Content tagged Transparency
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(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- Preparatory Conference on SDG16
With Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 in focus at the United Nations (UN) this year, there is a key opportunity to draw attention to the importance of access to information. In...
Event - 26 May 2019
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Italy, Open government, Transparency, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- Libraries, Access to Information and Democracy
If information is power, then democracy - the power of the people - depends on access to information for all. To celebrate International Democracy Day 2018, IFLA has put together an...
Publication - 16 September 2018
Tags: Access to information, Democracy, Transparency, Briefings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- Libraries and Good Governance
There is increasing awareness that sustainable development requires effective government. Libraries have a major role to play in delivering this, as part of their broader mission to provide access...
Publication - 11 May 2018
Tags: Access to information, government accountability, Government information, Transparency, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers (full version)
Contents Preamble Access to information Responsibilities towards individuals and society Privacy, secrecy and transparency...
Publication - 27 December 2012
Tags: Access to information, Code of Ethics, Intellectual property, Open access, Privacy, Transparency, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- ALP Project report: Support to the promotion of information access and library professionals in Madagascar
Library professionals (librarians, documentalists, archivists, documentation specialists, museologists) are information profesionals, which includes the journalists informing the public about the...
News - 16 November 2012
Tags: Associations, Good Governance, Madagascar, Transparency, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- Taller de la IFLA sobre transparencia y buen gobierno: Argentina
Por Magdalena Biota English El 28 de septiembre de 2011, en coincidencia con el “Día del acceso a la información”, se realizó en Buenos Aires el...
News - 2 January 2012
Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Argentina, Transparency, Government Libraries
- ALP Small Project Report: Transparency, Good Governance and Freedom from Corruption, Serbia
In Serbia, rampant corruption is present and almost all spheres of social life are affected by it. In the process of fighting against corruption it is very important to act preventively...
News - 14 December 2011
Tags: Associations, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Access to Information), Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Republic of Serbia, Transparency, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- Interview with Barbara M. Jones by Serbian Library Association
During the 2011 IFLA ALP small project in Serbia, FAIFE Expert Resource Person Barbara Jones, delivered workshops on the topic of transparency and freedom from corruption. This interview has also...
News - 4 October 2011
Tags: Associations, Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Republic of Serbia, Transparency, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- The Ethics of Librarianship: An International Survey
This book brings together papers on professional ethics for library and information services from 17 countries—from Argentina to Uganda—approaching professional concerns and responses...
Publication - 28 March 2011
Tags: Access to information, Code of Ethics, Transparency, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Transparency, Good Governance and Freedom from Corruption workshops in Serbia
The Serbian Library Association will carry out workshops to raise the awareness to the problem of corruption by promoting and providing free access to information and freedom of expression amongst...
Informational Page - 31 January 2011
Tags: ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Access to Information), Good Governance, Transparency, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- Libraries as Transparency Institutions Workshop
Introduction Corruption, and the suppression of information that might help people to lighten the burden of corruption, is everywhere. No country is free of this. IFLA/FAIFE is delighted that...
Event - 16 September 2009
Tags: Good Governance, Transparency, Workshop, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Learning Materials for workshops on the IFLA Manifesto on Transparency, Good Governance and Freedom from Corruption
“Libraries are in their very essence transparency institutions, dedicated to making available the most accurate and unbiased educational, scientific and technical, and socially relevant...
Publication - 15 April 2009
Tags: Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Learning materials, Transparency, Workshop manual, Guidelines, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA Manifesto on Transparency, Good Governance and Freedom from Corruption
(Translations and other versions below) IFLA has on numerous occasions and in many forums made clear its belief in the positive role of libraries in society and its commitment to enhancing...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Libraries, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Transparency, Manifestos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Manifeste IFLA sur la Transparence, la Bonne Gouvernance et la lutte contre la corruption
(Traductions et autres versions ci-dessous) L’IFLA a exprimé à plusieurs occasions et dans de nombreux forums sa conviction profonde du rôle positif que les...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Transparency, Manifestos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Manifiesto de la IFLA sobre Transparencia, Buen Gobierno y Erradicación de la Corrupción
(Traducciones y otros versiones abajo) En numerosas ocasiones y en muchos foros, la IFLA ha manifestado su convicción sobre el papel decisivo de las bibliotecas en la sociedad y su...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Transparency, Manifestos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA-Manifest zu Transparenz, verantwortungsvoller Regierungsführung und Korruptionsfreiheit
(Übersetzungen und andere Versionen unten) Die IFLA hat bei zahlreichen Gelegenheiten und in verschiedenen Foren ihre Überzeugung von der positiven Rolle der Bibliotheken in der...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Freedom from Corruption, Good Governance, Transparency, Manifestos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)