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Oggetto: [LyonDCL] Advocating for libraries as partners for
development: IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme comes to the UN
Data: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:22:09 +0000
*Advocating for libraries as partners for development: IFLA’s
International Advocacy Programme comes to the UN*
<https://www.ifla.org/node/59406>/On 28-29 June, IFLA will hold the
International Advocacy Programme (IAP)
<https://www.ifla.org/ldp/iap> Global Convening in New York, USA. Nearly
40 participants from all regions have been invited by IFLA to celebrate
success, look to the future, and tell the story of libraries and the
SDGs to officials from the UN and governments./
The IAP Global Convening <https://www.ifla.org/node/57718>, the climax
of two years’ work, will be hosted by two emblematic institutions: the
Brooklyn Public Library <https://www.bklynlibrary.org/> and the New York
Public Library <https://www.nypl.org/>. It will be an opportunity for
IAP participants to look back at successes, and draw on each other’s
experience gained to take the global library field’s advocacy up a gear.
The IAP participants will meet in New York, the home town of the United
Nations. This is no coincidence; a highlight of the Convening will be a
chance to visit the UN’s Headquarters, and hear about latest news and
future plans, directly from UN officials.
The event will also offer a unique opportunity to showcase exceptional
awareness raising and advocacy work, honoured by the presence of UN
officials and national diplomats.
IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner said:
/“Two years ago, we challenged librarians around the world to make the
case for libraries as drivers of development. They have surpassed our
expectations. Now we look to the future, to moving up a gear in our
engagement with the UN, governments and communities.”/
*Global Goals: Local Action – the International Advocacy Programme So Far*
The IAP started in 2016 with one train-the-trainer workshop and six
regional workshops around the world. Yet it rapidly become a powerful
worldwide movement.
Librarians in all regions have gathered evidence and learnt how better
to advocate for libraries as motors of development
<https://www.ifla.org/libraries-development>, underlining their
contribution to more informed, included, and engaged societies.
The United Nations 2030 Agenda, and the Sustainable Development Goal it
establishes, have offered a vital framework. Thanks to this, it has been
possible to explain the work of libraries in language that
decision-makers understand.
Following the workshops, 150 participants signed contracts to take
action, from 76 countries. Yet beyond this, IAP and its themes have
spread across the library field, providing a strong and attractive
strong advocacy theme for libraries around the world.
*A Crucial Year: Education, Employment and Access to Information on the
Agenda*
But this is just the beginning: 2019 will be a crucial year as key SDGs
for libraries become focus of UN discussions, particularly 4 (Quality
Education), 8 (Decent Work), and 16 (Access to Information). The IAP
Convening is part of the preparatory work carried out by IFLA to ensure
we take advantage of this unique opportunity as a globally united
library field.
The advocacy work done by IAP participants will be strengthened by the
IFLA Library Map of the World <http://librarymap.ifla.org/>. This
powerful advocacy tool underlines what the library field can do, by
providing library data and stories demonstrating how libraries in
different countries contribute to the SDGs.
The IAP Convening will include a workshop: “SDG Storytelling for Showing
the Impact of Libraries” as a learning opportunity to apply the recently
launched "Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals: A
Storytelling Manual
<https://www.ifla.org/publications/libraries-and-the-sustainable-development-goals-a-storytelling-manual>"
and see more and more stories published.
/Source:
www.ifla.org/node/59406 <http://www.ifla.org/node/59406> /