World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, 27 October.
Journée mondiale du patrimoine audiovisuel, Octobre 27.
اليوم العالمي للتراث السمعي والبصري، 27 أكتوبر
Message from Ms Irina Bokova,Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2014.
Join the forum : 27 October is World Day of Audiovisual Heritage
Journée mondiale du patrimoine audiovisuel, Octobre 27.
اليوم العالمي للتراث السمعي والبصري، 27 أكتوبر
Тема Дня 2014 года «Архивы в опасности — многое предстоит еще сделать».
2014年主题：濒危中的档案：需要更多努力.
2014 Theme: "Archives at Risk: Much more to do".
Tema de 2014: «Los archivos en situación de riesgo; se puede hacer mucho más».
Thème 2014 « Archives en danger : il reste encore beaucoup à faire ».
The theme of the 2014 World Day of Audiovisual Heritage says it all--there is so much more to be done to ensure the long-term preservation of the world’s shared heritage.
Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes, provide primary records of the 20th and 21 st centuries, helping to maintain the common memory of all humanity.
As monumental shifts transform the way that information and resources are generated, accessed and managed and as an increasing quantity of audiovisual material emerges in digital form--including emails, blogs, social networks, and websites–all audiovisual heritage is endangered today. Millions of films, audio and video tapes and discs are at risk of crumbling into dust, fading away and disappearing.
To respond, we must recognise and raise awareness about these challenges – this is the importance of the World Day of Audiovisual Heritage. We must also craft new approaches to archival programmes and train archivists to adapt to a changing political, technological, and cultural environment. Preservation professionals should be given all of the support that they need to safeguard the common audiovisual heritage of humanity.
These goals guide all of UNESCO’s action through the Memory of the World programme,launched in 1992 to protect and promote the world’s documentary heritage through improved strategies for preservation and access. We build here on the comprehensive set of international instruments that UNESCO has developed to protect cultural and documentary heritage, whose implementation we support by building capacities at the local and national levels. This is especially important in
situations of crisis or disaster.
We must act today to ensure that future generations can enjoy humanity’s common audiovisual heritage tomorrow. This heritage carries lessons, information and knowledge that are essential to share. It is a foundation of identity and belonging as well as a wellspring of innovation and creativity. This is why archives are so important as guardians of our collective memory, guaranteeing the right to truth as well as the ‘right to know’.
In this spirit, I call upon all Governments to strengthen national policies to preserve and provide access to audiovisual heritage in all forms and to support professional activities for identifying and preserving collections of enduring value. This is UNESCO’s message on the 2014 World Day of Audiovisual Heritage.
Irina Bokova
Links to Relevant Organisations
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Intangible heritage
- Survey of endangered carriers
- Archives Portal
- World Summit on the Information Society
- International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
- Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
- Audio Engineering Society (AES)
- Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG)
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)
- National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
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