
Organization / Workplace
Brecht DeclercqLocation
Gent Area, Belgium BelgiumOccupation
President at FIAT/IFTAIndustry
Movies/ Television / Radio
Website
www.meemoo.beAbout
Brecht Declercq is the President of FIAT/IFTA, the world association of media archives, and the Digitisation and Acquisition Manager at meemoo – The Flemish Institute for Archiving. He is responsible for the preservation of the Flemish audiovisual heritage, including one of the largest audiovisual digitisation programs worldwide. He worked for the Belgian public broadcaster VRT for almost 10 years in digitisation, media asset management and access projects and led the FIAT/IFTA Preservation and Migration Commission from 2016 to 2019. In the international audiovisual archives world he’s known as a thorough strategist, a developer of clarifying concepts and a strong advocate.