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These ideas are also expressed in the 2015 Concerted but targeted action is required. The As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the
Recommendation, which underlines “the importance next steps may be summarized as follows: MoW Programme and the World Day for Audiovisual
of documentary heritage to promote the sharing of Heritage, we join the entire documentary heritage
knowledge for greater understanding and dialogue, I. Strategically identify documentary heritage community ― represented by experts drawn from
in order to promote peace and respect for freedom, which promotes international cooperation and the Programme’s network of national and regional
democracy, human rights and dignity.” understanding, as well as intercultural dialogue, committees as well as international partner
Taking into account this conceptual framework and promote its use across borders as a organizations ― in reaffirming our commitment
and the overall goal of the MoW Programme of resource in memory, scientific and educational to “record to remember, preserve to protect, and
safeguarding documentary heritage, the key issues institutions. Artistic and creative records of educate to utilize.”
humankind are a source of social connectivity
that may define the use of documentary heritage to – they can help to bring people together and
promote inclusive, just and peaceful societies could work towards international solidarity.
be set out as follows:
II. Further make use of the potential of
1. Identifying documentary heritage which documentary heritage to help predict and
promotes greater understanding and dialogue handle crises or emergencies. This includes
MoW framework to better understand and prepare
across cultures; actively adopting a disaster risk reduction
2. Celebrating documentary heritage, including for natural and human-caused disasters.
that of marginalized groups, which contributed Similar forward-looking lessons should be
to bringing about inclusive, just, and peaceful learned from conflicts, especially the recent
societies in a particular national, regional or and ongoing ones. For example, many countries
international context; are adopting national guidelines for the
preservation of official documents on efforts
3. Highlighting the gender, socio-economic to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. These
inequalities in access to, and usage of, materials not only document the great impact
documentary heritage; this pandemic has had on society, but can also
act as a fundamental reference to helpunderstand
4. Enhancing how documentary heritage can be and contextualize health crises in the future.
used as an educational resource and how 5.Where do we go from here?
media can utilize the historical value of It is clear that documentary heritage, within the III. Work towards more innovative ways to Co-signed Alinah K.Segobye
documentary heritage for contemporary framework of the MoW Programme and its network make use of the 400+ items of documentary Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences, Namibia
reporting on issues of sustainable development; of partnerships, is an informational resource that heritage inscribed on the Memory of the World Tawfic Jellasi, ADG University of Science and
has an essential role in a culture-based model of International Register with the goal of bringing Unit for Communication and Technology
5. Monitoring the global situation of documentary sustainable development for the wellbeing of all. further attention to the need for the continued information, UNESCO Saleem Zougbi
heritage preservation, spotting endangered Preserving and providing access to docu- preservation and accessibility of the entire Carlos Eduardo Serrano Vásquez Senior Associate Expert, United
areas facing difficulties due to technical and/or mentary heritage material, including as concerns documentary heritage within the framework of Executive Director, International Nations University Operating
Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic
Council on Archives
economic factors; the UNESCO 2015 Recommendation. In this Governance
web archiving, is therefore a core public interest vein, we laud UNESCO’s engagement with Sophie Delepierre
activity and so should not be subject to any Head of Protection Heritage and Sandra Patricia Moresco
6. Highlighting best practices on safeguarding Google Arts & Culture to enhance the visibility Capacity building Department, President, MoWLAC(Memory of
documentary heritage at risk including unreasonable and unjustified restrictions. Memory of the inscriptions via this online platform. International Council of Museum the World Regional Committee for
enhanced capacity building, specifically for institutions need clear and enforceable legal There are similar efforts being developed, Catherine Lacken Latin America and Caribbean)
digital preservation. rights to carry out their missions, and the creation suchas a plan by the International Centre for Secretary General, Co-ordination Kwibae Kim Chairperson,
MoWCAP(Memory of the World
and sharing of new content with open licenses, Documentary Heritage and other organizations Council of Audiovisual Archives Regional Committee for Asia and
7. Ensuring that documentary heritage collections including the promotion of OpenGLAM practices, to create an advanced information-sharing Associations the Pacific)
and the memory institutions which safeguard should be encouraged. platform for documentary heritage. Such Claire McGuire Jaehee Choi
Policy and Research Officer,
them are integrated into national cultural In celebrating the MoW Programme’s 30th platforms allow for the identification of nationally, International Federation of Library Chairman, UNESCO International
property protection frameworks, including in anniversary, it is time to multiply our efforts to regionally and internationally inscribed items Associations and Institutions Centre for Documentary Heritage
efforts to combat theft and illicit trafficking, and safeguard documentary heritage in all its diversity of documentary heritage. These tools can Papa Momar Diop Mitsuru Haga
are protected during crises – both natural and helpilluminate common patterns, promote Chairperson, Memory of the World Special Advisor, Tohoku University
human-caused. and take a stand to help it to fulfil its cultural and understanding and dialogue across all cultures, Regional Committee for Africa Tomasz Komorowski
educational purposes. Professional expertise is and celebrate the cultural heritage of Helena Asamoah Hassan Chair, Polish MoW Committee
needed to ensure that documents keep their central marginalized groups, thereby promoting social Executive Director, African Library Dietrich Schüller
role as the foundation of civilization and its further inclusion and a just and peaceful coexistence. and Information Associations and Member, International Advisory
institution
Committee
development.

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