Information for All Programme (IFAP)

(Revised) Draft Strategic Plan (2008 – 2013)

Invitation to comment on the draft strategic plan of the Information for All Programme of UNESCO

At its 5th Session in April 2008, the Intergovernmental Council of the Information for All Programme (IFAP) considered the draft Strategic Plan of its activities in 2008-2013, and decided to adopt it finally after, among other things, an online public consultation, giving all stakeholders an opportunity to comment and propose new ideas.

The multi-stakeholder approach is at the heart of the global effort to create the Information/Knowledge Society and we hope that by opening the draft Strategic Plan to an open public consultation, we can profit from the collective wisdom of everyone interested in the issue.

In the coming years, the Information for All Programme of UNESCO will concentrate on implementing the following overarching objective:

“to help Member States develop and implement national information policies and knowledge strategies in a world increasingly using information and communication technologies (ICT)”

We believe that IFAP can make the most effective contribution by assisting Member States develop and implement national information policy frameworks. Within this context, IFAP will focus on five priorities: information for development, information accessibility, information literacy, information preservation and information ethics.

The draft Strategic Plan sets out how we want to pursue these goals. Your comments and advice are cordially invited. Please send them before the end of May, 2008, to:

Karol Jakubowicz IFAP Chair
(karol.jakubowicz@gmail.com)

Miriam Nisbet, Director
Information Society Division, UNESCO
(m.nisbet@unesco.org)

Boyan Radoykov, Programme Specialist
Information Society Division
(b.radoykov@unesco.org)