World Day for Audiovisual Heritage aims to boost world awareness concerning the importance of the preservation of recorded sound and audiovisual documents. It provides opportunities for the celebration of specific native, national and international aspects of those documents.
It additionally seeks to spice up the cultural standing of the audiovisual heritages and lift awareness concerning the threats moon-faced by them, particularly in developing countries. The day provides chance for UNESCO’s member states to assess their performance within the implementation of 2015 Recommendation regarding the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage.
The day’s objective resonates with the vision of the UNESCO’s Memory of the planet Project, that was launched in 1992 to acknowledge the importance of preservation of and universal accessibility to documentary heritage.