Posted on 27 May 2014
The Association “Friends of the Historical Archives of the European Union” is an independent, non-political, non-profit association, which gathers all those who wish to lend their support to the enrichment and knowledge of the Historical Archives of the European Union.
The Association was founded on the 29th November 2013, when the Director of the HAEU and the President of the Association of Friends of the Historical Archives of the European Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding which outlined their collaboration for the next five years. The Memorandum set outfour primary objectives:
- Bring together the largest number of individuals or the legal representatives of organizations/associations interested in promoting the use and knowledge of the historical archives of the European Union;
- Develop all activities which promote access to these records and make them accessible to the public (conferences, exhibitions, publications, historical and scientific works , granting scholarships and awards, etc.) ;
- Initiate and encourage donations, deposits and patronage of the Historical Archives of the European Union.
- Facilitate, to its members, the access, consultation, reading and use for research purposes of the historical records from institutions, personalities and movements that contributed to European integration.
By its actions, the association seeks to participate in the development of European civil society at large, to contribute to the transparency and accountability of the institutions of the Union, as well as to the strengthening of the European public sphere and to the conservation of European integration history and memory.
To further its objectives, the Association may cooperate with institutions and associations which pursue similar objectives. Thus, a second protocol of the Memorandum is being developed with the Alumni Association of the European University Institute.
Among the activities that the Association wants to develop in 2014 are the structuring of its executive body, foster greater cooperation with the HAEU and with the Alumni Association of the Institute (participate in the "Europe Day” and in the oral archives programme on the legal Service of the Community, to be involved in the selection of the beneficiaries of the Sorensen grants, to assist in the creation of a dedicated website and of specialized working groups in key sectors of the Archives’ activities. Anyone interested in joining the Association is welcome.
President: Jean -Marie Palayret, Historian and former Director of the HAEU, Vice-president: Anne-Christina Knudsen, Professor at Aarhus University, Secretary: Lucia Coppolaro, University of Lisbon, Treasurer: Niccolò Tognarini, Historical Archives of the European Union
Address: Friends of the Historical Archives of the European Union, Historical Archives of the European Union, Villa Salviati, Via Bolognese 156, 50139 Firenze, Italy
Mail: [email protected]
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