The world today

The significance of open data

• Data for development should be made available to the public in open formats
• Supports government transparency & accountability
• Improves policy decisions
• Increases citizen engagement
• Promotes government efficiency and effectiveness
• Visualisation and analysis tools
• Data literacy skills to ensure data are used and interpreted correctly
• Librarians have a role to play in developing these data literacy skills

• INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMME

• LIBRARIES, DEVELOPMENT AND THE UN 2030 AGENDA

• IFLA’S WORK AT THE UN

IFLA’s advocacy activities at the UN

• Extensive negotiations over the past three years to develop the UN 2030 Agenda
• Since 2012, IFLA has been engaged with the creation of the UN 2030 Agenda to advocate for:
• Ensuring access to information
• Safeguarding of cultural heritage
• Universal literacy
• Access to information and communication technologies (ICT)
• These aspects are represented in the UN 2030 Agenda

IFLA’s Roadmap to Post-2015

• Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (2012)
• Outcome: ‘The Future We Want’ (June)
• UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel (2013)
• Outcome: Report inc. ‘The Data Revolution’ (May)
• Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (2014)
• Outcome: Draft SDGs (September)
• UN General Assembly (2014)
• Outcome: Secretary General’s Synthesis Report (December)
• Inter-Governmental Negotiations (2015)
• Outcome: Zero Draft Post-2015 Framework Document (June)
• Post-2015 Development Summit (2015)
• Outcome: Post-2015 Development Framework: Declaration, SDGs, Means of Implementation, Monitoring and Accountability (September)