strategy
Promoting progress and application of information systems
Synonyms:
Constructing information systemImplementing information systems
Developing information systems
Establishing information systems
Setting up information systems
Providing information systems
Improving information systems
Strengthening information systems
Enhancing information systems
Undertaking information system research
Implementation:
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.
Broader:
ImprovingInformingDevelopingStrengthening systemsFacilitating communicationsUsing information technologyAdvancing information studies Narrower:
Structuring databasesDeveloping information networkNetworking information centresImproving access to informationImproving classification systemsComputerizing information servicesStrengthening information networksProviding marine information systemImproving forest information systemsProviding information service on workEnsuring information system integrityHelping monitor food aid supplyBuilding dependable mass communicationDeveloping telecommunications networksFormalizing on-going information systemDeveloping national information systemsCreating geographic information systemsStrengthening island information systemsImproving data systems on land resourcesConstructing metadata information systemEstablishing chemical information systemsConstructing integrated information systemProviding environmental information systemsDeveloping system of information networksIntegrating sustainable development informationEnhancing global security through communicationStrengthening cooperation in the social sciencesImproving information systems for safety controlImproving information systems on toxic chemicalsImproving UN networks for sustainable developmentImproving municipal management information systemsIdentifying sustainable technology information gapsOrganizing information needed for development purposesDeveloping a global crime prevention information systemCreating environmental monitoring and assessment systemsStrengthening science and technology information capacityExpanding international information on cleaner productionEstablishing international information system on pesticidesStrengthening monopolization of information within organizationsStrengthening science and technology to protect vulnerable groupsFostering regional cooperation on specialized information servicesStrengthening information networks on water quantity and quality dataStrengthening information networks on innovative waste disposal methodsStrengthening technology information exchange among developing countriesCreating advisory bodies on public information for sustainable developmentSetting up information systems to detect illegal traffic in hazardous wasteStrengthening research cooperation and exchange of information on demographic changeImproving information systems for international governmental decision-making processesStrengthening effective information exchange Facilitates:
Processing dataUsing information systemsMarketing information systemsProviding information servicesCoordinating information systemsTraining information professionalsProviding information on labour availabilityDisplacing manpower with information technologyChannelling new information into deliberative systemMaximizing use of information on chemicals managementProviding waste management information to global information systems Facilitated by:
Studying information theorySupporting gathering of industry informationResearching network-based information strategies Problems:
Discriminatory design of information systemsFailure to integrate knowledge to empower humanity in response to the global problematique
Inadequate use of information technology
Lack of financial information systems for international nongovernmental organizations
Proliferation and duplication of international information systems
Unauthorized access to computer information systems
Vulnerability of high technology systems
Organizations:
International Federation for Information and Documentation Data for Development International Association International Federation of Scientific Editors Arab Association for Information and Technology Systems African Association of Science Editors Association for Information Systems NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Association Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety International Association for Computer Information Systems Pacific Research Institute for Information Systems and Management Subjects:
→ SystemsDevelopment → Development
Information → Information
Type Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
