Informed Citizens, Societies, and Governments for Sustainable and Resilient Recovery
Channel: IFLA
Date: 23/03/2021

Side event at the 2021 Asia-Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development.

Governments, communities and individuals across the Asia-Pacific region will have many tough decisions to make if we are to achieve sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19. A precondition for doing this well will be to be well-informed. 

This side event, held at the time of the 8th Asia-Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development, drew on experience from civil society, government and the research field to explore the case for a holistic approach to promoting meaningful and equitable access to information, and the challenges to overcome. 

It looked, in particular, at the role that libraries of all types can play in helping the region, and the world, to build back better, and how governments can realise this potential.

Speakers:
Vicki McDonald, State Librarian and CEO, State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dr Dilara Begum, Associate Professor and Chairperson in the Department of Information Studies and Library Management at East West University, Bangladesh
Priyanka Mohan, Strategic Programme Lead of the Special Library Programme, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, India

Moderator: Stephen Wyber, IFLA