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Legal Basis and History
The Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU), located in Florence (Italy), is the official archives for the historical documents of the Institutions of the European Union.
It is also a research centre dedicated to the archival preservation and study of European integration and is part of the European University Institute (EUI).
The HAEU was established in 1984 following decisions by the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Council to open their historical archives to the public. A subsequent agreement in 1984 between the European Commission and the EUI laid the groundwork for establishing the Archives in Florence, and the HAEU opened its doors to researchers and the public in 1986. In 2011 a Framework Partnership Agreement between the EUI and the European Commission reinforced the Historical Archives’ role in preserving and providing access to the archival holdings of the European Union's institutions and regulated the acquisition and treatment of private archives.
Tasks
The HAEU preserves and makes accessible the archival holdings of EU Institutions and Agencies according to the 30 years rule governing access to archives of the European Union.
It also collects and preserves private papers of individuals, movements and international organizations involved in the European integration process.
It facilitates research on the history of the European Union and its predecessor institutions, promotes public interest in European integration and enhances transparency in the functioning of European Union Institutions.
Holdings
The holdings are composed of fonds coming from the European Institutions, their predecessor institutions and European Union Agencies .
Among its holdings are the archives of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC), the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the Common Assembly of the ECSC, the European Parliamentary Assembly, the Court of Justice, the Economic and Social Committee, the Court of Auditors, and the European Investment Bank.
It also holds private deposits and collections from individuals, organisations and associations that advocated, supported and implemented the Post-World War II European conciliation and integration process.
These holdings include the archival papers of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Assembly of Western European Union (WEU), the European Council for Municipalities and Regions (CCRN), the European League for Economic Cooperation (LECE) and an unique collection of federalist archives, for example the European Movement (ME), the Union of European Federalists (UEF) and the 'Centre international de formation européenne (CIFE)'.
Consultation Services and Research Assistance
The HAEU is present on the World Wide Web since 1995 and has developed an electronic online database since 1991. All inventories of fonds, collections and oral history programmes held by the HAEU are published and searchable on its website.
The HAEU publishes the information and the classification schemes of the institutional holdings on the 'Archives Portal EUROPE' and it is linked to the social media Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Flickr.
The digitisation programme of archival units and photographs of various fonds and deposits launched in 2006 lead to some 12.000 digitalized archival units being directly consultable on the web site in pdf-format. Likewise the 600 transcriptions of the European Oral History Programm and many audio registrations can be accessed on the site.
The reading room at 'Villa Salviati' is open to the public for consultation of its holdings. The facilities include a specialized reference library composed of 20.000 publications, printed documentation, grey literature and electronic publications.
The HAEU hosts and organises in close cooperation with the EUI History Department and with external partners research seminars, workshops and conferences. It proposes to be a meeting place between actors and scholars in European Integration matters.
Premises
Since 2012, the HAEU has his seat at the historic 'Villa Salviati' in Florence.
'Villa Salviati' is located on the Florentine hills along Via Bolognese and was named after one of its illustrious owners, Jacopo Salviati, who took possession of the estate in 1445. The Salviati family were wealthy wool merchants and bankers and during the 15th century closely connected to the Medici family.
The villa and its gardens of 4 acres have changed hands several times in the last two hundred years and were owned by Italian, French, Swedish and American personalities.
Since 2000 Villa Salviati is property of the Italian State and after the extensive restructuration it has been destinated to host the HAEU with 11,000 linear meters of shelving created in an subterraneous deposit.
On 17 of December 2009 the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano has inaugurated the opening of the Historical Archives of the European Union at 'Villa Salviati' and in 2012 the Archives were operative.
Weblinks
http://www.eui.eu/Research/HistoricalArchivesOfEU/Index.aspx
http://www.eui.eu/Home.aspx
http://www.archivesportaleurope.net/
Category:International organizations of Europe Category:History of the European Union
