Work Programme of EASTICA for the Next Two Years


In order to further the aims of EASTICA and to promote the development of archival work in the East Asian region, a work programme covering the next two years has been devised. Its objectives are as follows:

  1. To set up an administrative structure, expand the membership and encourage those institutions and individuals involved in archives, information, documentation and related cultural activities to participate in EASTICA.

  2. To carry out the objectives and functions of the branch as laid down in the Constitutions of ICA and of EASTICA, and to carry out policies and activities as determined by the General Conference.

  3. To promote the development of archival work in the region by various means, including bilateral and multilateral exchanges of archive staff, professional visits, expert missions, etc.

  4. To strengthen professional archive training by organizing workshops and seminars and by exchanges of trainee staff. Specifically, a workshop on "Automation of Archives Administration" shall be held in Beijing, China, in October 1994.

  5. To encourage institutions to exchange archives materials, including microfilm, on a voluntary basis, so as to enrich the collections of the region, and to undertake joint initiatives to make copies of records relating to the history of East Asia which are preserved outside the region.

  6. To stimulate the exchange of archival literature and journals between institutions in the region.

  7. To undertake preparations for the second General Conference of EASTICA and the accompanying seminar on "Modernizing Archives Management", and to encourage the attendance of archivists at the seminar.

  8. To publish a journal, "East Asian Archives" in order to strengthen the exchange of information between archivists in the region.