The ICA Programme Commission (PCOM) is inviting nominations for three (3) Member-at-Large seats for the 2027-2030 term. Members-at-large are elected by the ICA membership.

If you are an ICA member (categories A, B, C, or D) in good standing and would like to help guide ICA’s overall professional programme, we encourage you to consider nominating yourself for election to the Programme Commission.

What is PCOM?

The ICA Programme Commission (PCOM) is the governance body responsible for ICA’s professional programme. PCOM brings together a diverse group of committed, energetic, and knowledgeable archivists and records professionals to oversee ICA Conferences and Congresses, Expert Groups, funding for professional projects, and strategic initiatives such as the New Professionals, Training, and Regional Development Programmes.

PCOM aims to ensure representation from all ICA regions. As part of the nomination process, candidates will be asked to indicate how they can help ensure that the voices of ICA regions underrepresented within PCOM are heard.

For the 2027–2030 mandate, the ICA regions currently underrepresented in PCOM are:

• Asia and Oceania
• Latin America and the Caribbean

Nominations from these regions are particularly encouraged.

Ongoing Members of PCOM 

For Information

The mandates of three specialised roles — Training Programme Liaison, New Professionals Programme Liaison, and Early Career Representative — will conclude this year.

A separate call for these positions for the 2027–2030 mandate will be launched at a later stage. Please note that these roles are elected by the Programme Commission members and are not subject to ICA-wide election.

Requirements

All candidates must:

• Be ICA members (categories A, B, C, and D) in good standing, either with a paid-up individual membership or employed by an ICA member institution or Category B association. (Candidates must have been ICA members for at least 30 days before the end of the call for nominations.)
• Be archivists or records professionals.
• Be sufficiently comfortable communicating in English to work in an international team. (PCOM meetings are conducted in English.)
• Be energetic and willing to devote time and effort to the ICA.
• Be willing and able to attend two PCOM meetings per year. PCOM meets in person at the ICA Conference or Congress and virtually at other times.
• Contribute expertise that complements PCOM’s existing knowledge base.
• Contribute to the diversity and representation of all types of archives within PCOM.

Nomination

To nominate yourself for one of the open seats, please complete the PCOM nomination form. The form consists of sixteen (16) questions.

Important: For members-at-Large, the details provided in the “Information for the ballot” section of the nomination form will be shared with ICA members as part of the election process.

Please ensure your submission includes:

• A candidate statement (maximum 200 words)
• A curriculum vitae (maximum two pages)

Note: A letter of support is not required. However, if submitted, it must be an official letter from an ICA group. Any letter received will be included in the candidate’s information on the ballot, together with the candidate statement.

Schedule

Nominations are open from 2 March to 12 April at 23:59 CET (Paris time).

ICA-wide elections, overseen by the PCOM Election Committee (ICA Internal Regulations, Programme Commission Procedures, art. 3–6, pp. 16–19), will take place in April–May.

Successful candidates will begin their terms at the beginning of 2027.

PCOM operates with a very limited budget, and travel support is not routinely provided for PCOM meetings. However, if an excellent candidate from a low-resourced region would otherwise be unable to participate, limited travel funds may be available to assist.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at programme@ica.org.