The Worldwide Council on Archives (ICA) Congress Abu Dhabi concluded within the UAE capital at this time.
The congress was held underneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Courtroom, underneath the theme ‘’Enriching Data Societies”.
The closing ceremony started with a session entitled “Stainable data and a sustainable planet: archives, information and local weather change”. The session was attended by Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President and Chief Government Officer of the UAE Impartial Local weather Change Accelerators (UICCA).
Throughout the closing day of the ICA Congress Abu Dhabi, Sheikha Shamma delivered a keynote handle, highlighting the significance of archiving and its important function in shaping and enriching data societies. She underlined the crucial function performed by specialists and archivists in safeguarding cultural and historic heritage, additional partaking in a particular tour on the exhibitors’ pavilion, acquainting herself with the most recent trendy archival applied sciences and merchandise that contribute to the preservation and provision of cultural and historic materials.
Dr. Abdullah Al Raisi, Cultural Adviser on the UAE Presidential Courtroom and Chairman of the Larger Organisation committee of the nineteenth Worldwide Council on Archives Congress (ICA Congress Abu Dhabi 2023), thanked H.H. Sheikh Mansour for his patronage of the occasion.
Al Raisi stated that the congress displays the UAE’s dedication to supporting and creating archival work, preserving human and cultural heritage, and empowering younger folks to make choices and form a extra sustainable future for the archival sector.
For his half, Abdullah Majid Al Ali as Director-Normal of Nationwide Library and Archives highlighted the significance of the function of the Archive and the Nationwide Library in preserving the nation’s reminiscence with the cultural and data it comprises that enriches societies. He additionally praised the purpose of the Worldwide Council on Archives Congress in Abu Dhabi 2023, which introduced collectively greater than 3,000 specialists and specialists from greater than 135 international locations to trade data and confront the most important challenges going through the sector of archives and documentary preservation. He prolonged all his because of the state’s management for its help in facilitating all present capabilities to protect and make obtainable the reminiscence of the homelands.
Josée Kirps, President, Worldwide Council on Archives, thanked the UAE for bringing a galaxy of worldwide archives specialists underneath one roof.
In her closing remarks, Kirps expressed her gratitude to Sheikh Mansour for his patronage of the congress, the biggest of its variety within the area.
The Congress can have a constructive impression in selling archival work and preserving the cultural and historic heritage within the area, she added.
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