Literacy Information

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations are organising an e-forum on Sustainable Development Goals: The Impact of Access to Information on our Societies 7-18 September 2015. "This online event has the objective of providing a forum for institutions and individuals to discuss how libraries and information centers can promote the adoption of access to information as part of the post-2015 agenda, in particular United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Lyon Declaration, an advocacy document being used to positively influence the content of the UN post-2015 development agenda, will play a key role in this discussion."
There will be webinars from experts to stimulate discussion. The first is on 6 September, Libraries, The Lyon Declaration, and the Road to 2030, by Stuart Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General, of IFLA (currently it says it is at "11" but it doesn't say which time zone that's in!)
The e-forum is open to anyone. To participate, use the form at https://dgroups.org/fao/ciard-econsultation/sdgs-impact-access-information-societies/join
Photo by Sheila Webber: convolvulus, July 2015 (thanks to JH for pointing out my naming error!)