Archive of President of Republic of Kazakhstan Continues Cooperation with UNESCO and International Council on Archives

Paris, April 18, 2024 – Director of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aliya Mustafina, with the support of the Permanent Delegation of Kazakhstan to International Organizations in Paris, held talks at the headquarters of UNESCO and the International Council on Archives on these international organizations contribution to holding the Second Congress of Archivists of Kazakhstan, scheduled for 1–4 October 2024.

During the meeting with UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Information and Communication Tawfik Jelassi, an exchange of views took place on ways to strengthen collaboration, including within the framework of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, digitalization of documentary heritage and preservation of digital heritage. Mustafina invited the Secretariat of the Organization to participate in the forthcoming Congress on Heritage Institutions on the Way to Sustainable Development of Society, which was received with appreciation.

At the meeting with Executive Director of the International Council on Archives (ICA) Carlos Vasquez, the parties noted the positive experience of cooperation in holding the first Congress of Archivists of Kazakhstan in 2022 and discussed the preparations for its second meeting. They also considered the issues of cooperation in the professional development of archivists and involvement of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the project activities of the ICA.

In addition, Mustafina met with the management of the National Archives of France and was familiarized with the organization of work in one of the oldest and largest archival institutions in the world.

As a result of the meetings, the participants agreed to continue close cooperation for the development of the archival affairs.