[Pal-dc] [LyonDCL] Targeting your UN post-2015 National Development Plans – action is needed now!

[Moran, Teresita C.]

Dear Dr. Brungs,

Thank you for your email about national development. I will discuss the
Toolkit with our National Library Director, Atty, Antonio M.Santos. I will
get back to you once we are done.




*Teresita C. Moran*
University Librarian

*Far Eastern University*
Nicanor Reyes Street, Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines 1015
+632 7355649 (Direct)
+632 7355621 Loc. 253
Email: tmoran at feu.edu.ph | http://www.feu.edu.ph
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Julia Brungs <Julia.Brungs at ifla.org> wrote:

>  Dear all,
>
>
>
> *Call to action*
>
> IFLA has drafted a document helping everyone understand the importance of
> national development plans, the role libraries can play in them and how
> important it is to act and engage with them.
>
>
>
> Download: Libraries and national development plans [PDF
> <http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/libraries-development/documents/libraries-national-development-plans.pdf>
> ]
>
>
>
> It also provides you with some strong examples that show the positive
> effects of libraries engaging with politicians to raise the voice of access
> to information.
>
> Nations have already started drafting their national plans to implement
> the post-2015 development agenda and achieve the Sustainable Development
> Goals in their countries.
>
> Now is the time for you to approach your ministries and set up meetings
> with those responsible for drafting your countries' national development
> plan. The IFLA Toolkit: Libraries and the UN post-2015 development agenda
> <http://www.ifla.org/publications/toolkit--libraries-and-the-un-post-2015-development-agenda> gives
> guidance on how to set up and prepare for these meetings. We would like to
> stress once again that in order for libraries and access to information to
> be prominent in these plans, you must take action now.
>
> Failing to engage with the process on national levels could lead to
> valuable information infrastructures such as libraries being overlooked by
> policymakers.
>
>
>
> *Feed back to us*
>
> IFLA would like to ask you to please feed back to us (
> Julia.brungs at ifla.org) on any meetings you took with your ministry and
> the results of these.
>
> This will give us an overview on which countries are in support of our
> work at the UN level and it will also give us an idea on where more policy
> support is needed.
>
> For more on the IFLA's role in the broader context of the UN Development
> Agenda, see our recent overview of activities
> <http://www.ifla.org/node/9616>.
>
>
>
> Please also see the webversion <http://www.ifla.org/node/9615>.
>
>
>
> Julia Brungs
>
> Policy and Projects Officer
>
> International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
>
> P.O. Box 95312
> 2509 CH The Hague
> Netherlands
>
> Phone: 0031703140884
>
> Email: Julia.brungs at ifla.org
>
>
>
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