The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and COAR, are organising an e-forum on 'Sustainable Development Goals: The Impact of Access to Information on our Societies' which will take place from September 7-18, 2015.
This online event has the objective of providing a forum for institutions and individuals to discuss how libraries and information centers can promote the adoption of access to information as part of the post-2015 agenda, in particular United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Lyon Declaration, an advocacy document being used to positively influence the content of the UN post-2015 development agenda, will play a key role in this discussion.
The event will offer webcasts by experts to provide important background information for participants and to help stimulate dialogue and discussion around three main questions: what are the ways that access to information (and more narrowly open access) contributes to sustainable development?; How can libraries and information centres promote the adoption of access to information as part of the "post-2015 agenda, in particular SDGs"?; and what can we do collectively – for example, through COAR, FAO and IFLA- to raise awareness of open access and access to information in the context of SDG discussion?
The e-forum will take place from September 7-18, 2015. It is aimed at information professionals in general, any person related to access to information, libraries, information centers is invited and encouraged to participate in the forum.
During the e-forum, webinars will take place to support the discussions. Announcements will be distributed one week before each webinar. The first webinar will take place on September 6 at 11:00 with the title 'Libraries, The Lyon Declaration, and the Road to 2030' by Stuart Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General, Director, Policy & Advocacy at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
The e-forum is open to anyone, places are not limited. Those interested to participate in this online event, can use the form at https://dgroups.org/fao/ciard-econsultation/sdgs-impact-access-information-societies/join.
