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Gvantsa Jobava Vows to Protect Publishing Freedom

by | Oct 1, 2024 | News

The President-elect of the International Publishers Association (IPA), Gvantsa Jobava of Intelkti Publishers, Georgia, has vowed to use her time in office to uphold the IPA’s core beliefs of the freedom to publish and protection of copyright.

Jobava was confirmed as President-elect at the IPA’s recent virtual General Assembly.   Giovani Hoepli of Hoepli Publishing House, Italy was confirmed as Vice President-elect.  Jobava thanked outgoing IPA President Karine Pansa for her “professionalism, collegiality, and friendship” and continued: “As IPA’s new President I will be asking our members: What more can we do to safeguard our courageous colleagues and authors, whose freedom is limited in many parts of the world and whose lives are in danger? What more can we do to see that copyright is respected by the technology giants and enforced by our legislators? Our obligation to society is great. I look forward to working with all IPA’s members to fulfil it

In her last General Assembly as President, Pansa said: “Publishing is so important for our societies, for our economies, and for our cultures. What an honour it has been to represent this wonderful industry. Gvantsa Jobava is going to be a great President for IPA and I can’t wait to see how she will drive the IPA forward.

 

At the General Assembly the following IPA memberships were also announced:

 

Full Membership:

  • Guatemala: Asociación Gremial de Editores de Guatemala (AGEG)

Provisional Membership:

  • Croatia: Association of Publishers and Booksellers of the Croatian Chamber of the Economy
  • Dominican Republic: Asociación de Industrias Editoriales de la Republica Dominicana (ADIERD)
  • Poland: Polish Chamber of Books (PIK)

Associate Member

  • Latin America: Asociación de Editoriales Universitarias de América Latina y el Caribe (EULAC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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