Who are we?

The Flying Reporters is a group of young profesionals working under the supervision of the International Council on Archives. They follow international conferences related to archival work to inform ICA members and those interested in archives and records management. They worked for the first time during the ICA 16th Congress held in Kuala Lumpur. This project brings about an involvement of the younger professionals within the ICA and the promotion of an international  and inter-generational dialogue between archivists. It is also a great opportunity to encourage  continuing professional development.

This is the team working in Geneva:

Elodie BAUMANN was born in France where she has passed the literary baccalaureate with mention and followed studies of literature before turning to the world of documentation and information. In 2006, she underwent a practical training in the library of the University of Geneva (Unimail), another in the Office for Secondary School and finally in a public library in France. She has started the Geneva School of Business Administration in 2008 in the branch of information sciences where she will obtain a Bachelor of Sciences Information in 2011.

Alice CHATEAU is a French archivist, currently working as the assistant chief of the Mission of the French National archives within the Ministry of the Interior, and contributing to, under the supervision of ICA,  the translation in French of the “Principles and functional requirements for records in electronic office environments”. She holds a BA (DEUG) in history and a Master’s degree in archives at the University of Versailles – Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. She is also graduated of the Institute for political studies of Lyon – Institut d’études politiques de Lyon – and first-class honours student of the New Zealand National centre for research on European studies in 2004. While she was a student, she had the opportunity to do abroad interships at The National Archives -TNA – of the United Kingdom and at the Scottish catholic archives – SCA.

Lourdes FUENTES-HASHIMOTO was born in Mexico city but studied in France and has been living in this country ever since 2001. She is a historian and an archivist, holding a master degree in contemporary history of the University of Bordeaux and a master degree in information technologies of the Ecole nationale des chartes with a focus on archival studies. She worked as an archivist at the Jacques Doucet Literary Library in Paris while carrying out her degree in archival studies in 2009. She currently works at the Association des Archivistes Français, the French professional body for archivists and records managers.

Born and raised in Portugal, Daniel OLIVEIRA studied history, followed by a specialization course in documentary sciences. Currently, he is finishing a master of Information Management (archives and records management) at Curtin University, Australia, and coordinates a temporary project that consists of appraising inactive records of a Public body in Lisbon. Daniel started his early career in Portugal and in Cape Verde where he did voluntary work and some internships in several archives. In 2007, he had the unique opportunity to join the e-Domec project and to work in archival policy at the European Commission, Belgium, for 5 months. He then worked as junior records manager at the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg. In late 2008, Daniel was awarded with a Europe Endeavour Award by the Australian Government. He moved to Australia to undertake the first year of his master. Daniel has been collaborating with the ICA since the 16^th Congress that took place in Malaysia. He aims to work in the information management field in an international environment.

Jürg SCHLEGEL is a student from the Swiss-German speaking part of Switzerland. After a practical training in the library and archives of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, he decided to start his bilingual (French/German) studies of information sciences at the Geneva School of Business Administration in 2008. He will finish his studies in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science.