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| Founded | June 9, 1948 |
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| Type | Professional Organization |
| Focus | Archivists, Archive Conservators & Record Managers |
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| Method | Industry standards, Conferences, Publications |
| Website | www |
The International Council on Archives (ICA; French: Conseil international des archives) is an international non-governmental organization which exists to promote international cooperation for archives and archivists. It was set up in 1948, with Charles Samaran, the then director of the Archives nationales de France, as chairman, and membership is open to national and international organisations, professional groups and individuals.[1] In 2015, it grouped together about 1400 institutional members in 199 countries and territories. Its mission is to promote the conservation, development and use of the world's archives.
ICA has close partnership links with UNESCO, and is a founding member of the Blue Shield, which works to protect the world's cultural heritage threatened by wars and natural disasters, and which is based in The Hague.[2]
- ^ "A timeline of the International Council on Archives | International Council on Archives". www.ica.org. Archived from the original on 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
- ^ Blue Shield International Contact Page Archived 2017-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 February 2015.