Content tagged local development
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- Libraries’ Role as Core Cultural Services Highlighted in UN Text
The Declared Actions from the 10th meeting of the World Urban Forum, focusing on the role of culture and innovation in creating cities of opportunity, have underlined the contribution libraries...
News - 17 February 2020
Tags: culture, local development, local government, public services, United Arab Emirates
- Local Action, Global Impact: Lessons from the 10th World Urban Forum
From 8-13 Feburary, IFLA participated in the 10th World Urban Forum, a UN-led conference bringing together mayors, professionals, civil society and international agencies in order to...
News - 13 February 2020
Tags: local development, local government, New Urban Agenda, United Arab Emirates
- The New Urban Agenda – Advocacy Opportunities for Libraries
IFLA’s new briefing provides an overview of the New Urban Agenda, and highlights where libraries and library associations may be able to draw on it in their advocacy. The New...
Publication - 7 February 2020
Tags: Access to information, local development, local government, SDG11, Sustainable development, Briefings
- World Urban Forum
The 10th edition of the World Urban Forum looks at the linkages between culture, innovation and development at the local level. Bringing together mayors, senior officials and experts...
Event - 6 December 2019
Tags: Access to information, Agenda21Culture, Conference, local development, local government, United Arab Emirates
- IFLA President Underlines Role of Libraries in Successful Local Development
For many libraries, good relationships with local town halls and councils are essential. But as IFLA President Christine Mackenzie set out in interventions at the World Congress of Local and...
News - 5 December 2019
Tags: Access to information, local development, local government, right to the city, South Africa