On 25 November, in the framework of the XIX Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Iberarchivos – ADAI Programme, its president and director of the National Archive of the Republic of Cuba, Martha M. Ferriol Marchena, symbolically presented the Jikji Award to Mercedes de Vega, president of ALA (Latin American Archives Association) and director of the General Archive of the Nation of Mexico. This recognition, awarded to Iberarchivos last year 2016, will rotate among the host countries of the next meetings of the Intergovernmental Committee of the Programme, as a shared symbol of the recognition of the efforts of the member countries in the field of archival cooperation.
In the photo (from left to right) Martha M. Ferriol Marchena, Mercedez de la Vega and Cristina Díaz Martínez, coordinator of the Technical Unit of Iberarchivos and main promoter of the candidacy of Iberarchivos – ADAI Programme for this important award.