Two sessions of the UNESCO Virtual Policy Dialogue on Documentary Heritage at Risk on 27 October 2020 consider Policy Gaps in Digital Preservation. By focusing on four areas: Technology, Sustainability, Legal Framework and practices that include Cultural Heritage at risk, the dialogue aims to highlight the challenges that require formulation of a comprehensive international agenda on digital preservation.

The Preservation Subcommittee of the UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) programme International Advisory Committee is tasked with working with the digital preservation community and other stakeholders to identify policy gaps and ways to address them. The Policy Dialogue is organized in partnership with with the Information for All (IFAP) Information Preservation Working Group. It is associated with the celebration of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.

UNESCO Deputy Director General provided welcoming remarks.

Intact Digital founder, Natasa Milic-Frayling, server on the Preservation Subcommittee as Chair of UNESCO PERSIST Technology and Research working group. She is hosting Session 2 and providing the Virtual Policy Dialogue (VPD) concluding remarks.

Recordings of the sessions are available on YouTube

Session 1: English and French Translation (2 hour each)

‍Session 2: English and 2 French Translation (2 hour each)

Detailed programme is available online and linked to the video recordings of individual topic discussions.