Rabat – Morocco continues his position as a pioneer to preserve Africa’s architectural memory. The archive of the country, du Maroc and France’s prestigious École Nationale des Chartes, signed a pioneering contract on Friday and created a framework for cooperation, coordination and exchange in archive training and research.
The agreement was signed on the first day of the busy international publishing and Book Fair (Siel), which took place in Rabat from April 18 to 27.
For Morocco known For its rich cultural heritage of thousands of years, the agreement symbolizes its emerging management in the preservation of the documented heritage of urban development on the entire continent, since it is supposed to create ways for future generations to understand how its cities have developed.
The partnership was signed by the director of the archive du Maroc Latifa Moftaqir and the director of École des Chartes Michelle Tämenicek and falls into the UNESCO chair archives for the services of the nations and the African companies.
Both institutions have undertaken to identify common interests and to develop joint projects in accordance with the French and Moroccan legal provisions within the mutual limits.
“This agreement aims to emphasize common collections on urbanism and architecture between our institutions,” Moftaqir told Moroccos’s map news agency.
She pointed out that the convention covers several areas of cooperation, in particular archive training, in order to promote specialist knowledge and exchange of experiences.
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In his part, he was of Morocco’s leadership in the area of
In the meantime, Toamenicek was enthusiastic about developing promising projects in order to strengthen the partnership of the two countries in this area.
The agreement includes international research measures to promote archive knowledge and accessibility for a wider audience.
Both institutions are also intended to create a map of preserved collections in both countries that relate to territorial history, urbanism and architecture.
In addition, your work will support financially Necessary practices and systems for conservation, accessibility and improvement of archives for African public and private institutions. These efforts aim to improve the knowledge and property of the architectural heritage on the entire continent.
Morocco’s leadership role in this partnership reflected The growing influence of the country on the preservation and research of architectural and urban planning archives across Africa.
