Past online Meetings

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Public libraries as centres of European cities - are they also on the European agenda?

Webinar on 27th May 2021, 14.00-15.30 (CET)

Public libraries, often referred to as third places, are lighthouses for education, exchange, inspiration and citizen engagement in European cities. However, they are rather invisible on the European agenda.

The action 'Raise awareness for public libraries in Europe' within the framework of the Urban Agenda for the EU, has set itself the task of creating a provable basis for this thesis and is intended to make public libraries more visible at European level. Its aim is to raise awareness among decision-makers, to recognise the importance of public libraries for Europe and to derive recommendations from this for the European level.

In this context, the Senate Department for Culture and Europe of the city of Berlin and the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) are organising two online discussions on the topic in 2021 in cooperation with the city of Espoo, the German Library Association (dbv), the Finnish Library Association (Suomen Kirjastoseura) and the European organisation Public Libraries 2030.

The first online discussion will take place on 27th May 2021, 14.00-15.30 (CET).

Recording

Programme

Moderator: Hella Klauser (German Library Association, EBLIDA Executive Committee member)

I. Municipal libraries and Europe - opposites or harmony?

• Gerry Woop (Permanent Secretary for Europe at the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe)
• Ton van Vlimmeren (President of EBLIDA)

II. Where are you? Public libraries in European policies

Presentation of the results of research within the framework of the action

• Ilona Kish (Director of Public Libraries 2030)

III. Public Libraries on the European agenda!

How do we deal with the results of research, how do we use them, and what do we derive from them?

Participants of the panel discussion:

• Volker Heller (Director of the Central and Regional Library Berlin)
• Ton van Vlimmeren (President of EBLIDA)
• Ilona Kish (Director of Public Libraries 2030)
• Laura Colini (Tesserae Urban Social Research)

Moderator: Hella Klauser (German Library Association, EBLIDA Executive Committee member)

IV. Where do we go from here?

Summary and way forward

• Reiner Schmock-Bathe (Head of Unit for Public Libraries and European Cultural Affairs at the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe)

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Ask and you shall receive - Webinar

How can Libraries have access to the European Investment Funds’ Resources

Date & time:

28 April 2021
10:30 AM – 2:30 PM EEST

Moderator:

Valentina Bondesan, Coordinates and moderates the webinar

Speakers:

Giovanni Bergamin, CEN AIB Delegate and OBISS Coordinator

Stefano Parise, EBLIDA Vice President

Francesca Leon, President of Rete delle Reti

Giuseppe Vitiello, Director of EBLIDA

Cecilia Cognigni

Flavio Aquilano,Technical Management, Cultural Heritage and Municipal Buildings Area, Municipality of Turin

Veronica Ceruti, Bologna Libraries, Culture and City Promotion Department, Municipality of Bologna

Giovanni Bergamin, CEN AIB Delegate and OBISS Coordinator, Library and Sustainable Development Observatory

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Webinar for Bulgarian libraries

The European Structural and Investment Funds (2021 - 2027): Opportunities for Libraries

17 March 2021

 Recording:

[The webinar was held in Bulgarian]

The Bulgarian Library and Information Association and the Global Libraries - Bulgaria Foundation organized a webinar on "European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in 2021 - 2027: opportunities for libraries"

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Webinar for Latvian libraries

The possibilities of acquiring European structural and investment funds for libraries in 2021–2027

22 February 2021

EBLIDA, the Latvian Librarians' Association and the Latvian National Library in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Latvia are organizing a webinar on the Zoom platform on February 22, 2021 to discuss Latvia's the experience of libraries in acquiring European Structural Funds and Investment Funds (EFSI) funding, as well as on library opportunities in 2021–2027. annual funding programming period.

The webinar was held in Latvian with English simultaneous translation.

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Greek experts meeting on funding through ESF

8 February 2021

Recording:

Program

1. Introductory Presentations

Chair : Anthi Katsirikou (President Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists - AGLIS)

• Presentation by the President of EEBEP Anthi Katsirikou

• Presentation by the EBLIDA’s Director Giuseppe Vitiello:
  “Think the Unthinkable report”

• Presentation by the treasurer of AGLIS Antonios Mourikis:
  "The Greek proposal

2. Short presentations by the invited libraries (10 minutes each)

Chair : Antonios Mourikis (Treasurer, Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists - AGLIS)

The presentations include:

• Libraries experiences on their previous funding
• Projects, activities based on the funding
• Are libraries thinking of presenting a proposal under the European Structural and Investment Funds?

 

1. Municipal Library of Veria: Aspasia Tasiopoulou

2. "VIKELAIA" Municipal Library of Heraklion: John Alexandrakis

3. General Archives of Rhodes: Eirini Toliou

4. Municipal Library of Leivadia: Katerina Kerasta

5. Public Library of Karditsa: Thanasis Kouroglou and Giota Voulgari

6. Public Library of Kozani: Dimitros Mylonas and delivered by Iro Tzorba

3. Conclusions - Discussion

Chair : Antonios Mourikis (Treasurer, Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists - AGLIS)

Possible topics among others:

• Are the libraries aware of the regional/local authorities managing ESIF 2021-2027?
• What kind of support would be needed?

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"Think the Unthinkable" Workshop Nederland

Een post-corona agenda voor bibliotheken; over duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelen en Europese subsidies 2021-2027

25 January 2021

[Dutch language webinar about sustainable development goals and European funds]

Eblida samen met de VOB organiseerde een informatief Webinar over de betekenis van de duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelen en Europese subsidiemogelijkheden voor de Nederlandse Bibliotheken.

Deel 1:  VOB en EBLIDA

Recording:

 

Anton Kok, directeur VOB deed hierover de aftrap en gaf de visie van de VOB weer.

Onder  leiding van Ton van Vlimmerren, voorzitter van de Europese Bibliotheekorganisatie Eblida, werd ter inspiratie twee praktijkvoorbeelden over duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelen in bibliotheken behandelt: Assen en Utrecht:

Presentations:

• Mariken van Meer, De Bibliotheek Utrecht)
• Hanneke Bruggeman (DNK)

 

Europees beleid, Europese fondsen en de subsidiemogelijkheden (Engels gesproken).

Presentation

• Giuseppe Vitiello (EBLIDA)

Deel 2: EBLIDA en The Alignment House

Verdere uitwerking EBLIDA Matrix, Europese fondsen & Ondersteuningsaanbod

Recording:

Presentations:

• Giuseppe Vitiello (EBLIDA)
• Robert Adrichem (Expeditie NL)
• Maarten Crump (Alignment House)

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Bibliothèques: l’Europe peut subventionner vos projets!

24 November 2020

Presentations:

Les bibliothèques et l’Agenda 2030 Information, responsabilité, plaidoyer
Raphaëlle Bats, Responsable mission Relations Internationales, École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (Enssib), Villeurbanne, France

ODD, FSIE et Bibliothèques: l’approche EBLIDA & Services pour les associations bibliothécaires, Services pour les institutions bibliothécaires
Giuseppe Vitiello, EBLIDA Director

Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9l4wPqpbo8&t=1084s

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Workshops - 13, 14 and 16 October 2020

 

 

EBLIDA Online Workshops: "Think the Unthinkable"

 

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EBLIDA Webinar Series - June 2020

EBLIDA hosted a series of webinars focused on Sustainable Development Goals and Libraries, more particularly, why and how should Libraries implement SDGs.

 EBLIDA-IFLA Webinar: "SDGs: EBLIDA and IFLA Approaches"

15 June 2020 

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EBLIDA-Liber Webinar:"Citizen Science Supporting Sustainable Development Goals: The possible role of libraries"

23 June 2020

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