IFLA is participating in follow up activities related to several of the "Action Lines" that were identified in the Geneva Plan of Action.
World Summit on the Information Society
Follow-up:
Implementation
Key IFLA Documents
"IFLA's three pillars and WSIS" by Alex Byrne, IFLA President-elect 2003-2005:
Full version (with photographs 1,590 Kb)
Compact version (without photographs 99 Kb)
Or Text only version
(February 2005)
Libraries @ the heart of the Information Society
Proceedings of the IFLA Pre-World Summit Conference
[PDF: 3 Mb]
(Geneva 3-4 November 2003)
Report on IFLA's participation on PrepCom-3
(September 2003)
Libraries Help Bridge Digital Divide
(May 28, 2003)
Draft Declaration of Principles and Draft Action Plan
(May 2003)
Report on IFLA's participation on PrepCom-2
(March 2003)
UNESCO Switzerland initiative in favour of the Least Developed Countries
(February 2003)
Role and Position of Libraries
[Catalan]
(February 2003)
Promoting the global information commons: IFLA response to the WSIS
Declaration of Principles from the library and information sector
(September 2002)
Statements
Alexandria Manifesto on Libraries, the Information Society in Action
[Greek] [Italian]
(November 2005)
Beacons of the Information Society - The Alexandria Proclamation on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning
[Dutch] [Portuguese] [Slovenian]
(November 2005)
Maintaining our digital memory: a declaration of support for the World Summit on the Information Society
(November 2005)
IFLA Position on Internet Governance
(September 2005)
Promoting the global information commons: A statement by IFLA to WSIS Tunis PrepCom2
(February 2005)
Promoting the global information commons: A commentary on the library and information implications of the WSIS Declaration of Principles
(June 2004)
IFLA Council resolution on World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
(August 8, 2003)
The IFLA Internet Manifesto
[Available in various languages]
(August 23, 2002)
IFLA's Glasgow Declaration on Libraries, Information Services and Intellectual Freedom
[Available in various languages]
(March 27, 2002)
Related Papers
Second Phase Tunis
First Phase of WSIS
(Geneva, 10-12 December 2003)
Reports from Geneva:
PrepCom-3
Geneva, 15-26 September & Geneva, 10-14 November 2003)
Resumed session of
"PrepCom-3A"
(Geneva, 10-14 November 2003)
Preparations
of World Summit on the Information Society Speed Up
08-09-2003 (UNESCO/ITU) - Universal access to information, access to
education, freedom of expression and cultural diversity are the four
principles for future knowledge societies that are at the heart of
UNESCO's message to the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee of
the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS PrepCom-3), to be
held in Geneva from 15-26 September 2003.
IFLA preparation for the December 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
PrepCom-2
(Geneva, 17-28 February 2003)
PrepCom-2,
the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on the Information
Society was held in Geneva, 17-28 February 2003.
Library and information services are key actors in providing
unhindered access to essential resources for economic and cultural
advance. In doing so, they contribute effectively to the development
and maintenance of intellectual freedom, safeguarding democratic
values and universal civil rights. They encourage social inclusion,
by striving to serve all those in their user communities regardless
of age, gender, economic or employment status, literacy or technical
skills, cultural or ethnic origin, religious or political beliefs,
sexual orientation, and physical or mental ability. The communities
they serve may be geographically based or, increasingly, linked only
by technology and shared interests.
PrepCom-1
(Geneva, 1-5 July 2002)
The first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for WSIS
PrepCom-1
took place in Geneva (Switzerland) from 1-5 July 2002.
IFLA Membership Activities
Mailing list:
WSIS-L
IFLA WSIS Contact Group List
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