Barcelona’s candidacy, jointly promoted by the Government of Catalonia and the Association of Archivists and Record Managers of Catalonia, will organise the 2025 congress under the slogan ‘Discovering pasts. Creating futures’, with debates on issues relating to archives and the challenges facing the profession.

The congress should bring together over 3,000 people from around the world, including specialist archivists, record managers and data managers. There will also be an option to attend online, guaranteeing the participation of everybody interested.

The International Council on Archives is a global body created in 1948 under the guidance of UNESCO. Its goal is to guarantee efficient management of records and to preserve and make global archive heritage available to the public through archives and professionals around the world.