Key Events & ICA Activities (OLD) by International Council on Archives

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Creation of the permanent Committee on Archives

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1931: Under the auspices of the League of Nations, the Institute of Intellectual Cooperation created a permanent Committee on Archives.

International Guide on Archives

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1934: The Committee published the International Guide on Archives.

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“The meeting of a group of archiving experts constituted the decisive stage. The group met in Paris at the instigation of UNESCO on 9 June 1948, which was therefore the date on which the ICA was officially founded, the first Provisional Council being chaired by Charles Samaran, Director General of Archives de France, who was succeeded by Charles Braibant from 1950. The Constituent Assembly held on 20 August 1950 during the 1st International Congress on Archives and finalised the ICA constitution and amended the version produced at the inaugural meeting of the Provisional Council of June 1948.”

Publication of the ISAD/G standard

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1994: ICA published its first standard (ISAD/G), the General International Archival Description Standard

Archivum

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1951: first issue of the journal Archivum.
The purpose of the journal was to turn the spotlight on public and private sector archival activities throughout the world by publishing the results of scientific and theoretical research and papers on fundamental issues. The first issue contained the proceedings of the first International Congress on Archives (August 1950). Subsequent issues each had their own specific theme. The journal was available in 5 languages (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish). It ceased publication in 2000.

Guide to Sources of the History of Nations

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1958: 1958: Start of work on producing the guide

Citra Proceedings

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1958: Publication of the first CITRA Proceedings in 7 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian). Proceedings continued to be published until 1999.

ICA General Secretariat takes up residence at 60, rue des Francs-Bourgeois in Paris

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The ICA (Secretariat) is accommodated in the Museum of the National Archives, in the Hôtel de Soubise.

Organization of a movement of support for Italian archives in the wake of the catastrophe

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1967

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^{1968 SARBICA (Southeast Asian Regional Branch) 
1969 ESARBICA (Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch) 
1972 ARBICA (Arab Regional Branch) 
1975 CARBICA (Caribbean Regional Branch)
1976 SWARBICA (South and West Asian Regional Branch) 
1976 ALA (Association of Latin American Archives)
1977 WARBICA (West African Regional Branch) 
1981 PARBICA (Pacific Regional Branch) 
1982 CENARBICA (Central African Regional Branch) 
1993 EASTICA (East Asian Regional Branch) 
2000 EURASICA (Eurasia Regional Branch)
2001 EURBICA (European Regional Branch) 
2004 NAANICA (the North American Archival Network)}

Creation of the Committee for Archival Development

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1970 - Creation of the Committee for Archival Development, which works through the International Fund for the Development of Archives(FIDA) to support archives in developing countries

First ICA Bulletin

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October 1973: Publication of the first ICA Bulletin CIA (at the time of the association’s 25^th anniversary).

Creation of the “Associations” and “International Organizations” Sections

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1976 – Creation of the first 2 sections (Associations and International Organizations), enabling professionals sharing similar professional issues to join forces. By 2009 there were 13 sections covering various aspects of the archival profession.

First International Archives Week Archives

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1979

Creation of the relevant branches of ICA in a large number of countries

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1960

RAMP

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1979: Publication of the first RAMP in several languages

13th International ICA Congress

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1996: This was the first International Congress to be held outside Europe and North America. At the end of the Congress, China took over the ICA presidency for a period of four years.

Adoption of the ICA Code of Ethics.

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6 September 1996: The ICA General Assembly in Beijing (China) approved the ICA Code of Ethics, which is available in 24 languages.

Publication of the ICA Reference Document

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1997: The Council of Europe published the ICA Reference Document, to assist with competing claims over archival collections.

37th CITRA

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2003: L'Archevêque Desmond Tutu prononce le discours d'ouverture lors de la séance plénière de cette Table Ronde à Cap Town, en Afrique du Sud.

Presentation of the first "Recordkeeping for Good Governance" toolkit

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2007: The first edition of the "Recordkeeping for Good Governance" toolkit produced by the PARBICA Branch, was unveiled in Nouméa (New Caledonia).

ICA 60th anniversary celebrations

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2008: ICA celebrated its 60^th anniversary and held its 1th Congress in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Relaunch of FIDA and 42nd CITRA

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2010: The ICA relaunched FIDA (International Fund for the Development of Archives) with the appointment of a Board of Directors and issue of a call for projects. The 42^nd CITRA took place in Norway.

Meeting of the ICA Executive Board

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June 2010: The ICA Executive Board met in Seoul (South Korea) at the time of the first International Archival Culture Exposition (IACE 2010, Seoul, South Korea, June 2010.

Adoption of the Universal Declaration on Archives

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10 November 2010: At its General Assembly, the ICA ratified the Universal Declaration on Archives. This Universal Declaration is available on 20 languages.

17th International Congress in Brisbane and decision to abolish the CITRA

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2012: At the International Congress in Brisbane (Australia). Approval of the new constitution conferring voting right on (institutional) members of Category C, changing the AGM to a General Assembly, abolishing CITRA and replacing it by an Annual Conference open to all members and creating the Forum of National Archivists (FAN)

Approval of the Principles of Access to Archives

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2012: The General Assembly approved the Principles of Access to Archives, recognizing the distinction between legal authority for access and the publication of research aids.

First Annual Conference

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2013: First Annual Conference, held in Brussels on the self-funding principle, which attracted more than 500 participants.

First “New Professionals” bursary scheme

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2014: First application of the “New Professionals” bursary scheme under the NP programme
https://www.ica.org/en/new-professionals

Approval of the Programme for Africa

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2015
https://www.ica.org/en/our-professional-programme/africa-programme

Launch of the Training Programme

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2017
This training will be launch on January 2019

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70th Anniversary of ICA

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2018: ICA celebrates 70 years of service to the archival community

Creation of the International Committee of the Blue Shield

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1996: Creation of the International Committee of the Blue Shield with ICA as one of its founder members.

Meeting of the ICA Executive Board

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20-23 May 1973: Brussels

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1st Congress of Indian Ocean Archivists and Historians

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25 April – 1 May 1960: Organized under the auspices of the ICA, the congress was attended by delegates from France, Great Britain, Mauritius, the Netherlands and the Island of Réunion, who decided to found the “Indian Ocean International Historical Association”

Organization of the 6th Annual Conference of SARBICA (South East Asian Regional Branch)

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1984: Philippines

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Arab Regional Branch (ARBICA) Conference

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1995: Yemen

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ICA Executive Board

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1986: Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg, Russia

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CITRA Bureau

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20 January 1995: Versailles

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SARBICA Colloquium + 9th ICA International Conference

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19-24 January 1987: The theme of the Conference was that of Access and Use of Archives. The two events took place in Jakarta (Indonesia).

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Meeting of the Executive Board

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4-5 September 1992: Quebec

Meeting of the ICA Bureau

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7-9 April 1992: Meeting of the ICA Bureau in Paris at the French National Archives in the “Albatre” Room

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15th International Congress on Archives

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2004: Organization of the 15^th Ica Congress in Vienna (Austria) under the leadership of Elisa DE SANTOS CANALEJOS

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ICA 50th anniversary celebrations

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1998

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Publication of the Dictionary of Archival Terminology

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1984

40th CITRA

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11 to 17 November 2007: 40^th International Conference of the Round Table on Archives in Quebec on: Archives, Diversity and Globalization.

Organization of the 39th CITRA

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2006: The City of Curaçao in the Netherlands, hosted the 39^th International Conference of the Round Table on Archives.

3rd ARBICA Seminar on Archiving

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From 28 to 31 October 1987, ARBICA staged its 3^rd seminar in Tunis on: "Archives in the face of a multitude of challenges”.

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Meeting of the West African Regional Branch (WARBICA)

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1983: OrganiZation of a WARBICA meeting in Paris

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Meeting of the Executive Board

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October 1983: ICA Executive Board meeting in Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia .

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Executive Board meeting

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19-23 October 1985: Ottawa, capital of Canada

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Janus Journal

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1983: First issue of Janus, a journal published though until 1999. This twice-yearly publication contained papers and articles produced by the Committees and Sections.

18th International Congress of ICA

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5-10 September 2016: It took place in Seoul, South Korea, and brought together 2,000 participants on the theme ‘Archives, Harmony and Friendship', Guarantees of cultural awareness, justice and collaboration in a globalized world.

14th ICA Congress

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2000: In Seville, capital of Andalusia, Spain

35th CITRA

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10 -13 October 2001: Reykjavik (Iceland) on the theme of: Archives and Society: What to preserve? Acquisition and Selection

36th CITRA

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2002: Held in Marseille, France

38th CITRA

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2005: Took place in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

41st CITRA

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2009: Conference that took place in Malta.

43rd CITRA 2011:

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It took place in Toledo, Spain, on the theme ‘Safe-guarding archives in a digital world: keeping archives in the 21^st century.

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Summary

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Key events

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XXth Century

ICA activities

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XXIth Century

Creation of the International Council on Archives

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9 June 1948: The ICA constitution was approved at a UNESCO meeting in Paris

Key events

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XXth Century

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XXIth Century

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ICA activities

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XXth Century

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20th CITRA

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1981: 97 delegates and observers from 45 countries and 6 international organizations

XXIth Century

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Creation of SARBICA

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1968: Creation of the first Regional Branch in South-East Asia (SARBICA) to enable sharing similar conditions to actively participate in ICA. By 2009, ICA had 13 branches.

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XXth Century

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XXth Century

5th General Conference of ECARBICA

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24-29 April 1978: Khartoum, Sudan. Countries represented: Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.

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The International Conference on Business Archives

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16-17 May 2018: co-organized by the State Grid Corporation (SGCC) and the Section on Business Archives (SBA) of ICA, this conference took place in Beijing on the theme of ‘Archives Facilitate Enterprise Innovation and Development’.

Celebration of International Archives Day

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9 June 2018 : The day is being celebrated on the theme ‘Archives: Governance, Memory and Heritage’. Discover the program on the interactive map of ICA

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International Archives Day

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9 June 2017: This day was celebrated on the theme of ‘Archives, Citizenship and Inter-culturalism’ .

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Celebration of International Archives Day

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9 June 2016: This day was celebrated with the theme of ‘Archives, Harmony and Friendship’. An adaptable poster, post card and book mark were made available for archivists on the website of ICA.

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ALA-ICA Annual Conference

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27-29 November 2017: This Conference took place in Mexico City, Mexico with the them of 'Archives, CItiznship and Interculturalism'

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