Action Plan 2021-2023: Asia Oceania Regional Division Committee

Abstract

Focus areas of this action plan include raising SDG awareness among libraries, and their involvement in SDG activities; supporting libraries in their involvement in Voluntary National Reviews by direct engagement and the production of relevant tools; focusing on the Internet Governance Forum, and in particular bidding for and holding a side-event at the 2022 Asia-Pacific regional IGF, and preparing for an IFLA side-event at the global IGF in Japan in 2023; working on a resilience plan which can be used by libraries in the region; promoting IFLA and the AO RDC through either hosting or participating at webinars, conferences and events in the region; holding an experience sharing session on collecting library data and stories, identifying priority countries for outreach, and then working to collect data and stories; assessing the impact of library and information services on promoting inclusion.