About the project of digitizing and preserving Balkan cultural heritage beginning in the Western Balkans.

1. Case presentation 1: training on the digital journey
Balkans’ Memory, Preserving and promoting audiovisual Heritage

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1 financing institution
Key figures
A 3-year project (2012 – 2014)
7 targeted countries
2 conferences
5 seminars and trainings
16 initial partners and associated institutions
9 institutions which joined the project along its way

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4. Implementing in the Western Balkans the 1st step of an
ambitious Preservation and Digitization plan?
In 2011, our assumption was: to launch Preservation, Digitization and Promotion Plans for
audiovisual and film archives, are needed
Political Willingness / Money / Knowledge aanndd ccoommppeetteenncceess
3 main actions implemented (in the framework of the Balkans’ Memory project and in close
cooperation with EBU):
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AACCTTIIVVIITTIIEESS IIMMPPLLEEMMEENNTTEEDD
In partnership with EBU, INA proceeded with the complete appraisal of
archives collections of some Public Service Media (PSM) and Film archives
RTSH / Albania in December 2010
AQSHF /Albania in December 2010
Filmske Novosti/Serbia in March 2011
RTV NoviSad / Serbia in April 2012
MKRTV / ARY Macedonia in October2012
RTCG / Montenegro in April 2013
RTK / Kosovo in November 2013
In addition to these appraisals, in April 2014, at a regional EBU conference
hosted by HRT and in partnership with INA and FIAT/IFTA, creation of an
Operational team, think tank compsed of SEE PSM heads of Archives
Departments:
Operational group headed by Blago Markota (HRT) and Mileta Kecina
(RTS)
In charge of collecting and compiling necessary data from all PSM to
make concrete requests and project proposals for potential donors
RREESSUULLTTSS && PPEERRSSPPEECCTTIIVVEESS
•Mobilization for securing
external funding to digitalize
archives
•Establishment of a shared
online workspace for the
exchange of materials on
EBU platform
•Reflections around a
shared database
•Identification and
development of common
projects

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•Creation of a regional
network of archivists
•Publication of a Balkans’
Memory Good Practices
guide gathering
contributions from seminars
available in November in
English, Croatian and
Albanian
•Think tank on a regional
training plan for the next
years
AACCTTIIVVIITTIIEESS IIMMPPLLEEMMEENNTTEEDD
Along the way of the Balkans’ Memory project, organization of 5 regional
seminars to transfer know-how and competences
Seminar on preservation and restoration of audiovisual archives, Tirana
on December 2012
Seminar on Digitization & Digital Storage, Belgrade on April 2013
Seminar on Legal Framework, Promotion and Use of Digital Content,
Podgorica on October 2013
Seminar on collections appraisal and documentary treatment, Skopje on
March 2014
Seminar on Funding and Fundraising, Sarajevo on November 2014

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Organization of 2 regional conferences dedicated to decision-makers
from the South-Eastern Europe countries in order to raise-awareness
on the needs to invest in digitization of audiovisual heritage
Inaugural conference in Zagreb on June 2012
Closing conference in Sarajevo on November 19, 2014
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RREESSUULLTTSS && PPEERRSSPPEECCTTIIVVEESS
Involvement of Ministers of Culture from the targeted
countries at each step of the project by introducing the
seminars
In the process of accession to the European Union, ensured
that the local governement will include the question of
Preservation and Digitization of Cultural and Audiovisual
Heritage in its prioritary fields for Structural and Cohesion
Funds

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9. Thank you!
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Delphine Wibaux, Project manager
Consulting Department, INA
dwibaux@ina.fr / +33 1 49 83 29 79
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10. Thank you!
Follow Balkans’ Memory on facebook
Delphine Wibaux, Project manager
Consulting Department, INA
dwibaux@ina.fr / +33 1 49 83 29 79
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