Access to Information during the COVID Crisis

Schedule of the event is as follows:

Inaugural Session

Time: 3.00 – 3.05 pm

Moderator’s introduction: Hezekiel Dlamini, Advisor (Communication and Information) for South Asia, UNESCO New Delhi

UNESCO video: ‘Access to information: Saving Lives, building trust, bringing hope’

Time: 3.05 – 3.10 pm

Welcome remarks: Eric Falt, Director and UNESCO Representative, UNESCO New Delhi

Time: 3.10 – 3.15 pm

Welcome remarks: Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Principal Investigator, National Digital Library of India

Presentations

Time: 3.15 – 3.30 pm

Maldives: Aminath Shiuna, Director, National Library of Maldives – ‘Access to information during the COVID crisis in Maldives’ leading libraries’ Q&A

Time: 3.30 – 3.45 pm

India: Partha Pratim Das, Joint Principal Investigator, National Digital Library of India – ‘Innovate and transform: The NDLI and the COVID pandemic’ Q&A

Time: 3.45 – 4.00 pm

Bhutan: Needrup Zangpo, CEO, Bhutan Media Foundation – ‘Key challenges to information moderation and access’ Q&A

Time: 4.00 – 4.15 pm

Sri Lanka: Udaya Cabral, Assistant Director (Conservation), National Library of Sri Lanka – ‘Strategies followed by libraries in Sri Lanka to meet information needs during COVID-19’ Q&A

Time: 4.15 – 4.30 pm

India: Radhika Radhakrishnan, Researcher, Internet Democracy Project – ‘Gender roles in the digital framework’ Q&A

Time: 4.30 – 4.35 pm

NDLI video: ‘Rising through the COVID crisis’

Valedictory

Time: 4.35 – 4.40 pm

Vote of thanks: Anirban Sarma, Chief International Outreach and Communications Officer, National Digital Library of India

Today is #AccessToInfo Day!

Join @unesconewdelhi and @NDLIndia
in our virtual webinar to discuss the challenges
of information accessibility and the impact #misinformation has had on societies across the

Tune in: https://t.co/wSyDxiQivp

#RightToKnow #IDUAI2020 pic.twitter.com/nplHPsobLj

— UNESCO New Delhi (@unesconewdelhi) September 28, 2020

Please register for the event here.