[Pal-dc] IFLA and Other Access to Information Campaigners Welcome UN Development Report

[Stuart Hamilton]

Dear Colleagues

Yesterday saw the publication of a report by the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The report sets out to make recommendations on the development agenda beyond 2015. It calls for a 'data and information revolution' and puts transparency, accountability and poor people's participation in decision-making and implementation at the heart of the new framework. The recommendations would enable citizen and policy makers to track goals set by governments and hold them responsible for their actions.

IFLA welcomes the report for as we believe better access to information will reduce corruption, improve decision-making and allocation of resources, empower citizens and support good governance: all prerequisites for successful poverty reduction. For more information, please see: http://www.ifla.org/node/7720

You can access the report (PDF) here: http://www.post2015hlp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UN-Report.pdf

Kind regards,

Stuart


Stuart Hamilton
Director of Policy and Advocacy
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

00 31 70 314 0884

Twitter: @ifladpa

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