On July 14, 2022, the 3rd meeting of the Kazakh-Russian Commission for Cooperation in the Archival Sphere was held in Almaty. During the meeting, issues of interaction within the framework of digitalization of the archival industry of the two countries, the implementation of joint projects, the search, receipt, use and introduction into scientific circulation of historical documents relating to the history of Kazakhstan stored in the archives of the Russian Federation were discussed. This is reported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
As a result of the meeting, the Plan of joint actions of Kazakh and Russian archives for 2022-2024 was approved and the minutes of the Commission meeting were signed.
Also, under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the 18th meeting of the Advisory Council of Heads of State Archival Services of the CIS member states was held with the participation of representatives of the archival industry of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
During the meeting, all participants were informed about the state of archival affairs in their countries, including the adopted regulatory legal acts, the introduction of information systems and electronic archival services, international cooperation and material and technical equipment of the archival industry.
Along with this, information was provided on the analytical review of the state and development of archival affairs in the CIS member states for 2020-2021.
In addition, the participants shared their experience in ensuring the preservation of archival documents, their restoration and translation into electronic format.
Chairman of the Committee on Archives and Documentation Management of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kuat Borash spoke about the achievements of the archival industry of the country, including the progress of improving the regulatory framework, the introduction of the information system "Unified Electronic Archive of documents", which provides automation of the processes of state and departmental archives.
In order to protect the rights and meet the social needs of citizens of the CIS countries, archivists of the countries participating in the meeting identified ways of information interaction to connect to the database "On places of storage of documents on personnel of the CIS member states". Within the framework of the Comprehensive Action Plan to expand international cooperation and implement the Archive-2025 project, issues of identification and acquisition of documents in foreign archives on the history of Kazakhstan and interaction on the exchange of archival documents between the CIS member states were discussed with the members of the Advisory Council.
At the same time, foreign delegates got acquainted with the work of the Central State Archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and exhibitions prepared from historical documents of the National Archival Fund.