Content tagged Internet governance
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- Now available: summary of UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel Report on Digital Cooperation
The digital age is changing the way libraries work – transforming their collections, facilitating sharing of works, allowing them to offer completely new types of services, and more. That is...
News - 17 July 2019
Tags: Digital inclusion, Internet governance, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA at EuroDIG 2019
The 2019 edition of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) took place in The Hague from 19-21 June. This year, IFLA was involved in organising a panel on the European...
News - 25 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Data Literacy, Digital divide, Freedom of information, IFLA and the Information Society, Internet governance, Netherlands, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Partnerships in the Public Interest: IFLA Submits Initial Comments to UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
IFLA has prepared an initial response to the consultation launched by the United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This highlights the importance of action for access...
News - 12 December 2018
Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Internet governance, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA Submission to the UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
IFLA has submitted its response to the consultation launched by the United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This highlights the importance of action for access to information...
Publication - 12 December 2018
Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Internet governance, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- A Unique Role: Libraries' Contribution to Internet Connectivity
With half the world's population still offline, the need for meaningful solutions to ensure that everyone has the possibility to connect is as high as ever. While traditional...
News - 14 November 2018
Tags: Access to information, community networks, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, France, Internet governance, offline internet, Public Access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Get into IGF
The Internet is increasingly central to the way we create, share, access and use information. For libraries to be able to achieve their mission of providing universal, equitable and meaningful...
Publication - 21 June 2018
Tags: Access to information, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Internet for People: IFLA signs onto joint letter to G20 Presidency
IFLA has added its name to a letter to Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina and host of the G20 – a gathering of the governments of the world’s biggest economies. The letter sets out...
News - 17 June 2018
Tags: Access to information, Argentina, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Internet governance, Privacy, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- La Participación de la IFLA en el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet
El 14 de diciembre a las 16:00hs (CET), acompáñenos en un webinar de 30 minutos para obtener más información sobre la participación de la IFLA en el Foro de...
Event - 12 December 2017
Tags: digital literacy, Internet governance, Public Access, Webinar, webinar, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum
On December 14 at 11:30 (CET), join us for a 30-minute webinar to learn more about the role of IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and how IFLA advocates for public access in...
Event - 12 December 2017
Tags: digital literacy, IFLA and the Information Society, IGF, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Public Access, Webinar, webinar, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2017
The 2017 Conference of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will offer an opportunity to deepen the connections between Internet governance and the achievement of the Sustainable...
Event - 22 May 2017
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Digital divide, Internet access, Internet governance, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Global Commission Recommends Governments to Invest in Public Access in Libraries
The Global Commission on Internet Governance has just released One Internet, a wide-ranging and pragmatic vision of how all actors can contribute to a sustainable and democratic internet....
News - 22 June 2016
Tags: Advocacy, Digital divide, Freedom of information, Information literacy, Information policy, Internet access, Internet governance, Knowledge society, LDP (Library Development Programme)