“Open access ?” : répondre aux défis de l’accès aux archives et aux données publiques dans la Caraïbe
Access to archives and open data were the leitmotiv of the 10th quadrennial conference of Caribbean archives organised from December 2nd to 5th in Martinique by CARBICA, the association which brings together archivists from the English, French and Dutch-‐speaking Caribbean in close partnership with the departmental archives of Martinique.
In the presence of more than one hundred professionals from the Caribbean, local executives from Martinique and Guadeloupe, the issues of personal data protection, open government, the difficulties posed by the application of overlapping or deficient laws, the teaching of concrete examples from the Caribbean and the world over were exposed and debated by presenters from the fields of archiving, information and communication technology (ITC), public administration and university research. No fewer than 15 countries and territories were represented during the public conference on December 2nd , and during the training workshops which continued from December 3rd to 5th at the Departmental Archives of Martinique.