Specialiteit culinair en geschiedenis.

APEX (Archives Portal Europe network of eXcellence) will be the follow-up of the APEnet project that will terminate in January 2012. The ApeNet grouped national archival institutions from 14 European countries that - in collaboration with Europeana - together have realised the Archives Portal Europe (www.archivesportaleurope.nl). APEX will expand upon the APEnet project by deepening, improving and sustaining the delivery of archival content to a central European Portal.

The international significance of the Nationaal Archief collection and its expertise on archive care deserves to become more widely known both within and outside the Netherlands. This requires a refined collection profile, an active presentation policy but also closer cooperation with our international partners.

Coordinating projects within the Mutual Cultural Heritage policy (2009-2012) framework. Mutual or common cultural heritage means heritage in other countries dating from the era of the Dutch East and West India Companies and from Dutch colonialism in Asia, Africa, and South America, as well as heritage deriving from a period of intensive cultural relations such as between the Netherlands and Russia. By maintaining, managing, using and highlighting this heritage, we can foster a critical reflection on our past and a mutual understanding of past, present and future. This can strengthen relations and promote cooperation between countries, both bilaterally and multilaterally. The conservation of common cultural heritage can help to strengthen cultural identity, promote socioeconomic and cultural development and raise the profile and quality of the living environment.

Verbetering kwaliteit dienstverlening van het Nationaal Archief

• Kwaliteitsonderzoeken archieven• Het ontwikkelen van trainingen en workshops

Database of VOC Documents aims to give easy access to all VOC archives in the world together.The VOC documents contain data on e.g. people, language, landscape, fauna, flora, culture, religion, tradition, society, authorities, politics, commodities, technique, climate, agriculture, law, ownership of land, family relations, war, fishery, education, transport, economy, industry and trade in the regions of the VOC establishments, sometimes even on a village level.The VOC documents are kept in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.Database of VOC Documents aims to give easy access to all VOC archives in the world together.We started with the description of documents shipped from the VOC establishments in Asia and Africa to the VOC management in the Netherlands. These records make up the series Overgekomen Brieven en Papieren (OBP).