IPA: publishers are key in delivering Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Education
The IPA attended UNESCO’s Meeting of the Collective Consultation on Education in Siem Reap, Cambodia, this month to communicate the essential role of educational publishers in implementing UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Education.
IPA joins Mexican calls to protect media and end impunity
The IPA has echoed a call by Penguin Random House in Mexico for sincere efforts to stop the slaughter of media workers and end the impunity that is eroding freedom of expression and Mexico’s democratic credibility.
Publishers Denounce Raid on Award-Winning Turkish Publisher
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has denounced Turkish authorities after reports that police raided the Belge Publishing House in Istanbul, on 7 May, and seized 2,000 books.
Educational publishers show WIPO delegates how copyright enables vital teaching innovations
Educational publishers from around the world showed delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today how copyright has enabled them to invest in the digital technology that is shaping the future of school-age learning.
Educational publishers to showcase innovations at WIPO event organized by IPA, FEP and Bertelsmann
Educational publishers from Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates will next week demonstrate ways they are changing classroom learning, before international delegates at the world Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, during a key debate on educational copyright exceptions and related issues.
IPA President, Michiel Kolman, reaffirms IPA commitment to literacy in Chengdu, China
IPA President Michiel Kolman today reaffirmed the IPA’s commitment to the promotion of literacy during a speech in Chengdu, China, on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day. Speaking at the Reading Promotion Summit, at South West Jiao Tong University (WJTU), in Sichuan Province, Kolman said the IPA would continue to work closely with UNESCO and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to spotlight the issue worldwide.
IPA in crowdsourcing drive to fund pro-free expression ads in Turkish news media
The IPA was among 400 donors of more than €16,000 raised in four days to fund full-page solidarity ads in Turkish news media expressing unity with the country’s oppressed writers, publishers, journalists and academics ahead of a crucial constitutional referendum, on April 16.
IPA and WIPO launch annual statistical survey into the global publishing industry
The IPA and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have fired the starting gun on an unprecedented world publishing survey, which will deliver the first ever detailed map of the industry in a broad-reaching and comprehensive yearly statistical report.
IPA praises decision to give Jeri Laber Award 2017 to jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai
The IPA today applauded the decision by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) to award its 2017 Jeri Laber Award to Swedish publisher and bookseller Gui Minhai, who has been held in incommunicado detention without charge in mainland China for more than 18 months.
IPA publishes Freedom to Publish Manifesto – a pledge to act when publishers are gagged, imprisoned or threatened
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has published its first Freedom to Publish Manifesto, a declaration of the IPA’s steadfast commitment to raise the alarm when publishers are threatened and to counter their repression through international activism.