31 March 2009
International NGOs bonding to intensify cooperation on convergence in the cultural heritage sector
On the 21st of November 2008, IFLA President Claudia Lux initiated
the first NGO Meeting on Convergence. The outcome of this meeting was
that IFLA and its sister organizations for archives (ICA), museums
(ICOM), monuments and sites (ICOMOS), and the council for audiovisual
archives (CCAAA) plan to intensify cooperation in areas such as
copyright and other legal matters, protection and preservation of
cultural heritage (Blue Shield), global digital libraries, political
lobby and standardization.
To support this initiative, IFLA takes up the convergence
secretariat for two years. The NGO convergence group can be reached at:
convergence@ifla.org.
Overview of meeting dates:
- 1st meeting: 21 November 2008
- 2nd meeting: 6 April 2009
- 3rd Meeting: 3 December 2009
- 4th meeting: 16 April 2010
For more information, please view the collective communiqué.