FIAF’s Partner Organizations
FIAF works in partnership with a number of other organizations in the audiovisual archiving field.
UNESCO
FIAF is in official partnership with UNESCO (with consultative status).
Contact: Fackson Banda (f.banda@unesco.org)
CCAAA
FIAF is a member of the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA). The CCAAA is a network of eight international non-governmental organizations dealing with all aspects of audiovisual archiving on a professional level, speaking with a common voice with the aim of promoting and encouraging 1) the recognition of the audiovisual heritage as part of the world’s cultural and documentary heritage, and 2) the preservation and the accessibility of the audiovisual heritage on an international level.
The CCAAA was created in 1999 as a spin-off from the “Roundtable of Audiovisual Records”, an informal discussion forum founded in 1982 by FIAF, the Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the International Association of Sound Archives (IASA), the International Council on Archives (ICA), and the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA), following UNESCO's landmark “Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images” (1980), which FIAF played a key role in drafting. One of the Roundtable’s most notable achievements was the establishment of the Joint Technical Symposium. In the 2000s, it was joined by the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA), and FOCAL International. In 2012, new Terms of Reference were introduced. Each 27 October since 2007, the CCAAA has been organizing the annual World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, under the auspices of UNESCO.
The other member-organizations of the CCAAA are:
Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
Founded in 1966, ARSC is a non-profit organization dedicated to research, study, publication, and information exchange surrounding all aspects of recordings and recorded sound. ARSC works to encourage the preservation of historical recordings, and to foster an increased awareness of the importance of recorded sound as part of any cultural heritage. www.arsc-audio.org
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
AMIA is a non-profit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering co-operation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, preservation, exhibition, and use of moving image materials. www.amianet.org
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
IASA was established in 1969 in Amsterdam to function as a medium for international co-operation between archives that preserve recorded sound and audiovisual documents. IASA supports the exchange of information and fosters international co-operation between audiovisual archives in all fields. www.iasa-web.org
International Council on Archives (ICA)
ICA is dedicated to the advancement of archives worldwide. Archives, by providing evidence of human activities and transactions, underlie the rights of individuals and states, and are fundamental to democracy and good governance. Archives safeguard the memory of mankind by preserving records of its past. www.ica.org
International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT-IFTA)
FIAT/IFTA is an international professional association established to provide a means for co-operation among broadcast and national audiovisual archives and libraries concerned with the collection, preservation, and exploitation of moving images, recorded sound materials, and associated documentation. www.fiatifta.org
Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA)
SEAPAVAA aims to provide a regional forum for addressing common issues and concerns related to the collection and preservation of, and provision of access to, the audiovisual heritage of member countries. www.seapavaa.net
Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International (FOCAL International)
FOCAL International is the trade association for the commercial film and video library and archive industry. It has a membership of over 300 international companies and individuals. www.focalint.org
Regional organizations
Association des Cinémathèques européennes (ACE)
The ACE is an affiliation of 44 national and regional preservation film archives from all over Europe. Its role is to protect the European film heritage and to assure that the audiovisual records of the past can be enjoyed and studied for generations to come. The ACE´s main aims are to guarantee the survival of the European film heritage, and to ensure and enhance its continuing visibility on the cinema screen as well as through digital technologies. http://www.ace-film.eu/
Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Imágenes en Movimiento (CLAIM)
CLAIM brings together many of the film archives and cinémathèques of Latin America. https://claimnet.org/
Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA)
SEAPAVAA aims to provide a regional forum for addressing common issues and concerns related to the collection and preservation of, and provision of access to, the audiovisual heritage of member countries. www.seapavaa.net