacy, Information society, Lifelong learning, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Statements

Deutsch | Español | Français | Slovenčina  As the peak international professional association concerned with information and library services, IFLA represents...

Publication - 2 March 2010

Tags: Access to information, Internet governance, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Statements

Informational Page - 22 April 2009

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

"Information Literacy for all" - News Release   Français (March 2006) The final report of the High-Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and...

Informational Page - 22 April 2009

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Right to information in square brackets: advocacy and the World Summit on the Information Society ALEX BYRNE (President of IFLA 2005-2007) Pay equity for the library profession...

Informational Page - 22 April 2009

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Beyond Access Issue Brief - Providing Internet Access Through Public Libraries: An Investment in Digital Inclusion and Twenty-First Century Skills (November 2012) IFLA...

Informational Page - 22 April 2009

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Alexandria Manifesto on Libraries, the Information Society in Action  (November 2005) Beacons of the Information Society - The Alexandria Proclamation on Information...

Informational Page - 21 April 2009

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

IFLA is participating in follow up activities related to several of the Action Lines that were identified in the Geneva Plan of Action   Follow-up: World...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

IFLA is participating in follow up activities related to several of the "Action Lines" that were identified in the Geneva Plan of Action.

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Joint Activities, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Presentation held by Alex Byrne for the Governing Board in December 2004: Full version with photographs [1.01 MB] Compact version with photographs [104 kB] Text only...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Reports

العربية |Русский |Italiano | Slovenčina | Svenska | Ελληνικά Libraries and information services contribute to the sound operation of the...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Information society, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Manifestos

Español | français Communiqué from the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL) The National Libraries of the world are the guardians of the...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, National libraries, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Statements

العربية |Русский |Italiano | Slovenčina | Svenska | Ελληνικά Las bibliotecas y los servicios de información contribuyen a la adecuada...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Information society, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Manifestos

العربية |Русский |Italiano | Slovenčina | Svenska |  Ελληνικά Les bibliothèques et services d'information contribuent au bon...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Information society, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Manifestos

العربية |Русский |Italiano | Slovenčina | Ελληνικά | Беларуская Bibliotheken und Informationsdienste tragen zum ordnungsgemäßen...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Information society, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Manifestos

by Danielle Mincio and Peter Lor The summits in Geneva and Tunis are behind us, but the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is being actively followed up. The main thrust of the...

Informational Page - 15 June 2007

Tags: WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)