About the Councils
In 1999, the NCA responded to the government's regional agenda by creating the network of English Regional Archive Councils, at the behest of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. These Councils have played a crucial role in providing archives with a regional voice. The NCA seized the opportunities created by the establishment of Resource (now the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)) to push not only for the creation of an officer to support the Councils but also for funding to produce a regional archive strategy for each region in 2000-1. The Council's ability to deliver on those strategies was dramatically enhanced when the NCA secured funding from Resource for an Archive Development Officer for each of the English regions from April 2001 to March 2005.
Since the formation of the Regional Agencies of the MLA and, subsequently, the MLA Partnership, the Regional Archive Councils have reformed themselves to meet the specific challenges in their own locales. To see how each of them have evolved, click on the links on the left, under "About the Councils".
