Africa Europe Archives / Archives Afrique Europe / Archief Afrika Europa. Requirements? Collaborations? Plans? DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and Belgium / Besoins? Collaborations? Avenirs? La RDC, le Rwanda, le Burundi et la Belgique / Noden? Samenwerking? Toekomst? DRC, Rwanda, Burundi en België.

Proceedings of the international colloquium organized by National Archives of Belgium and the Royal Museum for Central Africa, 15-17.12.2010.0Archival heritage is essential to facilitating reform and modernization in the public sectors and societies of the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Belgium. The archives of former colonial metropolises can also be crucial, especially to matters of filiation, the provision of evidence, migration, borders, resource management or data for international research. It is important to be able to satisfy society's requests for material, whether it concerns the academic sector, non-government organizations, civil society or state structures. Models of good governance/management/facilitation of access to archives can be offered by some European countries. It would also be appropriate to undertake a needs assessment in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda, and to listen and respond to expectations in these countries regarding archive research, access and management as well as mutual capacity building. 338 pages.