Examples of how libraries contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda

Libraries make an important contribution to development

They help people get the information they need to access economic opportunity, gender equality, quality education, improve their health or develop their communities. The inclusion of libraries and access to information in national and regional development plans is crucial to ensure libraries are able to continue performing this important mission.

When doing advocacy at national, regional and global levels, it is key to show policy makers how libraries are already doing this through their programmes, products and services. Therefore, this survey aims to gather examples that will be used for the advocacy work done by IFLA, its members and the broader library community related to the UN 2030 Agenda.

IFLA invites you to submit examples of library programmes, products or services that are clearly linked to one or more Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Thank you in advance for your contribution!

About You

1. Your name (last name, first name)

2. Your institution (if applicable)

3. Your email address This question requires a valid email address.

4. Your country

Please provide an example of a library programme, product or service that contributes to the United Nations 2030 Agenda:

About the programme, product or service

5. Title/Name of the programme, product or service *This question is required.

6. Status *This question is required.

Planning
Ongoing
Finalised
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7. Implementation dates
Please include beginning and end dates (if applicable) in a MM/YYYY format, separated by a dash (For example: 01/2016-12/2016)

8. Location (Country, State, Region, City/Town)

9. Names of libraries or institutions/organisations involved *This question is required.

10. Types of libraries involved

Academic
National
Parliamentary
Public
School
Special
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Any other institutions/organisations - Write In Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

11. Description *This question is required.

12. Outcomes/Expected results

13. Beneficiaries of the programme, product or service

14. How they benefit from the programme, product or service

15. Relevant document or data (Evidence of the programme, product or service's impact)
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16. Pictures/Images (Please make sure that you have the correct permissions for any photos you share, and that they are high-quality)
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17. URL to access a relevant website, report, article, etc.

18. Contact email address This question requires a valid email address.

19. Select a goal (or several goals) to which the programme, product or service contributes: *This question is required. Please select from the following images.

Goal 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Goal 2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Selected: Goal 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Goal 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Selected: Goal 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Goal 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Goal 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Goal 8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Selected: Goal 10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries

Goal 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Goal 12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Goal 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Goal 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Goal 15 - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Goal 16 - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Goal 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

20. Target(s) to which the programme, product or service contributes
Find the targets by clicking on any of the Goals in the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform

21. Other information that you would like to add: