International Advocacy Programme (IAP)

Key Initiative 4.2:

Delivering the International Advocacy Programme (IAP)

We will develop the International Advocacy Programme to give the library sector the capacity to create and promote a favourable policy framework for valued library services to the community, set and implement regional and national action agendas, and build advocacy skills.

We will deliver the Africa IAP pilot, Train the Trainer Workshop and Regional IAP Workshops.

We will work with the library sector to campaign for the inclusion of library services in national development plans.

Key Actions:

2018

• The 2030 Arab Librarians: Libraries and Development in the Arabic-Speaking World (22 November)
• IAP Project Report: Hungary (2018) "Let’s work together on library advocacy!" (29 October)
• IAP Project Report: Portuguese speaking Africa (2018) "Awareness Creation, Advocacy and relevant Data Collection Strategies for UN 2030 Agenda" (19 September)
• How can Russian libraries further development of society? (14 August)
• IAP Project Report: Uruguay (2018) "Workshop on Libraries as a Social Instrument" (27 July)
• An Open Invitation: UN, Government Officials Welcome Library Engagement in the 2030 Agenda (3 July)
• IAP Project Report: Uganda (2018) "Sharing stories that matter to Policy and Decision Makers" (2 July)
• Advocating for Libraries as Partners for Development: IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme Comes to the UN (26 June)
• Securing the Past, Shaping the Future: IFLA President Visits Moscow (26 April)
• Tell us your story: IFLA’s “Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Storytelling Manual” is now published (11 April)
• IAP Project Report: West Africa (2017) "Awareness Creation, Advocacy and Relevant Data Collection Strategies for the UN 2030 Agenda for Librarians"  (27 March)
• IAP Project Report: East Africa (2017) "Awareness workshops on libraries and the UN SDGs for policy makers and librarians" (13 February)
• IAP Project Report: Brazil (2017) "Regional workshops to warm up for CBBD 2017 (Congresso Brasileiro de Biblioteconomia e Documentação)" (8 February)

2017

• Everyone Has a Right to Access to Information: IFLA Presents Research on Libraries' Actions for Accessibility at the UN (23 December)
• International Advocacy Programme (IAP): 14 projects selected (17 November)
• International Advocacy Programme (IAP): 14 projects selected (16 November)
• International Advocacy Programme (IAP) Update – October 2017 (8 November)
• World Mental Health Day 2017: Libraries Playing their Part (10 October)
• International Day for Universal Access to Information 2017: A Day to Celebrate the Essential Work of Libraries (28 September)
• Services for People with Disabilities in Libraries: Survey (25 September)
• Stronger, More Stable, More Inclusive: Libraries Around the World Help Build Peaceful Societies (21 September)
• Putting Libraries on the Agenda: New Development and Access to Information Report (23 August)
• International Advocacy Programme (IAP): Ten projects now under way (22 June)
• International Advocacy Programme (IAP) Update – May 2017 (31 May)
• 72 countries are now part of IFLA's International Advocacy Programme (IAP) (March)
• IFLA invites you to submit examples of how libraries contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda (March)
• International Advocacy Programme (IAP) Update - February 2017 (February)
• Invitation to submit funding proposals for the International Advocacy Programme (IAP) (January)

2016

• IFLA signs agreements with 50 countries to work towards getting Libraries included in National Development Plans (December)
• Launch of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme with four Regional Workshops (December)
• Libraries make an essential contribution to development (June)
• Toolkit Libraries and National Development Plans (April)

2015

• IFLA launches new toolkit to support immediate advocacy for access to information in national development plans (December)
• Call for examples: Libraries and the UN 2030 Agenda (August)

Last update: 3 December 2018