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Asia
Pacific Information Network Focuses on Information
Literacy at Beijing Meeting
29-10-2004 (UNESCO New Delhi/Bangkok)
Thirty participants from seventeen countries in Asia and the Pacific
met last week for the second session for the Asia Pacific
Information Network (APIN) at the Institute for Scientific and
Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in Beijing, China,
highlighting the important role of information literacy in the
region.
Participants said that APIN should launch campaigns to raise
awareness on Information literacy in the region, for example by
promoting reading and encouraging partnership with the media for
publishing success stories and promote champions of information
literacy.
The final declaration that the participants adopted at the end of
the three-day meeting on 23 October, stresses that APIN should be an
“authoritative and comprehensive information hub in the emerging
knowledge societies with active participation and contribution by
APIN National Units (NU) in all member countries”. They stressed the
need to “strengthen and empower APIN NU to play an effective role as
gateways to ensure provision of and access to information and
knowledge resources
APIN, a regional sister of UNESCO's Information for All Programme
(IFAP), is a network formed by merging the Regional Network for the
Exchange of Information and Experiences (ASTINFO), the Regional
Informatics Network for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RINSEAP) and
the Regional Informatics Network for South and Central Asia
(RINSCA).
APIN promotes ICT literacy and application, information and
knowledge networking, sharing of information resources, and use of
international standards and best practices in communication,
information and informatics.
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