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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: UNESCO Memory of the World Regional Workshop on Joint Nominations

The UNESCO Bangkok Office will host the Memory of the World Regional Workshop on Joint Nominations from 20-21 June 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The workshop aims to:

  • Increase participants’ knowledge on UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme and inscription criteria and processes to the International and Regional Registers,
  • Build capacity for transnational joint nominations of new documentary heritage to the Regional and International MoW Registers, and
  • Promote regional cooperation through documentary heritage and Memory of the World programme.

Participants will be from memory institutions, private collection holders or individuals in the Asia-Pacific region who have previously identified collections of documentary heritage for the purpose of joint nominations across several countries.

If you are interested to participate, please complete the participation form (link below) and send it to Ms Misako Ito, Adviser in Communication and Information, UNESCO Bangkok (m.ito@unesco.org) by 10 May 2019, indicating whether you require travel support or not. Selection will be made based on the proposal of joint nominations as well as available funding.

UNESCO will provide the lunches and coffee breaks to all participants of the training. However, as the funding for travel is limited, participants are encouraged as much as possible to seek travel support to their own institutions or UNESCO field offices in Asia and the Pacific.

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Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy and Principles 3rd Edition


Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy and Principles 3rd Edition is now available in the Myanmar language.

The addition of a version in the Myanmar language means that this valuable publication is now available in 7 languages: Chinese  English Japanese Portuguese Spanish Thai and Myanmar language.

The English text was written by Dr Ray Edmondson and released as a third edition in 2016.

The book was published under UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme, and provides the rationale and theoretical basis of audiovisual archiving.

Preservation of Documentary Heritage for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

On 29–30 November 2018, UNESCO and the Royal Government of Bhutan – with the support of the Japanese Funds in Trust (JFIT) – jointly hosted a regional capacity development workshop in Thimphu on the ‘Preservation of Documentary Heritage for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management’. The two-day workshop brought together around 30 preservation and conservation experts from the South Asia and Asia Pacific region, and sought to examine documentary preservation in the context of strategies for disaster management and disaster risk reduction. The initiative was the first of its kind in the subregion.

Here is more information on the workshop

MOWCAP and the Asia Culture Center (ACC) Renew Cooperation

MOWCAP and the Asia Culture Center have renewed their cooperation for a further three years at a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony held today in Seoul, Korea.

Dr. Lee Jinsik, Acting President of the Asia Culture Center, and Mr. Kwibae Kim, Chair of MOWCAP, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which provides a framework of cooperation to promote the protection, preservation, awareness, universal access to and use of the documentary heritage in Asia and the Pacific.

Through the MOU, MOWCAP and the ACC will continue to develop and organise activities including exhibitions, publications, seminars, talks and other education and outreach activities, including the extension of the MOWCAP-ACC Small Grants program. In addition, the ACC will also continue to host the MOWCAP Office for a further three years.

In his remarks at the ceremony, Dr Lee Jinsik shared that “the ACC’s mission is to create, produce and distribute cultural contents based on studying, researching and archiving cultural resources in Asia and the Pacific. In this regard, we see a close alignment with the vision and mission of MOWCAP and we are looking forward to continuing and expanding our cooperation”

Mr. Kwibae Kim stated that “I sincerely thank our partner, the Asia Culture Centre, whose support has made a number of important initiatives possible for the preservation of our region’s rich documentary heritage. I would also like to thank the Asia Culture Institute, who have generously supported the work of the MOWCAP Office. We look forward to continuing our cooperation for the benefit of MOWCAP’s members in the Asia-Pacific.

Film World Meets Memory of the World

An Asia Pacific Cinema Documentary Heritage Conference took place in Manilla from 26-28 October. MOWCAP and the Asia Culture Center  are very pleased to have supported (along with many others) this important initiative through our 2018 small grants program.

Moving images are how the memory of the world of the 20th and 21st centuries has been and is being captured, preserved and transmitted. Photojournalists’ recording of historic events as they take place and filmmakers’ efforts to document, investigate and look below the surface or to convey literary works or fantasy — in all these ways film represents the quintessential modern means of communication.

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UNESCO News Release on Inter-regional Conference

A news release on the major inter-regional conference on memory preservation and accessibility organized by UNESCO has been posted on the UNESCO website. The conference was held in Panama City on 25-26 October 2018.

The news release can be accessed in English, Spanish (no link) and French.

See the photo gallery of the delegates participating in this important event.

MOWCAP Contributes to First UNESCO MoW Inter-regional Meeting

MOWCAP was well represented at the first UNESCO Memory of the World Inter-regional Conference on Preservation and Accessibility of Documentary Heritage. The conference was held in Panama City from 25-26 October 2018. One of the objectives was to foster co-operation among the members of the MoW community. This objective and others were all achieved in the dynamic two days of sharing MoW experiences. The conference programme can be found here.

The opening remarks were made by Lidia Brito, Regional Director, UNESCO Montevideo; Luis Oporto, Chairperson of MOWLAC and H. E. Mr Flavio Mendez, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Panama to UNESCO. This was followed by two days of sharing Memory of the World experiences and challenges from around the world.

The following is a brief report on the contribution made by the MOWCAP representatives. It also includes an update on the international Memory of the World Review.

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Celebration of the Inscription of the National Debt Redemption Movement Archives

The Spirit of the National Debt Redemption Movement Spreads across the Globe

This was the title of an international conference organized by the Commemorative Association of the National Debt Redemption Movement to celebrate the first anniversary of the inclusion of the Archives of the Korean Debt Redemption Movement in UNESCO’s Memory of the World International Register. The conference was held in the Grand Hotel in Daegu on 2 October 2018, with over 200 attentive listeners.

The opening speech was given by Mrs Dong-Hak Shin, President of the Association, followed by welcoming and congratulatory speeches on behalf of Mr Young-Jin Kwon, Mayor of Daegu, by Mrs Ji-Sook Bae, Chairperson of the Daegu Metropolitan Council and by Mrs Eun-Hee Kang, Superintendent at the Daegu Metropolitan office.

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Petitions Inscribed on International Memory of the World Registers

An International Symposium on Petition Movements in the Nineteenth Century was held on 13 September 2018 at the Advanced Center for Korean Studies in Andong, Republic of Korea.

There are two inscriptions on petition movements on international registers. The New Zealand Women’s Suffrage Petition was inscribed on the Memory of the World International Register in 1998. The Maninso: Ten Thousand People’s Petitions was inscribed on the MOWCAP register in 2018.

The Women’s Suffrage Petition requested the New Zealand Parliament to extend the franchise to women aged 21 years and over. It consists of 546 sheets of paper, glued together to form one continuous roll, 274 metres long. It was presented to the New Zealand Parliament with great drama. John Hall, a Member of Parliament and suffrage supporter, brought it into the House and unrolled it down the central aisle of the debating chamber until it hit the end wall with a thud. The number of women who signed was close to one quarter of the female adult population.

On 19 September 1893, 125 years ago,  New Zealand was the first country in the world to pass legislation to give women the same voting rights as men.  The Women’s Suffrage petition made a major contribution to this achievement.

The Maninso: Ten Thousand People’s Petitions consist of two massive paper scrolls, each measuring some 100 metres in length. The petition for the Posthumous Enthronement of Crown Price Sado, dated 1855, was signed by 10,094 like-minded individuals and presented to the King. The Ten Thousand People’s Petitions against dress reform, dated 1884, was signed by 8,849 people and was not presented to the King. The petitions represent collective actions taken to influence reforms in important state affairs to achieve the ethical politics prescribed by Confucian ideology.

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