Balkans’ Memory, Preserving and promoting audiovisual Heritage

Case presentation 1: training on the digital journey

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1 financing institution

A 3-year project (2012 – 2014)

7 targeted countries

2 conferences

5 seminars and trainings

16 initial partners and associated institutions

9 institutions which joined the project along its way

Key figures

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Implementing in the Western Balkans the 1st step of an ambitious Preservation and Digitization plan?

In 2011, our assumption was: to launch Preservation, Digitization and Promotion Plans for audiovisual and film archives, are needed

Political Willingness / Money / Knowledge and competencesPolitical Willingness / Money / Knowledge and competences

3 main actions implemented (in the framework of the Balkans’ Memory project and in close cooperation with EBU):

(1) Analyzes of the situation of AV materials and inventory of equipments and resources(1) Analyzes of the situation of AV materials and inventory of equipments and resources

(2) Transfeering know-how and competences in archives management and funding(2) Transfeering know-how and competences in archives management and funding

(3) Raising-awareness among decision-makers on the necessity to invest in archives (3) Raising-awareness among decision-makers on the necessity to invest in archives preservationpreservation

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(1) Analyzes and inventory(1) Analyzes and inventory

ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTEDACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED

In partnership with EBU, INA proceeded with the complete appraisal of archives collections of some Public Service Media (PSM) and Film archives

RTSH / Albania in December 2010 AQSHF /Albania in December 2010Filmske Novosti/Serbia in March 2011RTV NoviSad / Serbia in April 2012 MKRTV / ARY Macedonia in October2012 RTCG / Montenegro in April 2013RTK / Kosovo in November 2013

In addition to these appraisals, in April 2014, at a regional EBU conference hosted by HRT and in partnership with INA and FIAT/IFTA, creation of an Operational team, think tank compsed of SEE PSM heads of Archives Departments:

Operational group headed by Blago Markota (HRT) and Mileta Kecina (RTS) In charge of collecting and compiling necessary data from all PSM to make concrete requests and project proposals for potential donors

RESULTS & PERSPECTIVESRESULTS & PERSPECTIVES

•Mobilization for securing external funding to digitalize archives

•Establishment of a shared online workspace for the exchange of materials on EBU platform

•Reflections around a shared database

•Identification and development of common projects

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(2) Transfer of know-how and competences(2) Transfer of know-how and competences

RESULTS & PERSPECTIVESRESULTS & PERSPECTIVES

•Creation of a regional network of archivists

•Publication of a Balkans’ Memory Good Practices guide gathering contributions from seminars available in November in English, Croatian and Albanian

•Think tank on a regional training plan for the next years

ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTEDACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED

Along the way of the Balkans’ Memory project, organization of 5 regional seminars to transfer know-how and competences

Seminar on preservation and restoration of audiovisual archives, Tirana on December 2012

Seminar on Digitization & Digital Storage, Belgrade on April 2013

Seminar on Legal Framework, Promotion and Use of Digital Content, Podgorica on October 2013

Seminar on collections appraisal and documentary treatment, Skopje on March 2014

Seminar on Funding and Fundraising, Sarajevo on November 2014

(3) Raising-awareness among decision-makers(3) Raising-awareness among decision-makers

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RESULTS & PERSPECTIVESRESULTS & PERSPECTIVES

Involvement of Ministers of Culture from the targeted countries at each step of the project by introducing the seminars

In the process of accession to the European Union, ensured that the local governement will include the question of Preservation and Digitization of Cultural and Audiovisual Heritage in its prioritary fields for Structural and Cohesion Funds

ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTEDACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED

Organization of 2 regional conferences dedicated to decision-makers from the South-Eastern Europe countries in order to raise-awareness on the needs to invest in digitization of audiovisual heritage

Inaugural conference in Zagreb on June 2012

Closing conference in Sarajevo on November 19, 2014

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Delphine Wibaux, Project managerConsulting Department, INA

dwibaux@ina.fr / +33 1 49 83 29 79

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