The preservation of documentary heritage materials is one of the daunting tasks of memory institutions worldwide. This task is becoming more and more important, not least because of the fast development of the Internet and the digital technologies as well as with the well-documented need for updated legislation at national and international levels. For UNESCO, it is beyond doubt that humanity’s documentary heritage is a fundamental expression of the richness and diversity of different cultures and traditions and its preservation is therefore considered of the utmost importance.
Workshop Held in Indonesia
The Borobudur Conservation Office (BCO), Indonesian Memory of the World Committee, the National Archives of Indonesia (ANRI), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the Australian Memory of the Committee, and UNESCO have collaborated to hold a workshop on the ‘Nomination of the Archives of the Borobudur Temple World Heritage site as Memory of the World’, from the 10-11 November 2015. The workshop was a continuation of the general training conducted with the support of UNESCO in September 2015, and gave advanced training support for the development of a nomination for the archives of the Borobudur Conservation Office as UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW).
Connecting People to their heritage
Safeguarding documentary heritage has become the passion of five Archivists from the Pacific that met in Suva, Fiji from October 20th to the 22nd, 2015.
See here for the full report
Eleven New Inscriptions on the International Register
There are 11 new inscriptions on the international register from countries in the Asia Pacific region. Congratulations China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Myanmar and New Zealand
MOWCAP and Timor-Leste hold workshop
UNESCO, the Regional Committee for the Memory of the World Program Asia-Pacific (MoWCAP), and the State Secretariat of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Timor-Leste, have collaborated to hold a training workshop from the 27-28 of July 2015 in Dili, Timor-Leste.
For more information see the full report
Newsletter for June 2015
Check out our newsletter for June 2015 Newsletter No 10 June 2015
First Workshop for Singapore
MOW WORKSHOP IN SINGAPORE
The first MOW workshop in Singapore was held on 21 April in the Oldham Theatre, National Archives of Singapore, which hosted the event coordinated by staff member Ms Lu Wenshi. Following some opening remarks by National Archives Director Mr Eric Chin, the workshop was led by Ms Joie Springer (Member of the IAC Register Subcommittee) and Dr Ray Edmondson (MOWCAP Special Advisor). It was attended by over 30 representatives of Singapore institutions, including the National Heritage Board, the National Library, the National Parks Board, the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Singapore Heritage Society. [Read more…]
Workshop Sponsored by State Archives Administration of China, March 2015
Thirty one participants from China, the DPR of Korea, Indonesia, Mongolia, the Solomon Islands, and Viet Nam took part in the workshop in Suzhou, China. The purpose was to give participants expert help in preparing nominations for inscription to the MOWCAP register. For more information see the UNESCO news item.
National Archives of Fiji Promote Memory of the World
Descendants of Pacific Indentured Labourers proud to know their ancestors’ records are inscribed on the MOWCAP regional register.
Read more from the National Archives of Fiji
Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Brochure
Link to the brochure produced by UNESCO. The colourful brochure has information about MOWCAP and information and images on inscriptions.
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