SDG 16.10: Ensure Public Access to Information and Protect Fundamental Freedoms

“Managing safe and inclusive public library services provides public library staff with a clear decision-making framework to deal with challenging issues in public libraries.”

“How to improve citizen participation in public life at local level? More and more local authorities face and address this challenge. The CLEAR tool was designed to help them in their endeavour by providing an instrument for a self-assessment process that helps develop policy responses which are...

“The Climate Action Tracker is an independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of "holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C." A collaboration of two organisations, Climate...

“The Code of Ethics for Curators describes the fundamental principles, core beliefs, and critical responsibilities that define curatorial work and provides guidelines for ethical conduct. Although intended specifically for museum curators, the Code of Ethics for Curators will benefit others in the...

“Children and young people spend a lot of time nowadays connected to digital technology. To communicate, learn, work and play responsibly in this environment, they need to develop a whole range of competences that will enable them to harness the benefits and opportunities and overcome the pitfalls...

“The Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda report, which was launched in September 2021, calls for an acceleration of efforts to meet the SDGs and a ‘profound deepening of solidarity between generations.’ It lays out a number of suggested activities that could be considered by Member States and the...

“How can we engage individuals and communities more effectively around flood risks in a changing climate?” “This is a practical resource for campaigners, policy makers and those working with communities directly affected by flooding too. Its purpose is to help build community resilience for future...

“…Little effort has been made to analyze the complex relations between heritage, conflict, peace and individual freedom. The lack of heritage-based metrics for peace has also placed professionals on-the-ground in a difficult position. They bear a heavy responsibility to ensure that their...

“The Community-Led Libraries Toolkit is designed for library staff fulfilling diverse roles - from those who serve the community directly at the circulation desk to those who plan services, develop policy, or manage library operations. The Toolkit provides background and contextual information, case...

“The GCI’s primary activity with respect to Indigenous stewardship was its role years ago in creating what is now called the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, which initially focused on archaeological and ethnographic objects. Because of significant...

“In 2001, the National Park Service awarded California State Parks a $41,635 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) grant to plan and implement a series of workshops throughout the state to bring together tribal members and museum staff to examine the issue of contaminated...

“This lesson plan explores how research and archive can be means to inspire art making and self-discovery.”