Archivists without Borders Spain was set up in 1998, in the city of Barcelona. It was set in motion by a group of archivists resolved to make a commitment to cooperation and solidarity actions in the field of heritage and records management.
The members that make up Archivists without Borders Spain are mostly archivists that contribute with their professional knowledge and experience elsewhere, for example to organisations and entities that due to political, economical or social circumstances do not have their records properly treated and arranged for consultation, and at the same time properly preserved as befits documentary heritage.
All people have the right to their identity and the preservation of the historical memory of the society where it belongs.