Section of International Organisations
SIO is the Section of International Organisations within the International Council on Archives.
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Guide to Archives of International Organisations
A useful working tool for researchers, students and anyone else wishing to know more about these archives and their holdings!
Within ICA's general objectives of working for the advancement of archives through international co-operation, SIO aims at:
- promoting professional and scholarly co-operation and communication between archives and archivists of international organizations;
- achieving recognition of the existence and value of archive services within international organizations;
- achieving recognition of the professional status of archivist for the international civil servants in charge of archives, and to assist their basic and continuing training;
- studying the question of preservation, appraisal and description of archives of international organizations;
- developing access to archives of international organizations;
- promoting co-operation with historians and the research community.