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With the release of the European Union’s Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026, we are delighted to see that it aims to foster the development of libraries and recognises libraries as providers of peaceful and safe environments for vulnerable people and their role in...

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Earlier this year, we received funding from the Belgian Erasmus+ National Agency to support our Lighthouse Libraries thematic work. This work will see us work on three cross-cutting themes: the digital world, environment and sustainability, and democracy and citizen...

As part of our two-day event “Libraries and the Future of Europe” in Brussels, we hosted, with the support of Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Catharina Rinzema (NL, Renew), a breakfast meeting between library professionals and MEP Library Lovers. Our focus was...

On November 8 2022, Public Libraries 2030 hosted the final meeting for the NEWCOMER project at the Muntpunt Library in Brussels. Started in 2020, the NEWCOMER project strove to create and develop a network of community centred librarians. Over the course of the...

Public libraries can be spaces for public participation! The PL2030 session aimed to increase the awareness of the potential of public libraries being dynamic and versatile partners for programmes and activities around democracy and participation.The best way to show...

Public Libraries 2030, in partnership with Google, has launched Super Searchers - a new information literacy programme. The programme will equip  librarians and library staff with the skills to increase the search and information literacy skills of library patrons so...

The September edition of our newsletter is out! As we head into this autumnal period, many Europeans are facing challenges from the cost of living crisis. We look at how public libraries continue to be safe havens to those who need it most. Don't miss out on future...

The BiodiverCities project was launched in 2020 by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and saw ten cities across Europe engage citizens in the support of urban biodiversity. Under the BiodiverCities project, citizens have co-created urban gardens,...

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