Promoting progress and application of information systems

The International Federation for Information and Documentation contributes to the development and setting up of international networks of information systems. It also promotes and coordinates research and training in information science and encourages the establishment of information analysis centres and documentation centres. Issues receiving attention include: new trends in information management and service; information in the corporate environment; business, finance and industrial information; information policy research; the application of information technology to information services; information systems and services.

1. Using information technology
2. Strengthening systems
3. Informing
4. Improving
5. Facilitating communications
6. Developing
7. Advancing information studies

1. Structuring databases
2. Strengthening technology information exchange among developing countries
3. Strengthening science and technology to protect vulnerable groups
4. Strengthening science and technology information capacity
5. Strengthening research cooperation and exchange of information on demographic change
6. Strengthening monopolization of information within organizations
7. Strengthening island information systems
8. Strengthening information networks on water quantity and quality data
9. Strengthening information networks on innovative waste disposal methods
10. Strengthening information networks
11. Strengthening effective information exchange
12. Strengthening cooperation in the social sciences
13. Setting up information systems to detect illegal traffic in hazardous waste
14. Providing marine information system
15. Providing information service on work
16. Providing environmental information systems
17. Organizing information needed for development purposes
18. Networking information centres
19. Integrating sustainable development information
20. Improving UN networks for sustainable development
21. Improving municipal management information systems
22. Improving information systems on toxic chemicals
23. Improving information systems for safety control
24. Improving information systems for international governmental decision-making processes
25. Improving forest information systems
26. Improving data systems on land resources
27. Improving classification systems
28. Improving access to information
29. Identifying sustainable technology information gaps
30. Helping monitor food aid supply
31. Fostering regional cooperation on specialized information services
32. Formalizing on-going information system
33. Expanding international information on cleaner production
34. Establishing international information system on pesticides
35. Establishing chemical information systems
36. Ensuring information system integrity
37. Enhancing global security through communication
38. Developing telecommunications networks
39. Developing system of information networks
40. Developing national information systems
41. Developing information network
42. Developing a global crime prevention information system
43. Creating geographic information systems
44. Creating environmental monitoring and assessment systems
45. Creating advisory bodies on public information for sustainable development
46. Constructing metadata information system
47. Constructing integrated information system
48. Computerizing information services
49. Building dependable mass communication

1. Using information systems
2. Training information professionals
3. Providing waste management information to global information systems
4. Providing information services
5. Providing information on labour availability
6. Processing data
7. Maximizing use of information on chemicals management
8. Marketing information systems
9. Displacing manpower with information technology
10. Coordinating information systems
11. Channelling new information into deliberative system

1. Supporting gathering of industry information
2. Studying information theory
3. Researching network-based information strategies

1. Vulnerability of high technology systems
2. Unauthorized access to computer information systems
3. Proliferation and duplication of international information systems
4. Lack of financial information systems for international nongovernmental organizations
5. Inadequate use of information technology
6. Failure to integrate knowledge to empower humanity in response to the global problematique
7. Discriminatory design of information systems

1. Misinformation
2. Information
3. Disinformation
4. Deformation