The Jikji Prize is awarded every two years to individuals or organisations that have made a significant contribution to the preservation and accessibility of documentary heritage.
The winner of the seventh Jikji Prize was announced on Monday 1 October 2018 at the Cheongju City headquarters in South Korea.
This year’s award went to the Mali-based NGO SAVAMA-DCI in recognition of its efforts to preserve documentary heritage in Timbuktu, Mali.
SAVAMA-DCI WEB (in French)
Thus, the prize travels to Africa, taking over from the Iberarchivos programme that received it in 2016.
Jikji Memory of the World Prize 2016
The Iberarchivos programme was represented at the ceremony by Miguel Ángel Bermejo, representative of the programme’s Technical Unit.
