{"id":949,"date":"2018-11-22T20:55:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T19:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/?p=949"},"modified":"2018-11-23T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T09:23:27","slug":"libraries-at-the-african-youth-sdgs-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/2018\/11\/22\/libraries-at-the-african-youth-sdgs-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries at the African Youth SDGs Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Damilare Oyedele at the African Youth SDGs Summit<\/p><\/div>\n

By Damilare Oyedele, Library and You<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 1,200 young people from across Africa gathered at Accra International Conference Centre, Accra Ghana from 7th \u2013 9th November for the 2nd edition of the African Youth SDGs Summit.<\/em><\/p>\n

The African Youth SDGs Summit<\/a> is an annual continental summit that gathers young people from across Africa to deliberate and design solutions that will facilitate the gradual implementation and accomplishment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union 2063 Agenda.<\/p>\n

This year, the theme for the summit was \u201cPartnership with Youth to Achieve the SDGs: Moving from Policy to Actions<\/strong>\u201d. The 3-day continental gathering of young changemakers across Africa created blueprints, networks, and implementation plans for young people\u2019s engagement and inclusion in SDG planning and implementation across the continent.<\/p>\n

In view of this, the importance of access to information as a necessity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals was also deliberated upon on the day 3 of the summit. To this Damilare Oyedele, Co-Founder & Chief Executive; Library and You<\/a> had a parallel session where he made a presentation on; Libraries in our society: Prerequisite for the successful<\/em><\/strong> accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa.<\/em><\/strong> The presentation gave birth to a project launch called Library Impact Project<\/strong>: <\/strong>access to information for Africa\u2019s development<\/p>\n

Library Impact Project<\/a> is an initiative designed to provide capacity, create awareness on\u00a0how libraries can contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with\u00a0the view to facilitate partnerships and collaborations with policymakers, individuals,\u00a0changemakers across Africa to engage libraries in their countries to accomplish the\u00a0SDGs.<\/p>\n

It is obvious that Africa’s future lies in the hands of her youths, and we all have the responsibility to take action and create sustainable solutions that will transform \u2018Mother Africa\u2019, to create the Africa we want, to create a better place for the current generation and generations unborn. However, for this to be a feasibility, access to information for all is eminent beyond comparison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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