IPA Rapport annuel 2013-2014

Annual Report OCTOBER 2014 | OCTOBER 2015 2 | IPA Annual Report October 2014 — October 2015 Contents 3 5 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 21 22 24 26 27 29 31 32 33 34 35 Foreword from IPA President Secretary General’s letter About IPA The IPA Executive Committee 2014–2015 List of IPA Members IPA Community IPA Activities, 2014–2015 The 2015 IPA Congress, Bangkok Global Publishing and Reading Statistics 2015 The 2016 IPA Congress, London Copyright Committe Educational Publishers Forum What Works? Freedom to Publish Committee Literacy and Book Industry Policy Committee World Book Capital 2017 Collaboration with International NGOs Policy Principles for the Digital Economy The IPA Secretariat IPA Meetings: 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair The International Publishers Association (IPA) is an international industry federation representing all aspects of book and journal publishing. Established in 1896, our mission is to promote and protect publishing and to raise awareness for publishing as a force for economic, cultural and political development. Around the world, IPA actively fights against censorship and promotes copyright, literacy and freedom to publish. IPA is an industry association with a human rights mandate. Foreword Dear publishing colleagues IPA Annual Report October 2014 — October 2015 | This is my forty-fourth year in our industry. It is my first as President of IPA.