Report from the Commission to the Council – European Archives Group – Archives in Europe: Facing the challenges of the digital era – 2nd progress report to the Council

In November 2005 the Council of Ministers adopted a Recommendation on increased cooperation in the field of archives in Europe. The Recommendation asked for the creation of a European Archives Group (EAG) comprising experts designated by the Member States and the EU institutions to ensure cooperation and coordination on general matters relating to archives. The Council furthermore recommended a number of priority measures that the EAG should follow-up.

In 2008 the EAG submitted a Progress Report to the Council on the implementation of the 2005 recommendation. In the report the EAG noted that digital recordkeeping is changing the relations between archives services and records creators as well as the role that archives and archivists fulfil in public administration and society. The report concluded that archives services should examine their role in more detail and assess the significance of existing archival concepts, procedures and processes.

Four years after its first Progress Report, the EAG is submitting a follow-up report. The Report was adopted by the European Archives group at its meeting in Copenhagen on 30 May 2012.

European Commission: SWD(2012)263: Commission staff working document http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0263:FIN:EN:PDF

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)513: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:513:FIN

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