Allo scopo di sottoporre  l’importanza degli archivi all'attenzione dell’opinione pubblica e al giudizio dei politici, con risoluzione CITRA 2002 è stata avanzata la proposta, nuovamente ripresa in occasione del Congresso del 2004 a Vienna, di istituire una giornata internazionale degli archivi per richiamare l’attenzione sulle diverse realtà archivistiche, le sfide da affrontare e i rischi cui sono esposte.

L’UNESCO ha reso nota l’intenzione di promuovere una Giornata mondiale del patrimonio audiovisivo (27 ottobre) e ha diffuso a questo scopo un questionario http://tinyurl.com/jufub i cui risultati erano attesi entro il 31 luglio.

Ampliando il tema questa giornata potrebbe diventare la Giornata internazionale degli archivi in cui far convergere le numerose iniziative promozionali che già si tengono in vari paesi in date differenti; a questo scopo il CIA invita a compilare il questionario UNESCO inviando anche la lettera che segue

 

Ray Edmondson

Archive Associates

100, Learmouth Drive

Kambah ACT 2902

AUSTRALIA

e-mail: ray@archival.com.au

 

Dear Mr Edmondson

 

UNESCO WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE

In addition to completing the questionnaire on the above subject, I wish to emphasise the importance of establishing an International Archives Day, which would be quite separate from the proposed World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October.

Archives cover an enormous spectrum of activity, from the creation of huge quantities of current records by public administrations and private enterprises, an increasing proportion of which are now in electronic form, to the preservation of historical archives in many formats that are made available to researchers, both professional and amateur. The effective management of records and archives is one of foundations for administrative transparency, democratic accountability, and the protection of human rights. They are also one of the main sources of mankind’s collective memory. It is essential that the important role that archives play in modern society should be drawn to the attention both of the general public and of decision makers on a regular basis. These issues are to my mind different in character and wider in scope than those concerning the audiovisual heritage addressed in the questionnaire.

I strongly believe that the key messages about archives would best be communicated by the establishment of a separate International Archives Day, similar to the World Book Day that already exists. I should be grateful if you could make this one of the recommendations of your report.

Yours sincerely

Andreas Kellerhals, Director of the Swiss Federal Archives and Team Leader on Priority 1 (Advocacy and Promotion) Andreas.Kellerhals@bar.admin.ch

Perrine Canavaggio, Deputy Secretary General canavaggio@ica.org

David Leitch, Senior Programme Manager leitch@ica.org