The need to accelerate worldwide progress

As the UN custodian agency for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator 16.10.2, UNESCO continues to report on progress in the adoption and implementation of Access to Information guarantees. The 2023 edition provides information on the relevance of access to information as a pillar of sustainable development and the use of new technologies to advance the right to information. It also focuses on national and regional good practices, concentrating on the recent developments in Africa in general and in Namibia, in particular, which was the latest country in Africa to adopt an Access to Information law. 

‘The need to accelerate worldwide progress’ presents key findings from the 2023 UNESCO Survey on Public Access to Information, assessing progress in 126 participating countries and territories. It equips policymakers, civil society, academia and those interested in SDG issues with case studies and good practices, concentrating on reinforcing communities and public institutions with more access to information.