International Council on Archives (ICA)

Conseil international des archives
Consejo Internacional de Archivos
Internationaler Archivrat

Contact Details

Main address: SG: David Leitch, 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, F-75003, Paris, France, Tel: (33 1) 40 27 63 06, Fax: (33 1) 42 72 20 65, E-mail: leitch (at) ica.org , E-mail (2): ica (at) ica.org

Pres: Martin Berendse, c/o Nationaal Archief, PO Box 90520, NL-2509 LM, The Hague, Netherlands, Tel: (31 70) 331 5400, Fax: (31 70) 331 5499, E-mail: martin.berendse (at) nationaalarchief.nl

Chairs of Regional Branches: Latin America - ALA: Osvaldo Villaseca Reyes, Archivo Nacional, Miraflores 50, Santiago, Chile, Tel: (56 2) 360 5212, Fax: (56 2) 360 5318, E-mail: osvaldo.villaseca (at) dibam.cl , E-mail (2): archivo.nacional (at) dibam.cl

Chairs of Regional Branches: Arab Region - ARBICA: Abdelmajid Chikhi, Archives nationales d'Algérie, BP 61, Alger Gare, Algeria, Tel: (213 21) 542160, Fax: (213 21) 449624, E-mail: bouarifali (at) hotmail.com , E-mail (2): dgan (at) wissal.dz

Chairs of Regional Branches: Caribbean Region - CARBICA: Ms Helena Leonce, Natl Archives, PO Box 763, 105 St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Tel: (1 868) 625 2689, Fax: (1 868) 625 2689, E-mail: helena.leonce (at) utt.edu.tt , E-mail (2): hleonce (at) hotmail.com

Chairs of Regional Branches: Central African Region - CENARBICA: Antoine Lumenganeso Kiobe, Archives nationales de la République démocratique du Congo, 42/A avenue de la Justice, BP 11 122, 1, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tel: (243) 815 172 327 - 892 3624, Fax: (243) 801 905 0662, E-mail: alumenganeso (at) yahoo.fr

Chairs of Regional Branches: East Asia - EASTICA: Mitsuoki Kikuchi, Natl Archives of Japan, 3-2 Kitanmaru Park Chiyoda-ku, 102-0091, Tokyo, Japan, Tel: (T, Fax: (T) 3212 8806, E-mail: yumiohara (at) archives.go.jp

Chairs of Regional Branches: Eastern and Southern Africa - ESARBICA: Ms Veno V Kauaria, Namibia Library and Archives Service, Min of Ed, 1-7 Eugene Marais Street, Private Bag 13349, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel: (264 61) 293 3180, Fax: (264 61) 293 3168, E-mail: veno (at) mec.gov.na , E-mail (2): venohk (at) gmail.com

Chairs of Regional Branches: Eurasian - EURASICA: Amatuni Virabyan, Natl Archives of Armenia, ul Kochara 5, 375033, Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374 10) 225355, Fax: (374 10) 260806, E-mail: amatun (at) yahoo.com , E-mail (2): ingjag (at) mail.ru

Chairs of Regional Branches: European - EURBICA: Ms Angelika Menne-Haritz, Stiftung Archiv der Parteien un Massenorganisationen der DDR, Finckensteinalle 63, D-12205, Berlin, Germany, Tel: (49 1888) 7770 100, Fax: (49 1888) 7770 112, E-mail: a.menne-haritz (at) bundesarchiv.de

Chairs of Regional Branches: North-American - NAANICA: Byan Corbett, B-7 Rutherford Library, Univ of Alberta, AB T6G 2E1, Edmonton AB, Canada, Tel: (1 780) 248 1014, Fax: (1 780) 492 5083, E-mail: bryan.corbett (at) ualberta.ca

Chairs of Regional Branches: Southeast Asia - SARBICA: Kuan Wah Pitt, Natl Archives of Singapore, 1 Canning Rise, 179868, Singapore, Singapore, Tel: (65) 25251828, Fax: (65) 2521 6830

Chairs of Regional Branches: South and West Asia - SWARBICA: Ali Ashari, Iran Natl Archives, National Library Blvd, PO Box 15875/3693, 1537614111, Teheran, Iran - Islamic Republic of, Tel: (98 21) 88644078, Fax: (98 21) 88644072, E-mail: nai (at) nlai.ir , E-mail (2): president (at) nlai.ir

Chairs of Regional Branches: West Africa - WARBICA: Babacar Ndiaye, Archives du Senegal, Immeuble administratif, Avenue Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 849 71 86, Fax: (221) 822 51 26, E-mail: pmarchi (at) primature.sn

URL: http://www.ica.org/

Aims

Promote the management and use of records and archives and the preservation of the archival heritage of humanity worldwide, through sharing of experience, research and ideas on professional archival and records management matters and on management and organization of archival institutions.

Official Relations

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (Ros C); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Associate Status); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)^* (Permanent Observer Status).

Activities

Strategic Direction (2008-2018) - Strategic Objectives (6): Raising Awareness; Influencing the Development and Use of New Technologies; Building Capacity in the Records and Archives Profession; Strengthening the ICA Network; Improving Performance and Accountability; Building Partnerships. Organizes: 'International Congress on Archives' (every 4 years); 'International Conference of the Round Table on Archives (CITRA)' (annual, when no congress); colloquia; training seminars. Subsidizes attendance at professional meetings by archivists from developing countries. Provides support to UNESCO in preparing and implementing pilot projects.

Publications

Comma - International Journal on Archives (4 a year); Flash (3 a year). Regional journals - ALA, ARBICA, CARBICA, ESARBICA, PARBICA, SARBICA, SWARBICA, WARBICA. ICA Studies - series. Capitals of Europe/Les capitales d'Europe; Guide to the Sources of the History of Nations/Guide des sources de l'histoire des nations - 1st series Latin America, 2nd series Africa South of the Sahara, 3rd series North Africa, Asia and Oceania, 4th series Asian History, 5th series Other Guides. Handbooks and studies on archival terminology, archives buildings, arrangement and description, disposition of government records, preservation of microfilms.

Members

/Category A/: National Archives in 167 countries and territories:

• Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda^*, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico^*, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America.

• Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran - Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam, Yemen.

• Australia, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Is^*, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu.

• Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man^*, Italy, Kosovo^*, Latvia, Liechtenstein^*, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia-Montenegro^*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ukraine.

Kosovo through UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)^*.

/Category B/ - professional associations of archivists (80) in 43 countries:

• Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.

• Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, United States of America.

• China, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Thailand.

• Australia, New Zealand.

• Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia-Montenegro^*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Included in the above, 3 associations listed in this Yearbook:

• Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM)^*; Association internationale des archives francophones (AIAF)^*; International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML)^*.

/Category C/: institutional members - institutions concerned with administration or preservation of records and archives, or with professional training of archivists, in 87 countries and territories:

• Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zimbabwe.

• Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

• China, Hong Kong/China, India, Indonesia, Iran - Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.

• Australia, New Zealand, Tonga.

• Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Is^*, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Included in the above, 57 institutions and/or library, archives, records or documentation departments of these institutions:

• All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)^*;

• Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO)^*;

• Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)^*;

• ARMA International^*;

• International Assembly of the French-Speaking World (APF)^*;

• Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)^*;

• International Cooperation Centre of Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD)^*;

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)^*;

• Council of Europe (CE)^*;

• Council of the European Union^*;

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)^*;

• European Central Bank (ECB)^*;

• European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)^*;

• European Investment Bank (EIB)^*;

• European Parliament (EP)^*;

• European Space Agency (ESA)^*;

• Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES)^*;

• Heinrich Böll Foundation^*;

• Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU)^*;

• International Labour Organization (ILO)^*;

• Institut international d'histoire du notariat (IIHN)^*;

• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)^*;

• International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)^*;

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)^*;

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)^*;

• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)^*;

• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)^*;

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)^*;

• International Information Centre on the Sources of Balkan and Mediterranean History (CIBAL)^*;

• International Institute for Archival Science of Trieste and Maribor (IIAS)^*;

• International Institute of Social History (IISG)^*;

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)^*;

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)^*;

• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)^*;

• League of Arab States (LAS)^*;

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)^*;

• Nordic Council (NC)^*;

• Organization of American States (OAS)^*;

• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)^*, replacing Intergovernmental Agency for the French-Speaking Community^*;

• The Rockefeller Foundation^*;

• UN Archives;

• UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs;

• UN Records Management Unit;

• UNESCO;

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)^*;

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)^*;

• Union of Arab Historians (UAH)^*;

• United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)^*;

• United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)^*;

• United Nations Volunteers (UNV)^*;

• University of the West Indies (UWI)^*;

• World Health Organization (WHO)^*;

• WIPO;

• World Council of Churches (WCC)^*;

• World Food Programme (WFP)^*;

• World Jewish Congress (WJC).

/Category D/: individual members - present and past members of any archival institution, service or training centre, in 37 countries:

• South Africa, Tunisia.

• Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay, United States of America.

• China, Israel, Japan, Oman, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.

• Australia.

• Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia-Montenegro^*, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

/Category E/: honorary members (46) in 23 countries:

• Ghana, Sudan.

• Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, United States of America.

• India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Sri Lanka.

• Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Russian Federation, Serbia-Montenegro^*, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOAssociate Status

Admission Date1952

Reclassification date1996

Programme sector: EDNo

Programme sector: SCNo

Programme sector: SHSNo

Programme sector: CLTNo

Programme sector: CIIYes

Programme sector: BSPNo

Programme sector: AFRNo

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOM. Storti Davide
CI/INF/ICT

History1948 Creation in Paris 1951 Consultative agreements 1962 Category A 1996 Formal associate relations (149 EX/ONG.2) (149 EX/Dec. 7.3) 1996-2001 Framework agreement 2001 Renewal of formal associate relations (162 EX/43) (162 EX/Dec.8.4) 2001 Renewal of the framework agreement for the period of the Medium-Term Strategy for 2002-2007 (162 EX/43) (162 EX/Dec.8.4) 2008 Renewal of formal association relations for a new six-year period (179 EX/35) (179 EX/Dec.35)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes Evaluation 2008: In the period from 2002 to 2007 ICA has participated in many UNESCO programmes, including the following: World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): ICA was present at the first WSIS (Geneva, 2003) and emphasized the important role that ICT can play in more efficient information management and thus in transparency and good governance. At the second World Summit (Tunis, 2005) it secured acceptance of the role played by archives in providing equitable access to knowledge and information for all. Information for All Programme (IFAP): ICA supports this programme because it wishes to promote the preservation of, and public access to, the information contained in archives of all kinds. Initial funding from IFAP has enabled ICA to develop AtoM (Access to Memory), a software package that enables description of archival documents to be captured on computers and made available over the Internet. Memory of the World Programme: The global archival community has continued to participate in this programme for the preservation of the world’s documentary heritage. ICA members also serve on the committees that advise UNESCO on which archives should feature on the International Register on account of their historical significance for humankind. World Digital Library: ICA represents archival interests by serving on the working group on criteria for the selection of material to be included in the WDL. Preparation of Guidelines for the Implementation of the Hague Convention and its Second Protocol. The assessment of the framework agreement highlighted difficulties in its implementation, yet ICA continues to cooperate with UNESCO to achieve its objectives. ICA’s global action can relate to several Sectors (CI, CLT, SHS, ED). CI believes that, because of overlapping mandates in preserving memory, partnership with ICA is essential for the development of archives. The fact that ICA maintains its presence and action in different activities sponsored by UNESCO demonstrates its commitment to continued cooperation with UNESCO. It envisages closer relations with other sectors but without decreasing the formal ties with CI, thus revitalizing the cooperation between UNESCO and ICA.

Previous evaluation made by Programme sector concerned Evaluation 2001: Widening of the access to the information and the knowledge by promotion of systems of exhaustive filings in the whole world. Formation: development and diffusion of didactic hardware, encouragement of educational television by Internet and implementation of the Code of ethics for the training of new archivists, curators and managers. Revision of the Convention of the Hague for the protection of cultural properties in times of war (1954) and signature in 1999 by 28 countries of its Second Protocol. Foundation of the international Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS) (1996) with the IFLA (libraries), the ICOM and the ICOMOS (museums), on the backup of the cultural heritage protection in the event of natural disasters and conflicts Answers to the new requirements of UNESCO in the normative field Program urgently for the protection of the vital documents in the event of war, together with case studies carried out in Costa Rica, in Croatia and Gambia Safeguarding of the documents of files on the slave trade with installation of a data base (date of completion envisaged - 2003) Within the framework of Records and Archives Management Programs (RAMP) launched since 1979: Work on the archives of the history of the climate : The Archival Climate History Survey (ARCHISS), launched jointly by the UNESCO, the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) with some support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Gate of the archives, Archives of the services of security of old repressive systems, Archives of the international organizations Participation in the program Memory of the World with a report on the destroyed and damaged archives.

Keywords Architecture,Archives,Audiovisual,Databases,Natural disasters,Codes of Ethics,Communication,Conservation,Preventive conservation,Schools,Vocational training,Wars-armed conflicts,History,Inventories,Standards,New technologies of information and communication,Documentary Heritage,Intangible Heritage,Developing countries,Natural Sciences,Long-distance learning,University,Eastern Europe

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