The National Archives: the Ways and Means of a New Ambition
Description
At the request of the Senate Finance Committee, the Court of Auditors carried out an investigation into the national archives managed, within the Ministry of Culture and Communication, by three departments with national competence (National Archives proper, National Overseas Archives and World of Work Archives). The Court found that the tasks of collecting, classifying, preserving and communicating archives are carried out in an unequal and often failing manner, and that organisational and statutory changes are necessary. In addition, decisions are to be taken without delay to avoid a new impasse, especially with the announced closure of the Fontainebleau site. Finally, the Court considers that the inter-ministerial policy of archives should be strengthened in order to counter the breakdown of archival services. Despite their designation, the three SNAs of the National Archives do not have a monopoly on the archives of the State and the bodies attached to it: they only manage about 16 % of them. More than 60 % are by the Departmental Archives and the balance by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence and other archival services. The Court makes eight recommendations.
This report is available on [the Court’s website] (https://www.ccomptes.fr/fr/publications/les-archives-nationales-les-voies-et-moyens-dune-nouvelle-ambition).
The published files correspond to the data used in the preparation of the report.
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/23543bb2-a5bc-40be-8a02-8658ec1d124a |
Tags
- archives
- conservation
- cour-des-comptes
- senat
- archives-nationales