PCOM News and Events

On Sunday April 28th, more than 15 PCOM members gathered for the first meeting of the year in Abu Dhabi for discussing the last updates of this ICA professional commission.

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ICA Governance meetings were held on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 November in Yaoundé, Cameroon, before the opening of the Annual Conference. Members of the Programme Commission gathered to discuss the Programme’s achievements and its strategy for the future.

The Programme commisssion (PCOM) has contributed vastly to the ALA-ICA Annual Conference’s professional programme in Mexico City. The variety of workshops and overall programme in this year’s Conference is impressive.  During its meeting in Archivo General de la Nation PCOM reviewed the finances from 2017, and its allocation of 200 000 euros. This year was marked by the natural disasters that effected archives in the Caribbean and Mexico. PCOM has aided the disaster areas. The ICA needs to build a clear structure and mechanisms to manage these procedures in the future.

The Programme Commission met in Arusha, Tanzania at the office of the UN Mechanism for the International Criminal Tribunals earlier this week.

ICA’s Programme Commission’s (PCOM) meeting approved the HRWG Basic Principles as a working document, discussed PCOM’s priorities, challenges and resources, approved the Business Plan, discussed the implementation of the ICA Marketing Plan and learned about new initiatives in the New Professionals and Africa Programmes.

The Programme Commission's (PCOM) meeting in Girona concentrated on discussions of current projects, updates from expert groups work and briefings of future events. Almost all of the PCOM members were present.

ICA’s Programme Commission’s (PCOM) meeting in Reykjavik addressed the budget proposal for 2016, preliminary project proposals for funding and overall assessment of the PCOM projects.   The participants discussed the terms of reference and the need for potential members of the new expert group on legal matters in archives and records management with the immediate remit of working on comparative national archival legislation.