The project aims to prepare a management programme for vital records in the municipalities in order to ensure their preservation, including education and training. Starting with municipalities in Latin America, the project product will be available for other municipalities in the world.     Products  - An updated commented bibliography on the topic - A dedicated glossary - A manual The project is lead by the Secretariat of the Bogota Municipality (Colombia). The cities of Geneva and Pully (Switzerland) are contributing to the reflection. 

The project aims to provide a guideline or standard for access to archives. Access, as defined in the ICA Dictionary of Archival Terminology, means the availability of records for consultation as a result both of legal authorization and the existence of finding aids. For the past two decades ICA concentrated on standards for description of archives, that is, the finding aids as half of the definition. The project objective is now to cover the other half of the definition, that of the standards for legal authorization to make records available.

The board of FIDA met on 26 September and welcomed Sarah Choy from Hong Kong and Sharon Alexander-Gooding of Barbados as trustees to the meeting.

The 2015 FIDA call for projects is closed. La convocatoria de proyectos del FIDA para 2014 está cerrada.

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 for 2015. All documents are attached, scroll down to consult them or to download them.

The 2014 FIDA call for projects is closed. La convocatoria de proyectos del FIDA para 2014 está cerrada.

The Trustees of the ICA Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA) invites members, branches and other bodies to submit proposals for ICA support for archival projects for 2014. CLOSED

The Trustees of the ICA Fund for International Archival Development  (FIDA) invite members, branches and other bodies to submit proposals for ICA support for archival projects for 2013.   All documents are attached, scroll down to consult them or to download them.