IFLA president's meeting 2016

1. Call to action- positioning libraries to deliver on “the Africa
we want”.
Buhle Mbambo-ThataBuhle Mbambo-Thata
Executive DirectorExecutive Director
UNISA LibraryUNISA Library

2. “AU 2063-The Africa we want”

3. Key pillars to attainment of goal
• Trend Report
• Development agendas
– UN-2030 : “Transforming our world”
– Africa Union 2063: “The Africa we want”
– National Development plans
• Africa’s youthful population
• Cape Town Declaration 2015

4. Where do Libraries fit?
• Lyon Declaration
• IFLA SDG Tool kit
• IAP- focus on the regions of Africa; Latin
America and Caribbean; and Asia and
Oceania, with some activities in Europe

5. IAP programme in each Region
• Work-plan that:
– Identifies priority actions
– Agrees on coordination across the region
– Outlines the process for endorsement of the
Advocacy Agenda document within the region
– Provides input to the IAP Steering Committee on
implementation method and timing
– Identifies experts in advocacy and public libraries
from the region to serve as advisors and trainers

6. IAP Africa
• 25 African leaders constituted consultative
forum
• Multi sector approach
• Inter-multidisciplinary
• Engaging community
• Collaboration central
• Next generation

7. IAP Africa 4 -priority areas
–Align public and community library services with
government priorities; community needs and
issues; and development agendas;
–Promote public access through public and
community libraries ;
–Demonstrate public and community librarians’
roles in developing local content and indigenous
knowledge;
–Promote a culture of reading, while recognizing
the critical role of oral culture on the African
continent

8. And African Libraries
• Convergence of several initiatives
– National digital initiatives
– Africa Library Summits outcomes
– BSLA
• IAP Africa- a way forward

9. Next generation digital age
• Bringing the next generation on board
– E-books
– Mobile reading
– Appropriate language
• Both UN 2030 and AU 2063

10. NEXT STEPS
• A three year programme
• Regional meetings to raise awareness
• Skills building in 10 countries with regional
impact
• Building on earlier investment in BSLA,
African Library Summits

11. Challenges
• Relevance to reading needs of younger
populations.
• Large continent in three years
• Resources to scale
• Diverse languages

12. Going forward-towards the Africa we want
• IAP Programming seek to
mitigate highlighted
challenges
• Collaboration for
sustainability
• IAP galvanises advocacy
for a transformed world to
the future we want.
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