Listening to the Past, Speaking to the Future

Executive Summary and RecommendationsManaging Implementation of the Strategy9We have been fortunate to gain UK-wide support for the Task Force. We believethis gives a powerful message to all policy makers and stakeholders since itdemonstrates a commitment to the future across a wide spectrum of differentcircumstances and histories. We recognise, however, that professional supportin the production of a blueprint for future development will need to bestrengthened by gaining political and financial support from all parts of the UK.Most importantly in the short term, there will need to be the means to managea national programme of development, which co-ordinates activity in all fourhome nations. Our final recommendation, therefore, addresses steps towardsthe creation of a suitable forum to co-ordinate work on the Gateway to Archivesand the proposed Archive Development Programme. Strategic co-ordinationbetween all four home nations will ensure the Archive Development Programmeis put to most effective use to transform UK archives. Proposals for co-ordinationand development are presented in Chapter Six. 6.Recommendation EightAgreement should be sought from the four home nations of the UK on thecreation of the forum that will co-ordinate the development of therecommendations of this report.1. EnrichUK is the portal to 1. a collection EnrichUK of is 150 the portal sites supported to a collection by the of New 150 sites Opportunities supported Fund. byThe collection ranges across the culture, New Opportunities history, social Fund. and economic The collection development, ranges across science culture, and art history, aswell as offering regional and social national and ‘sense economic of place’ development, websites from science England, art Scotland, as well as Northern offeringIreland and Wales. www.enrichuk.net regional and national ‘sense of place’ websites from England, Scotland,Northern Ireland and Wales. www.enrichuk.net2. A2A: the Access to Archives 2. A2A: programme, the Access co-ordinated to Archives by programme, The National co-ordinated Archives. The by The database Nationalnow contains more than six Archives. million catalogue The database entries now describing contains archives more than held six in million 340 record catalogue offices,libraries and other repositories entries throughout describing England. archives www.a2a.org.ukheld in 340 record offices, libraries and otherrepositories throughout England. www.a2a.org.ukWe have beenfortunate to gainUK-wide support forthe Task Force.We believe this givesa powerful messageto all policy makersand stakeholders.We have beenfortunate to gainUK-wide support forthe Task Force.We believe this givesa powerful messageto all policy makersand stakeholders.