Contributions to this page are being coordinated by SEAPAVAA (SouthEast Asia & Pacific Audiovisual Archives Association), a member of CCAAA (Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations).

Get involved! 

UNESCO encourages everyone, everywhere to join it in celebrating 27 October by showcasing their precious collections so that present and future generations can enjoy the treasures that are our shared audiovisual heritage.

Please encourage your organisation to share how it plans to mark this important occasion with the audiovisual archiving community.

It might be holding a public event (conference, exhibition, seminar, film screening, etc) on or near the day, issuing a new print publication, video or audio CD, or launching a new website. If so, please tell us more!

Texts, photos, web and email links, and even copyright-cleared sound and video clips about events celebrating the day, may be sent to: webmanager@iasa-web.org for addition to this page.

Guidelines for the submission of content:

• Text and photos should be sent in electronic copy (do not just submit a URL of your existing website)
• Photos should  be accompanied with captions and already reduced to web resolution
• In case of non-English contributions, submit a screengrab of the foreign language website 
• Audio and video clips may be submitted as links with or without embed codes

More information about the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

UNESCO declared October 27 as the World Day for AV Heritage to raise awareness of the significance of AV documents and to draw attention to the need to safeguard them. Every year, activities are organized by different institutions worldwide around a theme to drum up interest in the event. More information.