WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE
UNESCO has proclaimed 27 October as an annual day to celebrate the world’s audiovisual heritage. Archive Associates was commissioned to conduct the associated feasibility study, which involved wide global consultation. The study and its recommendations have now been accepted by UNESCO, and work is underway towards a launch of the first “day” in 2007.
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WORKSHOP ON COLLECTION MANAGEMENT: HANOI, VIETNAM
Under the auspices of SEAPAVAA, Ray Edmondson co-conducted a workshop on the management of audiovisual collections during July 2006. The venue was the Vietnam Film Institute in Hanoi, and 36 participants from four institutions attended.

PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE
Ray Edmondson participated in the drafting of key public statement on the future of the NFSA, released jointly by Archive Forum, Australian Society of Archivists, Friends of the National Film and Sound Archive, and the Australian Historical Association.
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