Philippine Memory of The World Committee

Downloadable Documents
General Guidelines Selection Criteria National Register Nomination Form
Related Links
UNESCO UNESCO MOW UNACOM MOWCAP
News and Events
Inscription of Manuel L. Quezon’s Presidential Papers to the Philippine Memory of the World Register.................more details
MOW Awareness Workshop for Asia-Pacific MOW Committees and Youth Associates on 24-26 February 2010........more details

About MOWPHIL

The Philippine Memory of the World Committee (MOWPHIL) is the country’s lead organization in implementing the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. It is guided by the programme’s objectives:

Objectives

To facilitate preservation, by the most appropriate techniques, of the country’s documentary heritage;
To assist universal access to documentary heritage; and
To increase awareness nationwide of the existence and significance of documentary heritage.

MOWPHIL Programme

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Encourages, receives and assesses nominations of documentary heritage for inclusion in the National Memory of the World Register;

Coordinates and proposes nominations from the Philippines to the Regional and International Memory of the World Registers;

Works in close cooperation with governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Philippines in developing the National Register and contributing to the Regional and International Registers;

Raises awareness and promotes the MOW Programme in the Philippines;

Ensures access to documentary heritage through all effective means e.g. mass media, information communication technology and other channels; and

Promotes preservation of documentary heritage through digitization.

Philippine Memory of the World Committee

CHAIR
Comm. Carmen D. Padilla
Chair, Culture Committee, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines President, International Organization of Folk Arts
Chair, National Committee of the Intangible Cultural Heritage(ICH)-UNESCO
Adviser, Philippine Society for Music Educators (PSME)

CO-CHAIR
Florangel Rosario-Braid Ph.D.
Chair, Communication Committee, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines Communication and Development

MEMBERS
Mrs. Belina SB. Capul
Staff Director Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
Immediate Past President and Council Member South East Asia Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA)
Communications / promotions, training, audiovisual archiving

Bernardita Reyes Churchill, Ph.D.
President of the Philippine National Historical Society, Inc.
History(Southeast Asia/Philippines)

Mr. Nick A. Deocampo
Director of the Center for New Cinema
Senior Lecturer, University of the Philippines, College of Mass Communication
Filmmaker, Film Historian

Patrick D. Flores Ph.D.
Professor, University of the Philippines Department of Art Studies
Art History

Mrs. Emma M. Rey
President of Society of Filipino Archivists
Archives administration, records management, paper conservation.

Prof. Rosa M. Vallejo
Philippine Library Association