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The International Council on Archives (ICA) promotes the efficient and effective management and use of records, archives and data in all their formats and their preservation as the cultural and evidentiary heritage of humanity.

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Training Programme

ICA Training Programme Coordinator – Call for Applications

The International Council on Archives (ICA) invites applications for the role of Training Programme Coordinator. This is an excellent career development opportunity for a motivated professional who believes in international cooperation.

Paris I 31 July 2026

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Programme Commission - PCOM

How PCOM Funding Supported SIATI 2026 and Archival Cooperation Across Ibero-America

How can project funding strengthen professional exchange and regional cooperation? Discover how PCOM funding supported SIATI 2026 in bringing archival professionals together across Ibero-America and explore the PCOM Call for Projects 2027.

Paris | 26 August 2026

FIDA

FIDA Funding in Practice: Preserving Portugal’s Fado Heritage Through Digital Imaging

FIDA funding helped preserve 400 fragile, pre-1925 shellac discs featuring Portuguese Fado. Discover how this project developed new technical capacity and made this heritage accessible through digital preservation.

Paris | 3 September 2026

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ICA Secretariat

2027 ICA Project Funding: Your Questions About PCOM and FIDA Calls

Explore answers to the most frequently asked questions about the ICA’s 2027 PCOM and FIDA funding calls, including eligibility, funding, eligible costs, applications and support available to applicants.

Paris I 2 September 2026

Call for Translations: Expanding the UDA into African Languages

Help us make the Universal Declaration on Archives accessible to more communities across Africa.

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UPCOMING ICA EVENTS

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15 Sep

ICA/EGAD – ICA/SUV Webinar – Records in Contexts (RiC) in Spanish: Impact, Opportunities and Challenges for Archival Description

15 Sep

ICA/SAR Webinar – Exhibitions on Architectural Archives. New Media, New Challenges

30 Sep

Deadline: Call for Expressions of Interest to Host the ICA Congress 2029

6 Oct

Building evidentiary infrastructure during an active war: Lessons from the Ukraine War Archive

7 Oct

ICA/SLMT Webinar – From Personal Archives to Public Memory: Archiving Documents from Citizens and Communities with the Citizen Archive Platform (CAP)

14 Oct

The No Time to Wait Conference

13 Nov

Save the Date: EURBICA General Assembly and Conference 2026

16 Nov

SIO 2026 – Manila

18 Nov

Image and Research Conference 2026

26 Nov

Call for Papers: 8th International Conference of Photography & Theory ICPT 2026

5 Feb

Workshop: Practicing the Archival Commons: Publics, Power and Perspectives

5 May

Save the date – ICA/SPP Meeting – Madrid 2027

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