{"id":16916,"date":"2025-09-09T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?post_type=storiesprojects&p=16916"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:36:00","slug":"asbad","status":"publish","type":"storiesprojects","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/stories\/asbad\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegalese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists (ASBAD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Open Biblio Lab<\/strong> is an innovative project that aims to make the public libraries of Dakar, Saint-Louis and Ziguinchor catalysts for transparency and citizen participation for a pilot phase. By advocating the opening up of local public data, it mobilises young people, local elected officials and library professionals around citizen forums, targeted training and strategic advocacy reports. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Training librarians in the use of open data, local digital governance and citizen advocacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Installation of Open Biblio Lab points in three pilot libraries in Dakar, Saint-Louis and Ziguinchor to provide a digital, educational and civic environment for consultation and dialogue around open data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Organisation of “Open Data & Youth” participative citizen forums in libraries to debate access to public data and formulate recommendations for open governance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Production and dissemination of advocacy reports on local data openness based, among other things, on needs expressed at citizen forums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Advocacy with local and national authorities to promote the recommendations of the citizen forums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A monthly program of events in partner libraries designed to popularise transparency issues and strengthen young people’s civic culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3 local authorities will have begun to open up their public data, in line with the principles of open government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 pilot libraries to be equipped with Open Bilio Lab points<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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+ More than 600 citizens will benefit from these new local information services, strengthening their ability to find out about, understand and act on local issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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30 librarians will be trained in the fundamentals of digital governance,managing open data, and facilitating citizen access to information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 citizen forums will be organised to promote direct dialogue with local authorities and data producers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 advocacy reports proposing concrete recommendations for the attention of the Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la D\u00e9mographie (ANSD), and public decision-makers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About ASBAD<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n