"The Common Archival Heritage project aims to develop professional, scientific and cultural relations and comprehensive cooperation between archival institutions in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
It results from a sense of obligation to protect and preserve for future generations the archival heritage, which is an integral part of the common, pan-European cultural heritage. It also refers the idea promoted by UNESCO regarding a common documentary heritage, dispersed among various countries as a result of historical events. [...] "