Content tagged Internet Governance Forum
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- Get Into… Guides
A key part of IFLA’s advocacy work is our engagement with international organisations and processes. These provide an opportunity to underline the role of libraries and call for laws,...
Publication - 21 October 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Blue Shield, GAPMIL, IGF, Internet Governance Forum, UN, WIPO, Briefings
- IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum 2018: Libraries Central to Building a Trusted Internet
The need to preserve the benefits of an open internet while finding means to address concerns about the way it works was high on the agenda at the 13th Internet Governance Forum, held in Paris...
News - 15 November 2018
Tags: Access to information, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, France, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, Public Access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Get into IGF
The Internet is increasingly central to the way we create, share, access and use information. For libraries to be able to achieve their mission of providing universal, equitable and meaningful...
Publication - 21 June 2018
Tags: Access to information, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Accessible, Open, Empowering, Lasting: IFLA Engages on Internet Governance
IFLA will be attending this year’s annual Internet Governance Forum – the 12th edition – in Geneva, Switzerland. This is an important opportunity both to make the case for an...
News - 17 December 2017
Tags: digital literacy, Digital preservation, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Shutdowns, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum
On December 14 at 11:30 (CET), join us for a 30-minute webinar to learn more about the role of IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and how IFLA advocates for public access in...
Event - 12 December 2017
Tags: digital literacy, IGF, Information society, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Public Access, Webinar, webinar, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- From Information to Development: IFLA Participates in 2017 Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum
For information to play a full role in helping people to learn, find work and live healthily, simply laying cables may not be enough. The way in which access to knowledge is provided strongly...
News - 29 July 2017
Tags: Access to information, Development, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Thailand, UN 2030 sustainable development goals, Asia and Oceania
- Latin America and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum
The 10th Latin America and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum offers an opportunity to explore current trends in uses and governance of the Internet. Bringing together government, business...
Event - 25 July 2017
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, Panama, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum
The eighth Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum provides an opportunity to discuss key policy issues around the way the Web works, both exploring regionally specific trends and...
Event - 25 July 2017
Tags: Access to knowledge, Conference, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, Thailand, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum
Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) serves as a platform for discussion, exchange and collaboration at a regional level, and also where possible to aggregate national IGF...
Event - 30 June 2016
Tags: APrIGF, China, Internet Governance Forum, Meeting, Asia and Oceania
- International Leaders Programme: Report on the African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF)
Report on the African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) 23-16 September 2013 Nairobi, Kenya 1. Introduction The AfIGF held its Second Annual face-to-face Forum at the...
News - 19 November 2013
Tags: Africa, IGF, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, kenya, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- IGF Baku - Workshop 189 outcomes 'Open Government Data for citizens, by citizens, about citizens?'
Open Institute Kenya, Open Rights Group, Affilias, the UK Taxpayers Alliance and IFLA addressed the issue of “Big Data” and how the increasing trend of governments around the world...
News - 29 November 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- Internet Governance Forum
IFLA participates in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) since 2008 with the aim of ensuring that libraries are visible and active in the debate on Internet governance....
Informational Page - 12 November 2012
Tags: IGF, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IGF Baku - Workshop 146 outcomes 'Intellectual property rights and the freedom to share'
IFLA’s final workshop at the IGF 2012 took place on the morning of Thursday 8th November in Baku. The IFLA Director of Policy and Advocacy participated in a panel on intellectual property...
News - 12 November 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IGF Baku - Workshop 168 outcomes 'Capacity building Initiatives'
At an IGF workshop on Wednesday 7th November IFLA and other library representatives made the case for libraries as key actors to help vulnerable and marginalised people play a key role in...
News - 8 November 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IGF Baku - Workshop 130 outcomes 'Digital Inclusion and Public Access to the Internet'
At IGF 2012 Baku, Workshop 130 IFLA, EIFL and ISOC’s workshop on public libraries and digital inclusion kicked off the first afternoon of the 2012 Internet...
News - 7 November 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IGF Baku - Intellectual property rights and the freedom to share: are the two compatible? (8th November, Workshop 146)
This workshop will focus on the tensions between intellectual property rights and the freedom to share. It will interrogate such questions as: Is the classical conceptualization of copyright...
News - 7 November 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IGF Baku - Capacity building Initiatives for better economic and social inclusion of vulnerable people in the Information society (7th November, Workshop 168)
The workshop is the continuation of the Vilnius (WS 109) and Nairobi (WS 126) discussions on the use of ICTs by vulnerable people. The propose of this workshop is to have...
News - 6 November 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IGF Baku - Digital Inclusion and Public Access to the Internet (6th November 2012, Workshop 130)
IFLA, together with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) and the Internet Society (ISOC) will hold a workshop during this year's Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku,...
News - 5 November 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- Seventh Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
The seventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will take place from 6-9 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. The IGF is a UN-sponsored event to discuss the main public policy issues...
Event - 31 October 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, Meeting, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IFLA at the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, 6-9 November 2012
watch the live webcast! ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’ The seventh meeting of the Internet Governance...
News - 31 October 2012
Tags: Azerbaijan, Digital inclusion, IGF, Intellectual property, Internet Governance Forum, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- Formation of a new Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries at the Internet Governance Forum
IFLA is pleased to report that a new Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries has been approved by the Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). IGF Dynamic Coalitions are...
News - 13 March 2012
Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, Public Libraries