[Pal-dc] [LyonDCL] #next4billion – IFLA’s roundup of the United Nations Summit for the 2030 Agenda

Wed Oct 7 06:43:52 BST 2015

Dear Ms. Brungs,

Thank you so much for sharing the valuable information.

Good Luck to the project.

*Teresita C. Moran*
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On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Julia Brungs <Julia.Brungs at ifla.org> wrote:

> The United Nations (UN) hosted the Summit for the adoption of the 2030
> Agenda <http://www.ifla.org/node/9895> at the end of September in New
> York. IFLA has been actively involved in the process of creating the
> Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the last years and has advocated
> for access to information, culture, access to Information and Communication
> Technologies (ICTs) and universal literacy, all of which can be found in
> the 2030 Agenda, throughout this time.
>
>
>
> *#next4billion – IFLA at the New York Public Library*
>
> During the event, IFLA, together with IREX, Beyond Access and the New York
> Public Library hosted an event on the development challenges ahead and how
> access to information and ICTs through libraries can help tackle them.
> Following welcome remarks from New York Public Library President Tony Marx,
> IFLA President Donna Scheeder led a high-level line-up of speakers
> including representatives from Mozilla, Beyond Access Myanmar, IREX, the
> International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and USAID.
>
> Throughout the evening participants from across the library, development
> and technology sectors discussed the presentations which tackled the
> importance of access to ICTs for women and girls, the need for greater
> access to broadband Internet in the community, and the need to support web
> literacy programmes to ensure that everyone is able to understand the
> information they find online. Speakers highlighted the key role that
> libraries play in supporting all of these issues.
>
>
>
> Find out more on how libraries guarantee access to information — a
> cross-cutting target that supports all Sustainable Development Goals
> (SDGs) [PDF
> <http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/libraries-development/documents/ifla2pagernext4billion.pdf>
> ]
>
>
>
> You can also follow the tweets of the evening in the Storify
> <https://storify.com/BeyondAccess/connecting-the-next4billion>.
>
>
>
> *The Global Connect Initiative *
>
> During the UN General Assembly (GA) the U.S. State Department launched the Global
> Connect Initiative <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/09/247374.htm>. The
> initiative seeks to bring 1.5 billion people who currently lack internet
> access online by 2020. IFLA, together with a range of other organisations,
> co-signed a statement <http://bestbits.net/global-connect-initiative/> by
> BestBits concerning the launch of the Global Connect Initiative. The
> statement commends the launch of the initiatives and stresses the
> importance of access and connectivity for everyone. It stresses that:
>
> States must promote and facilitate universal, equitable, secure,
> affordable and high-quality Internet access on the basis of human rights,
> the rule of law, and net-neutrality, including during times of unrest. All
> of the Internet, for All the people, All the time!
>
>
>
> *The Future we want includes Culture*
>
> IFLA has been an active member of The Future we want include Culture
> <http://www.ifla.org/node/8628?og=7409>campaign, a collaboration of
> institutions and organisations which advocate for the inclusion of culture
> in the 2030 Agenda. The campaign has now issued afinal statement
> <http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/libraries-development/documents/document_september_2015_sdg_eng_-_final_-_def.pdf> welcoming
> the inclusion of culture and cultural heritage in several of the Goals and
> Targets. The campaign once again calls on the UN and its Member States to
> include culture and the organisations which provide services around this,
> into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and into the discussion on
> indicators to achieve the Goals and Targets.
>
>
>
> *What’s next?*
>
> Next up, the UN and the UN Statistical Commission are working on the
> finalisation of the indicators which will enable the success measuring of
> the SDGs set out in the 2030 Agenda. IFLA will remain involved with the
> process and will advocate for a set of indicators under Target 16.10
> (‘Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in
> accordance with national legislation and international agreements’) which
> will reflect the crucial role libraries play in realising this Target as
> well as further stressing the importance of access to information to
> realise all Goals and Targets.
>
>
>
> *What can you do?*
>
> Now is the time for all our members and signatories to the Lyon
> Declaration <http://www.lyondeclaration.org/>to continue to advocate
> <http://www.ifla.org/node/9615?og=7409> for the inclusion of access to
> information, culture, literacy and access to ICTs within your national
> development plans. Your countries' national developments plans are being
> drafted now, taking the outcomes of the 2030 Agenda into account and
> defining the implementation of the SDGs on a national level. It is
> important that access to information and libraries as enablers are
> represented in your countries' national development plans.
>
> You can also find further support materials in our Development Agenda
> Toolkit
> <http://www.ifla.org/publications/toolkit--libraries-and-the-un-post-2015-development-agenda>.
> We will also publish a booklet in the coming weeks, outlining what work
> libraries are already doing in supporting each of the 17 Goals of the 2030
> Agenda.
>
>
>
> Please also see the webversion <http://www.ifla.org/node/9914>.
>
>
>
> 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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