Tell your library’s SDGs story! Share your library’s SDGs experiences!

At the XXVII SCECSAL Conference in Livingstone, Zambia, 27 April – 1 May 2026

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As part of the XXVI SCECSAL Conference, scheduled to take place from 27 April to 1 May 2026 in Livingstone, Zambia, the programme will include an interactive session on Advancing the SDGs through Libraries and Information Services in the SCECSAL Region. The session will feature presentations of selected libraries and SDG stories and an expert panel discussion, providing a platform for libraries, information centres, library associations, and individual professionals from across and beyond the SCECSAL region to share inspiring stories, innovative initiatives and services that highlight how the library and information sector is advancing progress toward the SDGs at both national and regional levels.. 

If you plan to attend the XXVI SCECSAL Conference in Livingstone and have a story, initiative, or experience related to the SDGs to share, we invite you to send your proposal to the SCECSAL Secretariat for consideration.

Submissions, in MS Word format, should include the following information:

• Title of the story (maximum 10 words)
• Target beneficiaries
• SDGs addressed
• Description/Narrative (maximum 500 words)
• Full names
• Professional title
• Affiliation/Organization
• Contact email address

For a quick and practical guide, you are encouraged to read IFLA’s How to tell your story: Elements of compelling evidence-based storytelling.

Send your proposals and requests for further information, via email, to: secretariatATscecsal.org

The deadline for submitting the proposals is 19 December 2025. 

Register for the XXVII SCECSAL Conference at: https://conference.scecsal.org/

Tell your library’s SDGs story! Share your library’s SDGs experiences!

... at the session on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Libraries, and Information Services in the SCECSAL Region in Mombasa, Kenya

During the upcoming XXVIth SCECSAL Conference on 22-26 April in Mombasa, Kenya, the SCECSAL Secretariat and the Kenya Library Association will provide a platform, on 26 April, for libraries,  information centres, library associations, and individual library and information professionals in the SCECSAL region (and from outside the region) to share stories and experiences on their programmes, initiatives, products, and services that promote or contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the national or regional level. 

If you will be attending the SCECSAL Conference in Mombasa and you have an SDGs story to tell or an experience to share, please contact the SCECSAL Secretariat. Send us your proposal indicating the following:

1. Title of the story (maximum 10 words)
2. Target beneficiaries. 
3. SDGs being addressed.
4. Description/narrative (350-500 words).

You may want to read IFLA’s How to tell your story Elements of compelling evidence-based storytelling for a quick guide.

The session will include presentations of selected SDGs stories and an expert panel discussion. We welcome stories from libraries, library associations, library and information professionals, and organizations supporting libraries to provide and deliver library and information services that are contributing to achieving the SDGs.

Send your proposals and requests for further information, via email, to: secretariat@scecsal.org.

The deadline for submitting the proposals is 22 March 2024.

Register for the Conference at: https://kenyalibraryassociation.or.ke/scecsal-xxvi/

PDF version of the announcement is available HERE.