Difference between revisions of "Background Archives Portal Europe"

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The origins of the Archives Portal Europe are not only to be found in the start of the APEnet project in January 2009, but point back to the very beginning of the new millennium, when the idea of an “Internet Gateway for documents and archives in Europe” manifested itself in the following major documents published on European level:

• the "Resolution on archives in the Member States" adopted by the Council of Ministers on 6th May 2003 stressing the importance of archives for the understanding of the history and culture of Europe and for the democratic functioning of society within the framework of the enlargement of the Union on 1st May 2004 [1],
• the "Report on Archives in the enlarged European Union" submitted by the Commission to the Council of Ministers in February 2005 [2],
• the adoption of the "Council Recommendation on priority actions to increase cooperation in the field of archives in Europe" of 14th November 2005 [3],
• the "Commission Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation" issued on the 24th August 2006 [4],
• the related "Council Conclusions on the Digitisation and Online Accessibility of Cultural Material, and Digital Preservation" of 13th November 2006 [5], to endorse the strategic objectives and main elements of the EC Recommendation as well as the vision of a European Digital Library being a common multilingual access point to Europe’s distributed digital cultural and scientific heritage.

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2003:113:0002:0002:EN:PDF

[2] http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/archival_policy/docs/arch/reportarchives_en.pdf

[3] 00550056.pdf http://europa.eu/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_312/l_31220051129en 00550056.pdf

[4] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:236:0028:0030:EN:PDF

[5] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2006:297:0001:0005:EN:PDF