International Authors Forum Navigation
  • About
    • About us
    • Governance
    • Our Members
  • News
  • Resources
    • General Copyright
    • Visual Artists
    • Writers
  • Events
  • Webinars
  • Current Campaigns
    • WIPO
    • AI
    • Authors Earnings
    • Artists’ Resale Rights
    • PLR
  • Log In
  • About
    • About us
    • Governance
    • Our Members
  • News
  • Resources
    • General Copyright
    • Visual Artists
    • Writers
  • Events
  • Webinars
  • Current Campaigns
    • WIPO
    • AI
    • Authors Earnings
    • Artists’ Resale Rights
    • PLR
  • Log In

Category Archive

Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “UNESCO”

IAF attends Strasbourg’s UNESCO’s World Book Capital closing ceremony

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 22nd April 2025IAF, News, UNESCO

The International Authors Forum was honoured to take part in the World Book Capital Network meetings and events around the UNESCO World Book Capital Closing Ceremony in Strasbourg. This gathering …

Read More

IAF at the 18th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee meeting of the UNESCO 2005 Convention on Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expression.

Serena Barone 24th February 20252005 Convention, AI, Authors rights, IAF, UNESCO

Earlier this month, the International Authors Forum (IAF) participated in the 18th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity …

Read More

UNESCO announced Rabat as World Book Capital 2026

Serena Barone 25th October 2024Morocco, News, UNESCO, World Book Capital

Rabat, Morocco, has been selected as the World Book Capital for 2026, following a recommendation from the World Book Capital Advisory Committee. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announced, “After Rio de …

Read More

IAF Celebrates the World Book and Copyright Day

Serena Barone 22nd April 2024IAF, Latin America, News, UNESCO

World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the …

Read More

IAF at the 17th Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of cultural Expression of the UNESCO 2005 Convention

Serena Barone 20th March 20242005 Convention, Freedom of Expression, IAF, News, UNESCO

IAF recently participated in the 17th Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The IGC is one of …

Read More

UNESCO World Book Capital 2026: Call for Applications

Serena Barone 20th March 2024News, UNESCO, World Book Capital

UNESCO have launched a call to all UNESCO member state cities to submit their applications to become the World Book Capital (WBC) 2026. In 2001, UNESCO adopted the 31 C/Resolution …

Read More

IAF, IPA, PEN International, EIBF and IFLA call for key freedoms to be respected

Serena Barone 14th March 2024Freedom of Expression, IAF, News, Statement

In recognition of the increasing efforts to restrict books, those who write them, publish them or make them available to readers, five organisations (International Authors Forum, PEN International, International Publishers …

Read More

UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as World Book Capital for 2025

Serena Barone 10th October 2023Brazil, News, Uncategorised, UNESCO, World Book Capital

The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) as World Book Capital for 2025. Following Accra (Ghana) in 2023 and Strasbourg (France) in 2024, UNESCO and …

Read More

UNESCO 2005 Convention- Call for experts!

Serena Barone 8th September 20232005 Convention, News, UNESCO

UNESCO is launching a call for experts to create a Reflection Group on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the Digital Environment (2024-2025), as part of the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the …

Read More
  • Page 1 of 2
  • 1
  • 2
  • →

IAF on X

The Bookseller @thebookseller ·
5 Feb

The International Authors Forum (@IntAuthors) has appointed Kevin Fitzgerald as its new secretary general 👇

Reply on Twitter 1887240815220494812 Retweet on Twitter 1887240815220494812 2 Like on Twitter 1887240815220494812 2 Twitter 1887240815220494812
International Authors Forum @intauthors ·
3 Feb

🚨IAF is pleased to announce Kevin Fitzgerald CMG as our new Secretary General! With expertise in IP and global #copyright, Kevin will help strengthen IAF’s mission to protect #authorsrights worldwide🌍

📰Read more: https://internationalauthors.org/news/iaf/iaf-appoints-kevin-fitzgerald-as-new-secretary-general/

Reply on Twitter 1886346156633899420 Retweet on Twitter 1886346156633899420 4 Like on Twitter 1886346156633899420 6 Twitter 1886346156633899420

IAF on Instagram

Join IAF at #fil2024guadalajara for a whole day de Join IAF at #fil2024guadalajara for a whole day dedicated to authors and authors’ rights! 📚🖼️

#authorsrights #bookfair #latinamerica #creators #ai
We were lucky to attend the spectacular launch of We were lucky to attend the spectacular launch of Strasbourg as #WorldBookCapital24!  Writers, librarians, publishers and industry guests gathered last week to celebrate a programme of events to promote books and reading that will take place in there this year 🎉
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#WorldBookCapital #WorldBookCapital2024 #Strasbourg #France #GlobalCommunity #Book #Books #Books #Readers #ReadersOfInstagram #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram #Authors #Writers ##WritersOfIG #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfIG #AuthorLife #PhotoOfTheDay #Europe #News #BookNews
One week until our AGM in New York! We've got a fu One week until our AGM in New York! We've got a full programme including panels focusing on #AI and #Copyright. More info via our bio.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalCommunity #InternationalCulture #WritingCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritersSupportingWriters #AuthorsSupportingAuthors #ChatGPT #Author #Writer #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram #WritingCommunity #Authors #AmWriting #Writers #WritersCommunity #Tech #GlobalCommunity #WritersOfIG #CreativeCommunity #CreatorCommunity #AuthorsOfIG #MondayMotivation
Today at #LBF24 we launched a joint call for key f Today at #LBF24 we launched a joint call for key freedoms to be respected - the freedom of expression and the freedoms to read, and publish.Full story in our bio 🔗
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#freedomofexpression #readingmatters #lovereading #lovebooks #lovewriting #internationalcommunity #londonbookfair #londonbookfair24 #londonbookfair2024
#ThisWeek we took the floor at the UNESCO Meeting #ThisWeek we took the floor at the UNESCO Meeting for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression to encourage the protection of cultural expression in the digital environment and to share our #AI principles 🙌
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#worklife #UNESCO #UNESCOParis #IntergovernmentalCommittee #ArtificialIntelligence #Culture #GlobalCommunity #CulturalExpression #ADayInTheLife #MyJob # FridayMotivation #FridayFeeling
Good to see that the proposed changes in the Ley O Good to see that the proposed changes in the Ley Omnibus have been rejected. We continue to support our Argentinian members in this situation. Read our full statement via our bio.

📸 Marcelo Guerrieri, President of the Union Escritoras y Escritores
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#Argentina #WritersInArgentina #SouthAmerica #GlobalCommunity #InternationalCulture #WritingCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritersSupportingWriters #AuthorsSupportingAuthors
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

© Copyright International Authors Forum. All rights reserved.