standards and driving innovation world- wide. Our organisation is in the midst of change – so now is the time to ensure international is part of the new CILIP. A strong international outlook is essential to ensure the UK continues to be seen as an important player post-Brexit,” said Ayub.
Presidential Commission
CILIP members have a chance to shape the organisation’s international policy by taking part in the Presidential Com- mission, with the survey running until midnight on 26 September. Ayub said: “The Presidential Commission on CILIP’s International Policy is an opportunity to debate and define what our organisation’s role should be – and to ensure a strong international dimension in the future. “The Commission will audit existing international activity across CILIP, review current international policies, analyse the international implications of CILIP’s Action/Delivery Plans, and identify opportunities. In doing so it will consult members, broader professional interests and international colleagues on the priorities for CILIP’s future interna- tional engagement and activities. “The aim is to provide CILIP with a vision and purpose for its international policy and a roadmap showing how this can be achieved. A report with recom- mendations will be presented to the CILIP Board by the end of 2018.”
Making connections
Ayub has already highlighted key areas of international policy where CILIP should be involved. Brexit, he says, is “an opportunity to renew and refresh our international engagement, and not a driver to disengagement and isolation”. He adds: “In looking at CILIP’s inter- national role we need to be aware of, and work with, other key players such as UK’s national institutions including the British Library, the British Council, Arts Council England, DCMS, library development agencies, and schools and universities with overseas campuses and libraries. We must remember, after all, libraries are a key tool for cultural engagement and wield considerable ‘soft power’.” CILIP’s international activity is already in place, notably in IFLA – as already mentioned, but also through specific international projects. These include working with IFLA on the campaign to get access to information recognised in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals; CILIP representation on the UK Commit- tee that is responsible for implementing the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict; and through issuing advice on the introduction of the General Data Pro- tection Regulation by the EU. CILIP is also a founding member of
September 2018
Ayub chats to delegates during the international breakfast seminar at CILIP Conference 18 and above, with international colleagues at IFLA’s European workshop on advocacy in Paris earlier this year.
Eblida and it has ongoing links with Liber – both pan-European coalitions of library and information organisations. The UK’s role within Europe is set for a huge change in the coming months and organisations working within the framework of Brexit will have to adapt. Part of the International Commission will look at how European partnerships should develop over the coming years to meet the challenges and opportunities of a new Europe.
Learning from work with devolved nations
Ayub also points out that CILIP’s interna- tional presence needs to be considered in the context of the devolved nations and Ireland. Work has already progressed in making working relations closer, including the re- cent announcement that CILIP and CILIP in Scotland have signed a new working agree- ment. Ayub adds that lessons can be learned from how CILIP’s national arms are working together, saying there is “a more inclusive way of working with the UK’s devolved nations – and across the whole of Ireland. Meetings now include representatives from all UK nations – and our international policy will need to adopt a similar approach.”
Global advocacy One of IFLA’s current projects is focusing on
global advocacy and Ayub has been heavily involved in that. He has taken part in the European regional workshop on advocacy – one of six that has taken place around the world to help shape IFLA’s Global Vision. Speaking after the committee Ayub said: “There was a positive mood throughout the three-day event. Delegates were clearly proud of their profession but also keen to do more and to join forces for positive action across the region.”
Those sentiments are being echoed in Ayub’s Presidential Commission and is something that CILIP members themselves have identified as being important to them. Ayub said: “Our ‘Shape the Future’ member consultation, a couple of years ago, placed ‘international’ in the top 10 agendas for CILIP engagement going forward.” The first stage of the commission is a member survey with the results helping to focus on priority areas for CILIP’s interna- tional engagement. The survey runs until 26 September and all CILIP members are being encouraged to take part. There is also an opportunity for members to join a virtual advisory group that will help to steer the Commission towards final policy. Take part in the survey by visiting https://bit. ly/2NXM33U. To find out more about the virtu- al advisory group and to register an interest in being involved, email
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