Section for archives of parliaments and political parties (SPP)

 

The Section for archives of parliaments and political parties (SPP) was constituted on 11th September 1992 during the 12th International Congress on Archives in Montreal. Final recognition of the section took place in 1996 at the 13th International Congress on Archives in Beijing.  Worldwide, the SPP has now approximately 90 members  The aims of the SPP as laid down in the present regulations are to - stress the essential significance of the archives of parliaments, parliamentary groups and political parties -  emphasize in the international field the importance of their archives - achieve a uniform high standard of qualified archival methods by the transfer of specialized archival knowledge to all states; this being politico-cultural aim of international interest - overcome frontiers and, increasingly, to reach cross-border solutions to problems - enable information and experience to be transferred via meetings - strive for an exchange of archive personnel, in order to improve the connections and relations between parliaments and between political parties - reconcile the historical-political traditions of parliaments and political parties with the demands on archivists made by research and developments of archival science - make known the holdings of parliamentary, political  parties and politicians archives of different states and countries in order to improve the understanding of the historical-political identity and history of those states and countries - achieve greater recognition and stronger support in state and society through the active applying of PR (public relations activities).