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World Book Capital City

An acknowledgement of the best programme dedicated to books and reading.

Based on the positive experience of World Book and Copyright Day, launched in 1996, UNESCO initiated the concept of World Book Capital City and nominated Madrid as the Capital for Year 2001. Following this successful experience, the General Conference adopted, on 2 November 2001, the 31 C/Resolution 29, establishing the yearly nomination of the Book Capital City.
The International Publishers Associations (IPA-UIE), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Booksellers Federation (IBF) are associated to this initiative and are therefore represented with UNESCO in the nominating committee, so as to guarantee appropriate representation from the international organisations representing the three major sectors of the book industry.
An agreement was concluded among the partners that, after Madrid (2001), the subsequent capitals would be Alexandria in 2002 and New Delhi in 2003. Then, following public calls for candidatures, the Selection Committee gathered at UNESCO Headquarters and successively nominated the city of Antwerp (Belgium) World Book Capital City 2004, the city of Montreal (Canada) World Book Capital City 2005, Turin(Italy) World Book Capital City 2006, Bogota (Colombia) World Book Capital City 2007, Amsterdam (the Netherlands) World Book Capital City 2008, Beirut (Lebanon) Book Capital City 2009, Ljubljana World Book Capital City 2010 and Buenos Aires World Book Capital City 2011.

The nomination does not imply any financial prize, but an exclusively symbolic acknowledgement of the best programme dedicated to books and reading.


NOMINATION CRITERIA

The candidate programmes, presented or endorsed by the major of the applicant city, shall be aimed at promoting books and fostering reading during the period between one World Book and Copyright Day and the next (23 April). The selection committee will examine the candidate programmes, making a special effort to involve all regions of the world in turn, in accordance with the following criteria:

• Submission of a programme including activities specifically conceived for the year in which the city would be the World Book Capital City, and which would only take place in case of nomination.

• Degree of the municipal, regional, national and international involvement and potential impact of the programmes.

• Quantity and quality of specific or ongoing activities organized by the candidate-city in cooperation with the national and international professional organizations representing writers, publishers, booksellers and librarians and in full respect of the various stakeholders of the book supply chain.

• Quantity and quality of any other noteworthy project
promoting and fostering books and reading.

• Conformity to the principles of freedom of expression, freedom to publish and to disseminate information, stated by the UNESCO Constitution as well as by Articles 19 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (Florence Agreement).


http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev. ... N=201.html

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23 April: UNESCO launches Anti-Piracy Observatory to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day

UNESCO is celebrating World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April by highlighting the need to preserve creativity from piracy. The Day also marks the launch of celebrations in Ljubljana (Slovenia), World Book Capital for 2010.

“In the light of the emergence of new forms of books, of changes in the design, production and access to contents of books, it is urgent to recall that there can be no book development without respect for copyright,” the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, said in her message for the Day. “This is particularly the case at a time when digitization further exposes books to risks of illicit use.”

UNESCO recently established the World Anti-Piracy Observatory (WAPO), a free on-line platform that provides information on anti-piracy measures and policies implemented by Member States. “The Observatory fills in the existing information gap by presenting data that up until now was mostly scattered or simply unavailable,” explains Petya Totchavora, UNESCO copyright specialist.

The Observatory, which will be updated regularly, makes available comprehensive information on copyright legislation, news and announcements of events related to the fight against piracy worldwide, and best practices. Free awareness-raising and capacity-building tools can also be downloaded.
UNESCO has also scheduled on 23 April the launch of festivities for the 2010 World Book Capital, when Ljubljana succeeds Beirut (Lebanon). At noon on the Day, the mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković, will raise a flag at City Hall. The city is planning over 300 activities during the year, aiming to encourage reading and love of books, to facilitate access to books and to present a range of different literary genres from around the world.

Ljubljana was named “ World Book Capital 2010 ” by an international jury representing the book industry and chosen “for the quality of its application as well as for its diverse and complete programme, widely and enthusiastically supported by all players involved in the book industry (publishers, bookstores and libraries).” Buenos Aires (Argentina) will be the next Book Capital in 2011.

Also in the context of World Book and Copyright Day, a round table, “Publishing, New Technologies and Rapprochement of Cultures”, will be held on 23 April at UNESCO (2.30 to 5.15 pm, Room IX).
World Book and Copyright Day has been observed by UNESCO for the last 15 years; it inspires numerous events around the world designed to promote reading.


http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev. ... N=201.html

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Wednesday, 17. 3. 2010

From 23 April 2010 to 23 April 2011, during the time between two World Book and Copyright Days, Ljubljana will hold UNESCO's World Book Capital title.

Ljubljana – World Book Capital 2010

The World Book Capital activities, conducted by the City of Ljubljana's Department of Culture, the project holder, have been underway since June 2008, when Ljubljana, competing against Guadalajara, Lisbon, Riga, Saint Petersburg, Vienna and Wellington, was selected as the city proposing the best World Book Capital programme and designated the World Book Capital 2010 title. It has been pointed out by the UNESCO Commission that Ljubljana was selected for the quality of its application as well as for its diverse and complete programme, widely and enthusiastically supported by all players involved in the book industry (publishers, bookstores and libraries) and oriented towards the promotion of books and reading.


Programme highlights

On 19 April 2010, Ljubljana's World Book Capital programme will be presented to the international public at the UNESCO palace in Paris. The event will be attended by the Mayor of Ljubljana, Mr. Zoran Janković, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Ms. Majda Širca, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms. Irina Bokova, and numerous diplomatic representatives. The presentation of the programme will include a cultural programme performed by the Slovenian actor Branko Završan. It is particularly pleasing that the invitation to the event has been accepted by Mr. Slavoj Žižek, one of the three main creators of the Ljubljana – World Book Capital 2010 programme.
Ljubljana's inauguration as the World Book Capital 2010 will be marked by a ceremony held on 23 April at 12 noon in front of Ljubljana's Town Hall, where the World Book Capital flag will be hoisted by the Mayor of Ljubljana, Mr. Zoran Janković. On the evening of the same day, Ljubljana's Križanke summer theatre will host an artistic performance conceived by the Slovenian theatre director Matjaž Berger as a tribute to books, reading and scripts, and a meeting of art, science and philosophy as seen through the lens of book culture.

The inauguration ceremony will mark the beginning of a year during which about 300 events will be organized in order to:

• encourage reading,
• contribute to the development of the culture of reading,
• increase the accessibility of books,
• and present various literary genres and literatures of the world to the public.

The Ljubljana – World Book Capital 2010 programme will be divided into several strands, described below.

Ljubljana will host a literary festival entitled Literatures of the World's Continents: Fable 2010. The festival will thematically focus on the city. The city as a living environment, a mental map, and a place of freedom and limitations will also be the theme of a rich programme of events to accompany the festival.

During the festival, Ljubljana will be visited by the following world renowned authors:

• Herta Müller (2-5 May 2010),
• Richard Flanagan (25-29 May 2010),
• Jonathan Franzen (7-10 May 2010), David Grossman (12-15 May 2010),
• Michal Viewegh (16-19 May 2010),
• Daniel Kehlman (20-23 May 2010).

During their visits, sceneries depicting each of their respective home cities will be set up on Ljubljana's Breg embankment.
A series of poetry evenings featuring poetry readings by visiting authors from China as well as a large number of other events will be held as part of a project entitled The International within the Local.

During the Literatures of the World's Continents festival, Ljubljana will also host countless other events promoting reading and literature. A detailed festival programme will be announced later.

Ljubljana Reads: Growing up with Books is a project intended for three-year olds, first-formers, and Slovenian secondary school students, who will each receive, as a gift, a picture book or a quality work of Slovenian literary fiction.

The printing of large impressions (8,000 copies) of 21 books of various genres to be available for purchase at €3.00 per copy has been supported as part of the Books for Everyone project.

The programme strand Books and Creativity in Culture will include a variety of different events related, in terms of content, to the main programme of events and books in a broad sense. The events will be organized and held by museums, galleries, theatres, musicians, and other artists.

The programme strand Books and the City will include literary events traditionally held in Slovenia, which will, as part of the Ljubljana – World Book Capital 2010 programme of events, be enriched and expanded in order to emphasize the significance of reading and encourage a reading culture by means of interventions in public spaces. Ljubljana will have several new reading nooks set up in public spaces, including a park maze designated for reading; books will be read in hospitals, old people's homes, and the asylum detention centre; support will be given to a project reflecting socially responsible approaches to vulnerable groups, namely the improvement of accessibility to the City Museum of Ljubljana's exhibition rooms and exhibits for the blind and partially sighted. A large number of projects will be intended for children. Particular attention will be paid to three of Slovenia's most prominent authors, namely Boris Pahor, Svetlana Makarovič and Slavoj Žižek.

From 31 March to 1 April 2010, Ljubljana will host a world congress entitled World Book Summit 2011 – Books as Promoters of Human Development. The congress will discuss the challenges of digitization for the publishing industry, the aspects of translation from the world's minor to major languages, and international bestsellers. It will be rounded off with the adoption of the Ljubljana Resolution on Books, which will outline the directions in which public administration could move in order to improve its efficiency in supporting books and reading.

A new bi-weekly cultural newspaper called Pogledi (Views) will be launched in April by Ljubljana's newspaper and publishing house Delo. The newspaper, focusing on culture, media, and intellectual life, will provide a platform for critical reflection on culture and society.

In the year of holding the World Book Capital title, Ljubljana will also gain a house of literature named after Primož Trubar (1508-1586), the author of the first book ever written in Slovenian and thus the founding father of Slovenian literary language. The house of literature will combine the functions of a cultural and intellectual centre, a book club, the home of a new web portal dedicated to books and literature, a gallery, and an information centre.

To mark Ljubljana's designation as UNESCO's World Book Capital, the Post of Slovenia will release a postcard-style postal card, the Bank of Slovenia a commemorative coin series including a gold, a silver and a bimetal collectors' coin, and the City of Ljubljana a commemorative bookplate.

The World Book Capital programme, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Book Agency, mainly consists of projects run by non-governmental organizations and public service enterprises involved in culture, science, and research. Part of the programme is being created in collaboration with other Slovenian cities and embassies in Ljubljana.

As of 15 April 2010, more information will be available on the website at www.ljubljanaworldbookcapital.si.
Welcome to Ljubljana – the World Book Capital 2010.

http://www.ljubljana.si/en/living-in-lj ... etail.html