Virtual | Access to Information in Time of Crisis - The UNESCO Information For All Programme Priorities and The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Virtual conference
The conference will focus on the impact of proactive disclosure of information on health, education, and inclusive and gender-sensitive initiatives. The key modalities of the online conference is to promote priority areas in policy dialogues, and it is within IFAP’s mandate to influence policy by advocating the six priority areas of IFAP in light of Covid-19 and its implications across all sectors of society.
Hence, this event brings together subject matter specialists on the following IFAP Objectives and related themes. By connecting access to Information in Times of Crisis to the IFAP priority areas, the conference aims to bring about policy recommendations and good practices that can be put in place to advance public access to information whilst saving lives and building trust in the context of IDUAI 2020 through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP) works to build inclusive knowledge societies. IFAP supports member states to develop policies that ensure citizens’ access to digital technologies including access to content on a free, open, and secure internet that is in line with UNESCO’s ROAM principles.
The increasing reliance on digital technologies during the time of the COVID 19 pandemic has called the world’s attention to the impact of digital divides on the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
IFAP, therefore, is drawing on its global network to convene this meeting to examine the implications of the global emergency within the framework of its existing priority areas. These are: information accessibility, information preservation, media and information literacy, information ethics, information for development, and multilingualism in cyberspace.
Adopting the IFAP inter-disciplinary and cross-sectoral framework, the conference aims to promote inclusive dialogue around IFAP’s six priority areas and questions relating to access to information in crisis situations. New research findings, key policy issues and interventions will address gaps and promote sharing of best practice. The policy dialogue should yield recommendations that will feed into IDUAI 2020.
Original source: UNESCO
Published on 7 August 2020