[Pal-dc] Blogpost at @post2015 on the role of information and skills in unlocking the data revolution

[Fiona Bradley]

Dear colleagues,

Together with a number of organisations, IFLA is working to demonstrate the critical role that information and skills play in achieving the UN's post-2015 development agenda. As part of this, I'm pleased to share a blog post for Post2015.org, which is running a fantastic series of posts from different perspectives on how to realise the data revolution called for in the High Level Panel's report to the UN on the post-2015 development agenda. Our perspective is that access is not enough: making available open budgets, development data, and information about public services is essential, but without skills and access, and places like libraries, people won't be able to make use of it.

Information, access and skills will unlock the data revolution: http://post2015.org/2014/01/23/information-access-and-skills-will-unlock-the-data-revolution/

Please share amongst your networks, and I look forward to comments and suggestions. For more background, our briefings on the role of access to information in the post-2015 agenda and statement on libraries and development can be found at: http://www.ifla.org/libraries-development

Kind regards,
Fiona


Fiona Bradley
Manager, Member Services and Development
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

Email: fiona.bradley at ifla.org<mailto:fiona.bradley at ifla.org>


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