Archives, which are at the heart of Ina’s activities, represent a significant proportion of Ina SUP’s training and consulting activities abroad. Documentary engineering, format treatment, enhancement: Ina staff, all renowned experts in their fields, transmit their know-how during seminars, workshops or training sessions.
Consulting
Ina SUP is called upon all over the world to carry out appraisals of archival holdings. This involves evaluating existing systems, and providing advice and assistance on the setting up of preservation systems.
As an expert in the conservation and digitisation of radio and television archives, Ina analyses, carries out technical and documentary audits, advises and assists companies and institutions who wish to preserve their audiovisual heritage or to set up a legal deposit for radio-television.
These audits can also be used as a basis for the construction of buildings that will be devoted to the preservation of archives, as is the case of projects currently underway in Pakistan and in Algeria.
The Ina experts report can also be used by the relevant institution to explain the stakes involved and set out their recommendations vis-à-vis funding sources.
- International actions undertaken
Providing expert advice and assistance in the implementation of preservation and digitisation plans:
Algeria/EPTV, Switzerland/RTSR, Serbia, Madagascar, Afghanistan, CIRTEF, Cambodia, East Timor, etc.
Appraisals of archival holdings:
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, Tunisia, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, Egypt, Congo, Palestine, Argentina, Chile.
Training courses
Ina SUP has a range of training courses specifically devoted to archiving, documentation, indexing, and stock management techniques. These are held in Bry-sur-Marne or on site at the relevant institution.
In recent years, courses for archivists, engineers or technicians have been organised by Ina SUP in several countries, notably in Algeria, Morocco and Colombia.
Seminars
Ina and Ina SUP are involved in raising awareness with respect to the need to preserve the world’s audiovisual heritage. To that end, lna has been organising seminars in partnership with foreign institutions since 2005. These seminars, which are now organised by Ina SUP, are aimed at organisations responsible for archives, and at decision-makers within television and radio broadcasters. They aim to present:
- the challenges involved in the preservation and digitisation of the audiovisual heritage
- the back-up practices, technologies and strategies available
- the methodologies applicable to archiving.
The seminars also enable participants to identify the external resources available to fund their projects, analyse the steps involved from design to setting up of the audiovisual archive, pool regional initiatives in audiovisual digitisation, and measure the impact of digitisation on the challenges faced in the preservation and management of archives.
These seminars are organised with the active support of the public and private sectors in the relevant country.
Beijing, China. December 2005.
Audiovisual Archives: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Solutions.
Partners: AIBD (Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development), Ina, SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China), with the support of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, the French Embassy in Singapore and the International Federation of Television Archives.
Rabat, Morocco. June 2006.
Pan-African Days on the Preservation of Audiovisual Archives.
Partners: Ina, the Moroccan Ministry of Communications, with the support of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, the International Organisation of Francophonie, and the International Federation of Television Archives.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia. December 2006.
Building a Country’s Audiovisual Memory: a Daily Challenge.
Partners: AIBD (Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development), Ina, the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, the French Embassy in Cambodia, the International Federation of Television Archives, with the support of the Bophana Centre, the International Organisation of Francophonie, and Sony Europe.
Alexandria, Egypt. June 2007.
Audiovisual Archives in the Digital Age: a New Given.
Partners: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Ina, with the support of the French Embassy in Egypt, the International Federation of Television Archives, the Permanent Conference of Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators, and the Arab States Broadcasting Union.
Santiago de Chile, Chile. May 2008.
Latin-American Seminar on Audiovisual Archives.
Partners: Ina, Cineteca nacional of Chile, with the support of the Chilean National Council of Culture and the Arts, the French Embassy in Chile, Chilean National Television, the Catholic University of Chile, and the International Federation of Television Archives.
