The National Archives Consortium's mission is to compete for grants enabling to conduct research, development and innovation projects (R+D+i) in the national archives.
Introduction
The Consortium is a support tool for international technological and documentary cooperation that improves the archival sectors.
This initiative is included in the International Project "Information for Citizen Change" (InfoCC), launched by the Documentation Sciences Foundation and based on the fact that the information contained in the documents (in whatever medium) generates an awareness in people that allows them to communicate a change in their social and personal quality of life, being the technology and the Internet a medium for this.
The Consortium promotes the participation of the national archives, advising on the formulation of the initial project proposal, searching for partners, developing the overall project profile, and accessing to funding sources.
The projects submitted by the Consortium are generated from the bottom up, ie, participants devise and decide their project and the terms for fulfillment.
Objetives
To create critical mass to present common positions and interests with governments and funding instruments (EU, FP7, UNASUR, BID, OEA, UNESCO, ...).
To develop projects of interest between the participating institutions in the Consortium.
To hold meetings and events of work/training, both virtual and physically.
Conditions of the projects to be financed
Participation of at least two institutions of the Consortium.
Develop a project on a topic of common interest to participants, and to benefit their countries.
The result should be a product, process or service of social benefit.
Technical, financial and organizational capacity of the participants to ensure the technological and social success.
How to join the Consortium?
Membership is free. It is open to national archives which want to share the search and implementation of projects in Information and Documentation Sciences.
The request must be submitted to the coordinator of the Consortium with the following documents:
Application letter signed by the general director of the national archive.
Brief explanation in English of the national archive.
Brief report of the project(s) to be financed and carried out in the Consortium.
