ICA 2021 Virtual Conference

Join us for the first ICA virtual Conference, Empowering Knowledge Societies, scheduled for the week of October 25, 2021. This event is an opportunity for the profession from all over the world to share innovative ideas and research on the changes, practices, and actions in the archives and records management fields.  

Call for Nominations - PCOM Elections 2021

Do you want to contribute your energy and expertise to ICA’s professional programme?
Nominate yourself for election to one of the open seats on the ICA Programme Commission (PCOM) and help PCOM serve the ICA membership!  

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Public release of Records in Contexts Conceptual Model 0.2

The ICA Expert Group on Archival Description (EGAD) is pleased to announce the release for public comment of the consultation draft of the Records in Contexts Conceptual Model v0.2 (RiC-CM 0.2). This replaces the preview version of RiC-CM v0.2, released December 2019. This consultation draft includes the introduction, diagrams and appendices that were absent from the preview version.

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FIDA Call for Projects 2022

The Call for Projects FIDA 2022 is now open! Once a year, the Trustees of the ICA Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA) invite members, branches and other bodies to submit proposals for ICA/FIDA support for archival projects.

Call for Applications New Professionals Programme 2021

The New Professional Programme offers the opportunity for up to 6 new professionals from across the world to attend and present at the ICA Rome 2022 Conference, receive a conference buddy, mentor, and be part of an international cohort of new professionals!

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International Council on Archives

The ICA believes that effective records and archives management is an essential precondition for good governance, the rule of law, administrative transparency, the preservation of mankind's collective memory, and access to information by citizens.

The International Council on Archives (ICA) is dedicated to the effective management of records and the preservation, care and use of the world's archival heritage through its representation of records and archive professionals across the globe.

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Friday, August 20, 2021

ICA General Assembly, 2021

The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assemblies will be held virtually, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and will take place consecutively on 20 October 2021 between 13:00-16:30 CET.

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

You still have two weeks to submit proposals for ICA/FIDA support for archival projects!

We invite you to submit projects to the ICA Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA) that would contribute to the development of archives and archivists in developing countries in particular.

Congress

Monday, August 16, 2021

Global Practices in Archival Arrangement and Description Revealed

How do we arrange and describe archives around the world? With responses from people managing archives in 64 countries, the results of the survey by ICA’s Training Programme are in.  

Congress

Thursday, August 12, 2021

ICA 2021 Virtual Conference

Join us for the first ICA virtual Conference, Empowering Knowledge Societies, scheduled for the week of October 25, 2021. This event is an opportunity for the profession from all over the world to share innovative ideas and research on the changes, practices, and actions in the archives and records management fields.  

Congress

Monday, August 9, 2021

Call for Nominations - PCOM Elections 2021

Do you want to contribute your energy and expertise to ICA’s professional programme?
Nominate yourself for election to one of the open seats on the ICA Programme Commission (PCOM) and help PCOM serve the ICA membership!  

Congress

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Invitation to Apply for ICA-PCOM Project Funding

The ICA’s Programme Commission (PCOM) invites ICA members to apply for funding for archives and records management projects.

Congress

Saturday, July 31, 2021

FIDA Call for Projects 2022 - Building Capacity and Supporting the Archives

You still have one month to submit proposals for ICA/FIDA support for archival projects!  

The role of the ICA Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA) is to support the development of archives and archivists across...

Congress

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The UDA Oral History Toolkit is now available!

We are very pleased to announce that ICA’s Training Programme has released the 
UDA Oral History Toolkit.

Congress

Monday, July 26, 2021

Call for speakers for second SLMT webinar

Unlocking the City archives through using Artificial Intelligence

Following the great success of its first webinar, the ICA Section on Local Municipal and Territorial Archives  will host its next webinar on 4 October 2021. This time the focus is on ’Unlocking the City...

Congress

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Public release of Records in Contexts Conceptual Model 0.2

The ICA Expert Group on Archival Description (EGAD) is pleased to announce the release for public comment of the consultation draft of the Records in Contexts Conceptual Model v0.2 (RiC-CM 0.2). This replaces the preview version of RiC-CM v0.2, released December 2019. This consultation draft includes the introduction, diagrams and appendices that were absent from the preview version.

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Call for Nominations - PCOM Elections 2021

Monday, August 9, 2021 to Wednesday, September 8, 2021

The call for PCOM Elections 2021 is now open until September 8, 2021.

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Call for Applications 2021

Monday, July 5, 2021 to Sunday, September 5, 2021

Applications to become an Active New Professional as part of the 2021 ICA New Professionals Programme (NPP) are now open.

 

ICA Abu Dhabi 2023 Congress

Monday, October 9, 2023 to Thursday, October 12, 2023

We are pleased to inform you of the new dates for the ICA Abu Dhabi Congress: 9-12 October 2023 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre(ADNEC).

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