Brecht Declercq is Head of Archives at RSI, the public broadcaster of Italian-speaking Switzerland. From 2013 to 2022, he served as Digitisation and Acquisition Manager at meemoo – the Flemish Institute for Archiving, leading the digitization of Flanders’ audiovisual heritage. Between 2004 and 2013, he worked at the Flemish public broadcaster VRT, contributing to various projects on digitization, media asset management, and access to archives collections. Within FIAT/IFTA, the global association of media archives, he chaired the Preservation and Migration Commission (2016–2019), served as Secretary General (2017–2020), and held the position of President (2020–2024). A frequent speaker, conference curator, and guest lecturer, he regularly writes and reviews on audiovisual archiving topics. He also acts as a consultant for public administrators, audiovisual archives, and media organizations worldwide.

I hold an MSc in Information Management and Preservation and a PhD in Information Studies from the University of Glasgow, and that I have been the Director of the National Archives of Malawi since 2002. I have contributed some chapters to edited books and articles to reputable international journals.

I have been apointed by the Department of Arts and Culture as an Intern at the National Film, Video and Sound Archives from July 2012 to June @ 2013 (12 Months)

I am now appointed as an Audio Visual Archivist at the National Film, Video and Sound Archives by the Department of Arts and Culture. August 2013 to date. I am responsible of the Film and Preservation section. the section deals with audio-visual collections, eg, Videos, Films and DVDs. our responsibility is to manage, appraise and take care of such collections.

I also assist with Outreach Pogrammes which is taking the Archives to the people, I present papers, make exhibitions and also give presentations to people to make them aware and understand the Archives.