The 1st PSC Meeting of the ASEAN Cultural Heritage Digital Archiving (ACHDA) Project

JAKARTA, 22 February 2018 – The first Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of the ACHDA project was held on 22 February 2018 at the ASEAN Secretariat, back to back with the ASEAN-Japan Seminar on Cultural Heritage Digital Archive. It was attended by representatives from Brunei Museums, Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia, Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia, Mission of Japan to ASEAN, NTT Data Corporation, Culture and Information Division of the ASEAN Secretariat, and JAIF Management Team (JMT).

A project on digital archiving of ASEAN’s cultural heritage will make it possible for the public to access some of ASEAN’s museum collections more easily. The ASEAN Cultural Heritage Digital Archive (ACHDA) is a milestone project to digitize and present ASEAN’s selected cultural heritage on one website.

The project is being implemented by the ASEAN Secretariat with support from the Government of Japan through JAIF. NTT DATA will facilitate the digitization process in collaboration with cultural institutions in ASEAN member states. Indonesia and Malaysia will be the pilot countries in the project’s first phase.