The closing ceremony and presentation of diplomas for the School of Archives for Ibero-America, which forms part of the IBEREX programme of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, through which grants are awarded for the training of Ibero-American professionals in different cultural fields, took place in Madrid (Spain) on 16 November.
In this 2017 edition, the School of Archives welcomed 6 archivists from 6 different countries – Bolivia, Costa Rica, Philippines, Chile, Mexico and Peru – who received their training in the Spanish archives Histórico Nacional in Madrid and General de Indias in Seville.
Since its first edition in 1991, the IBEREX programme has benefited more than 400 Ibero-American archivists.