Unesco Chair: ‘Les Archives au service des nations et des sociétés africaines’ (Archives in the Service of African Nations and Societies’.

Working closely with UNESCO's Memory of the World programme, the chair ‘Les Archives au service des nations et des sociétés africaines’, headed by Professor Édouard Vasseur of the École Nationale des Chartes - PSL, aims to facilitate collaboration between internationally renowned researchers, teachers and archive professionals working in different countries around the world.

Sustainable Lalibela Project

Ethiopia and France signed an agreement in 2019 to conserve and upgrade the churches of Lalibela.

The Sustainable Lalibela project, directed by Marie Bridonneau (geographer) and Marie-Laure Derat (historian), is funded by the AFD and the CNRS and operated by the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa.

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Sustainable Lalibela Project
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The AFAA network

To strengthen the capacity of archives and archivists to act and operate in Africa and develop degree courses tailored to the needs of the public and private employment sector and research institutions, the École Nationale des Chartes - PSL has developed a network of partners from higher education establishments, heritage institutions and representatives of national and international associations.

In 2023, the Action de Formation Archives et Afrique (AFAA) network became the Unesco Chair: ‘Les Archives au service des Nations et des Sociétés africaines’ (Archives in the service of African Nations and Societies).

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