The IBBY cycle is a two-year cycle-the Andersen Awards, the IBBY Honour List, and the world congress in an even year; and the IBBY outstanding selection of books for young people with disabilities, the Silent Books selection, and the regional congresses in the uneven year. Refugee children and the children in the community can learn empathy through books and activities related to books, and a library or reading room can be an excellent opportunity to get to know one another in a neutral environment." The session on supporting young refugees with reading and book projects included the Book Pirates by Martin Gries (Germany); the Vooelees Express Reading project by Marloes Robijn (Netherlands); Eux, c'est nous, which is a book about refugees that has been produced as a joint initiative by forty French children's publishers, presented by Sophie Giraud and Laurence Faron (France); and two authors gave accounts of their writing for refugees, Laila Koubaa (Belgium) and Neli Kodrič Filipič (Slovenia). The VEncuentro de IBBYLatinoaméricaa y del Caribe took place 25-27 April, with the theme Voces de latinamérica en los libros para bebés, niños y jóvnenes (Latin-American voices in the books for babies, children and young adults), within the framework of the International Book Fair of Buenos Aires and in the Muiño Room of the San Martín Cultural Center.