The Flying Reporters spoke to Wim van Dongen of the National Archives in the Netherlands. Mr. van Dongen is here with Peder Andren and Susanne Danelius (National Archives of Sweden) to present the Archives Portal Europe, also called the APEnet. APEnet is a project supported by the European Commission in the eContentplus programme. Its objective [...]
Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand, National Archivist of Haiti presented an analysis and perspectives on archival education and training in African, South American, and Asian countries, which could also hold true in some countries of Eastern Europe.
There is great diversity between these countries, but also some constants regarding archives and records keeping : insufficient or underdeveloped legal frameworks ; public policies [...]
Setareki Tale, National Archivist of Fiji and President of PARBICA, and Vice President for Branches gave a presentation called “Freedom of Information: Readying the Horse and Cart in Developing Nations”. Here is a summary of some key points from that presentation.
Record Keeping has a way to go in many developing nations:
It’s a low priority ; the complexity and [...]
Arike Oke took part in the project “Connecting Histories”, run by Birmingham City Archives in 2006-2007. She talked about her experience on November 18th during the session “What is the relevance of archival education and training for indigenous and marginalized communities ?”
The project’s goal to collect, catalogue and highlight black and minority histories in Birmingham. Recruiting [...]
The Executive Board got together on November 17th to discuss ICA membership; its structure, its fees, and its advantages.
The place for members in the Branches
Two Branches wish to modify their constitution and change the members place. SARBICA wants to extend membership to the Branch to non ICA members. PARBICA would like to allow ICA category C members to be considered as category [...]
ICA Executive Board, during its meeting of November 17th, reactivated FIDA, to create it as a largely autonomous body within the ICA Constitution.
This reactivation will consent to support projects for developing archives and the archival profession, with respect of the local situation and of cultural diversity. It’s particularly vital for developing countries.
The new FIDA shall [...]
The new approach the Programme Commission (PCOM) is considering to complement the projects’ one tends to develop consistent programs of its own, or supported by Sections or Branches. One of them is particularly aimed to young professionals.
It aims to involve more and more students and young professionals in ICA, so that their vision of archival [...]
Much work has been done this year to clarify and formalize the PCOM protocols. Secretariat, members and projects mentors’ roles were clearly stated. Application forms, evaluation forms and so on were updated or developed. Models for contracts with the projects managers were established. The new Pcom workspace, on the new ICA website, will help to [...]
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Simply post your questions as comments on this page. Please, don’t forget to [...]
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