MISSION
Memoriav works in a proactive, sustainable manner to preserve, valorize and
ensure broad use of Switzerland’s audiovisual cultural heritage – photographs,
sound recordings, films and videos as well as context-relevant information.
The association organizes a network of all institutions and individuals
involved and interested in this task.
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The Association for the preservation of the audiovisual heritage of Switzerland introduces itself…
As an association, Memoriav’s objective is to preserve and index Switzerland’s audiovisual cultural heritage and in doing so, it contributes to the enlargement of the country’s collective memory. Memoriav has formed and fosters a network of institutions and individuals who preserve, produce or benefit from Switzerland’s audiovisual heritage, with the goal of exchanging expertise and information and better utilising existing resources. Memoriav initiates projects that preserve, describe/index and improve the accessibility of Switzerland’s audiovisual heritage. Memoriav supports and manages such projects, while taking professional standards and ethics into consideration.
Mandate / Activities
- Memoriav is an active association in all of Switzerland’s language and cultural regions.
- The association advises institutions and provides financial and specialist support for preservation projects.
- Memoriav monitors technological developments in national and international standards in the area of audiovisual cultural preservation, uses these to formulate its own recommendations, and is involved in national and international knowledge exchanges.
- Memoriav organizes a network of interested institutions and individuals, and is committed to education and training.
- Memoriav works with centres of excellence in specialist audiovisual areas – photo, sound, film and video. It also runs expert networks and supports the establishment, use and expansion of the necessary specialist knowledge.
- With the online platform Memobase, Memoriav facilitates access to and use of audiovisual cultural assets.
Photo: Steamboat «Winkelried II», 1902 / Collection Musée du Léman, Nyon.
ORGANISATION / Association
Film still: Gymnast pyramid. Project «The films of Rapperswil cinema entrepreneur Willy Leuzinger».
Memoriav is an association pursuant to Article 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code. It was founded in 1995.
Its organs are the general meeting, the board of directors, the Director and the office, the independent commission and the controlling body:
The General Meeting is the association’s highest body and unites all its members.
The Board, which is responsible for the strategic management of the association, comprises between five and seven people from among its members.
The Director, together with his or her team, is responsible for the association’s operational management (go to the office). This includes, in particular, implementing measures to preserve and distribute audiovisual Heritage.
At the request of applicants, an independent commission examines grant decisions. The commission consists of three to five independent persons.
The auditors regularly review the association’s annual financial statements in accordance with the requirements for limited auditing.
Memoriav works with a national centre of excellence in each specialist area, as well as operating an excellence network in each area, where experts address the current and future technical, content-related and higher-level issues.
Further Information on the association:
– Annual reports (German, French, Italian)
– Membership (German, French, Italian)