The 2022 Call for Applications for the ICA New Professionals Programme is currently open! Some of you are probably wondering, what exactly is the New Professionals Programme? Am I eligible? We’ve got the answers to your questions!
Overview
The ICA created the New Professionals Programme (NPP) to engage future leaders in the field of archives and records management, encouraging them to be active members of the organisation and committed professionals who will help to stimulate international engagement with professional communities in their own countries and around the world. The NPP also creates and shares resources, which support the international new professional community, and helps to create a network of new professionals around the globe.
The ICA considers anyone with less than five years of paid working experience a new professional and encourages them to take advantage of the communications and resources created as part of the NPP.
New professionals (NPs) from around the world are selected to become Active NPs – members of the NPP for one year – and participate in all its activities, including during the ICA Conference/Congress. This year, bursaries will be funded to enable successful candidates to attend the Congress, taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 9 – 12 October 2023.
Who can apply?
The NPP is aimed at ICA members with less than 5 years of working experience, irrespective of age including:
Students of archival science. Please note current students must also have less than five years working experience.
Trainees (including individual ICA members and trainees in organisations which are ICA members).
Qualified archivists with no working experience and who are individual members of ICA.
Individuals who have worked in archives and records management for less than 5 years (including individual ICA members and employees of organisations which are ICA members).
More questions?
If you still have questions, take a look at the “About the New Professionals Programme” page, which will give you an overview of who runs the NPP, what an Active NP is, and the fascinating history of the programme.
If you have specific questions about the 2022 call, check out the “Call for Applications 2022” page which will lay out the benefits of being an Active NP, the commitment and expectations, the criteria to apply, an outline for how to apply, and more.
You could also reach out to the New Professionals Programme Coordinator at newprofessionals@ica.org.
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