Brecht Declercq is the current President of FIAT/IFTA and Digitisation and Acquisition Manager at meemoo, the Flemish Institute for Archives. He worked as a radio archivist for the Flemish public broadcaster VRT from 2004 until 2008 and as a policy researcher for FARO in 2008. From 2008 until 2013, he was in charge of the digitisation of VRT’s radio archives.

Since June 2013 he is responsible for the digitisation of the Flemish audiovisual heritage preserved at Flemish broadcasters, cultural heritage institutions, city archives, government agencies and performing arts organisations. Also the acquisition of born digital heritage collections is part of his responsibilities.

In his 15 years’ experience, he’s built a solid list of scientific and popularizing articles and served globally as a curator, speaker, guest lecturer, advisor, jury and expert panel member.

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.