Content tagged Switzerland
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- IFLA continues efforts in WIPO: a brief on NGO's Meeting with Director-General Francis Gurry
On November 26th, IFLA was once again at WIPO, at a meeting organised by the secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations. The NGOs’ meeting with the WIPO Director-General...
News - 27 November 2019
Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- The 39th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO
From 18-19 October 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an international conference on issues of copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries, archives and...
News - 21 October 2019
Tags: Advocacy, Conferences, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland
- Promoting Access to Knowledge and Information: WIPO Members Affirm Role in Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals
From 30 September to 9 October 2019, the General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization took place in Geneva, Switzerland. WIPO is the...
News - 7 October 2019
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- WIPO General Assembly
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) take place from 30 September to 9 October 2019. They are the main opportunity to hear updates and take decisions about...
Event - 7 October 2019
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Copyright, Access and the SDGs: IFLA at the WIPO General Assembly
The World Intellectual Property Organisation’s annual General Assembly saw exciting announcements around the Marrakesh Treaty, welcome support for better laws for libraries,...
News - 4 October 2018
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assembly
The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the...
Event - 24 September 2018
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Provide Access, Protect Rights, Promote Development – IFLA at WIPO General Assembly 2018
The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the board...
News - 24 September 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Towards Action: IFLA Returns to Geneva for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
The 36th session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will focus on defining action plans on copyright...
News - 28 May 2018
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organisation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- 36th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
The 36th session of SCCR, taking place at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, will provide a further opportunity to make the case for a world where libraries everywhere benefit from at least...
Event - 27 May 2018
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- The Road to New York: Preparations Begin for the 2018 High Level Political Forum
In the first of five regional forums on the Sustainable Development Goals, the importance of access to information as a driver of progress was clear. Delegates from Europe and North America,...
News - 6 March 2018
Tags: Access to information, Development, Disadvantaged persons, Sustainable Development Agenda, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region
With a particular focus on SDG 11 - Sustainable Communities and Cities (read our blog here) - and on those countries undertaking voluntary national reviews in 2018, it is an opportunity to...
Event - 20 February 2018
Tags: Access to information, Community, Conference, Development, Switzerland
- IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum 2017
IFLA participated in the 2017 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in Geneva. The IGF is a global multi stakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues...
News - 16 January 2018
Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Internet governance, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Accessible, Open, Empowering, Lasting: IFLA Engages on Internet Governance
IFLA will be attending this year’s annual Internet Governance Forum – the 12th edition – in Geneva, Switzerland. This is an important opportunity both to make the case for an...
News - 17 December 2017
Tags: digital literacy, Digital preservation, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Shutdowns, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Internet Governance Forum 2017
IFLA will be attending this year's global Internet Governance Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, highlighting the role of libraries not only in giving people access to the Internet, but also in...
Event - 7 December 2017
Tags: Conference, Digital inclusion, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, Internet access, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Open Access, Public Access, Meaningful Access: Libraries heard at WSIS Forum and Human Rights Council
Article 19 of the Universal Convention on Human Rights offers freedom of access to information for all. This freedom has long been at the heart of the work of libraries. ...
News - 19 June 2017
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Libraries, Human Rights and the Internet: IFLA Engages in Geneva
Libraries have a major practical role in giving their users access to knowledge and protecting their intellectual freedom. As well as public access to Internet connections, they...
News - 12 June 2017
Tags: Freedom of expression, Information society, Internet access, Switzerland, 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)
- Human Rights Council - 35th Session
The UN Human Rights Council meets at least three times a year, and looks both at the status of human rights in individual countries (though Universal Periodic Reviews) and specific themes. IFLA...
Event - 22 May 2017
Tags: Access to information, Event, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- P&C Satelitte Meeting in Sierre, Switzerland - Registration is open
The IFLA P&C Section have the pleasure to announce that registration has now opened for our Satellite meeting coorganised with the Association International Francophone des Bibliothé...
News - 14 May 2017
Tags: Switzerland, Preservation and Conservation
- 2017 Call for Papers: P&C Satelitte Meeting in Sierre, Switzerland
The Association internationale francophone de bibliothécaires et documentalistes (aifbd) is holding its fourth congress in Sierre, Valais Switzerland on 16-17 August 2017, in cooperation...
News - 23 November 2016
Tags: documentary heritage, Preservation, Switzerland, Preservation and Conservation
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 33 (SCCR 33)
The 33rd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
Event - 30 August 2016
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, Meeting, SCCR, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Libraries and Archives Are Embracing Digital: It’s Time the Law Did the Same
Digital technologies offer rich opportunities to collect, preserve and make the world’s knowledge available. But to make the most of these collections, libraries and archives need the...
News - 7 June 2016
Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Copyright, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2016
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)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 32 (SCCR32)
The 32nd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on exceptions and limitations internationally, preparing statements for IFLA...
Event - 26 April 2016
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Cross-border collaboration emphasized at WIPO SCCR 31
Discussion of exceptions and limitations to enable access to information continued last week at the 31st meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO. IFLA...
News - 15 December 2015
Tags: Copyright, Copyright framework, EU Copyright Consultation, Geneva, SCCR, Switzerland, WIPO
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 31 (SCCR31)
The 31st meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...
Event - 4 September 2015
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- WIPO General Assembly: Forty-Seventh Session
The main policy and decision making bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are the General Assembly and the Coordination Committee. Twenty Assemblies, and other bodies of...
Event - 4 September 2015
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- International copyright reform for libraries and archives held back by EU
Once again, the European Union (EU) has blocked progress by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) towards...
News - 9 July 2015
Tags: Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- WSIS Forum 2015: Continue to prioritize ICTs for Sustainable Development
IFLA attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015, held in Geneva from 25–29 May. Intergovernmental groups, stakeholders and other key players attended the High-...
News - 3 June 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, ICTs, Lyon Declaration, SDGs, Sustainable Development Agenda, Switzerland, WSIS
- MetLib 2015 - Zurich
Public Libraries are places that provide us with knowledge and information. Very often, we find ourselves limited in what we would like to offer and what we are able to offer our customers...
Event - 10 November 2014
Tags: Conference, Public Libraries, Switzerland, Metropolitan Libraries
- IFLA at the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) High Level Event (HLE)
Next week IFLA will be participating in the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) High Level Event (HLE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The WSIS HLE will review the progress made in the...
News - 5 June 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Switzerland
- EuroDIG 2014
The Pan-European dialogue on Internet governance (EuroDIG) is an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance (IG)...
Event - 1 June 2014
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) +10 High Level Event
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)
- EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems; causes collapse of WIPO meeting
[Media Release] [Additional Quotes] Discussions by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) broke down in the...
News - 6 May 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA advocates for copyright treaty for libraries and archives in Geneva
Next week discussions regarding an international framework on copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives will recommence once again at the World Intellectual Property...
News - 23 April 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 27 (SCCR27)
The 27th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...
Event - 22 April 2014
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- FAIFE Satellite Meeting 2014
Theme: Ethical Dilemmas in the Information Society: How Codes of Ethics Help to Find Ethical Solutions FAIFE satellite meeting for 2014 will take place on August...
Event - 18 February 2014
Tags: Satellite Meeting, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- EU favours licensing over copyright reform for libraries in latest international negotiations
The 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) closed just before midnight on Friday 20th December, following five days of discussion of copyright...
News - 6 January 2014
Tags: Copyright, SCCR26, Switzerland
- International discussions on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives re-commence today
Today, on the third day of negotiations at the 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, discussions regarding copyright...
News - 18 December 2013
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO
- Call for papers: 2014 FAIFE satellite meeting in Geneva
FAIFE invites proposals for presentations at its pre-conference programme in Geneva, Switzerland on 13 and 14 August 2014. Librarians, archivists and other information workers all over the...
News - 17 December 2013
Tags: Access to information, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- SCCR26 to start next week in Geneva
Next week, IFLA will be present at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, to advocate for an international framework supporting copyright exceptions for...
News - 13 December 2013
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, SCCR, Switzerland
- IFLA Newspapers Section Satellite Meeting 2014
IFLA 2014 Pre-Conference Newspapers are highly esteemed historical sources, and their digital transformation multiplies their usage. Current digital news media constantly develop new...
Event - 9 December 2013
Tags: Conference, Newspapers, Switzerland, News Media
- Call for papers: IFLA Newspapers Section Satellite Meeting 2014
IFLA 2014 Pre-Conference in Geneva, Switzerland Digital Transformation and the Changing Role of News Media in the 21st Century Date: August 13-14, 2014 Venue: International Telecommunication...
News - 5 December 2013
Tags: Newspapers, Switzerland, News Media
- 2014 IFLA Preservation and Conservation Satellite Meeting
français Society without Memory is a society without present or future The concept of cultural heritage has multiple dimensions unsuspected and unexpected in the digital age...
Event - 25 November 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Satellite Meeting, Sustainability, Switzerland, Preservation and Conservation
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 26 (SCCR26)
The 26th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...
Event - 31 October 2013
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA hosts workshop at 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)
- IFLA at the World Summit on the Information Society, 13-17 May 2013, Geneva
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum is meeting this week in Geneva at the international Telecommunications Union (ITU). UNESCO and ITU are working towards a review of...
News - 13 May 2013
Tags: Switzerland, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
- IFLA attends Informal Session and Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, 18-20 April 2013
The WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met for its second special session (SCCR/SS/GE/2/13) last week to undertake further work on the draft negotiating text...
News - 25 April 2013
Tags: Copyright, SCCR, Switzerland
- Mid-year Meeting 2013 - Multicultural Populations
Event - 27 February 2013
Tags: Meeting, Switzerland, Library Services to Multicultural Populations
- IFLA attends special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)
A special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 18-22 February 2013 in Geneva to reach consensus on the draft text of an international...
News - 27 February 2013
Tags: CLM, Copyright, SCCR, Switzerland
- Conclusions from the 25th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
The 25th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded on Friday 24th November with some progress made towards the concluding of an international...
News - 26 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, SCCR25, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA-EIFL-CLA Statement on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at SCCR 25
During the plenary discussion on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd November at the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, the Chair of IFLA'...
News - 22 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, SCCR25, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 25 (SCCR25)
Updated news items concerning SCCR25 can be found: Copyright Limitations and Exceptions pages.
Event - 22 November 2012
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA, EIFL, ICA and German Library Association Statement on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 25
The first two days of the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) have seen Member States working in small groups to finalise a text for a treaty for...
News - 21 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Print disabilities, SCCR25, Switzerland, Visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Start of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 25 (SCCR25) - 19th November 2012
The 25th meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) started today, Monday 19th November, in Geneva, Switzerland....
News - 19 November 2012
Tags: Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Report from the IFLA/EIFL/COAR/SPARC World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2012 Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland
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)
- WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, 23rd Session
The 23rd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives. More...
Event - 13 September 2011
Tags: Copyright, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)