𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐂-𝐈𝐃𝐔𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥

Opening the cocktail, Hon Chernor Bah, the Minister of Information and Civic Education, welcomed delegates and assured them of government's continued support in promoting access to information.

Dr. Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, the Chairman and Information Commissioner of the Right to Access Information Commission of Sierra Leone, expressed delight for Sierra Leone to be the second African country to host the ICIC and to rarely host ICIC and IDUAI simultaneously.

Delegates from over 50 countries are in Sierra Leone to grace the said conference at the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Center in Lungi organized by the Right to Access Information Commission of Sierra Leone in collaboration with UNESCO on the theme: *"Upholding Information Integrity in the Digital Age: The role of access to Information in addressing Information Disorder”.*

The Conference runs from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th September 2026 with several plenary and parallel panels, all centered on promoting access to information and information integrity.

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Amara Thoronka

Public Information and Communications Officer

RAIC National Secretariat

+232 88 283632