WFTU - World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU - World Federation of Trade Unions
02/05/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/05/2026 05:01
Agreement between the WFTU and the “Promitheas” Research Institute for the Digitization of the WFTU Physical Archive in Cyprus
The WFTU has reached an agreement with the Research Institute "Promitheas" to digitize its physical archive located in Cyprus. This agreement constitutes the continuation of the efforts of the past 20 years to preserve the archive and ensure its accessibility to trade unionists and researchers.
The digitization and categorization of the physical archive is expected to be completed by January 2027, ensuring the preservation of the archive and opening up the potential for its accessibility.
The Physical archive of the WFTU Following a decision by the WFTU Secretariat in 2021, it was transferred to and is now maintained at the PEO headquarters in Cyprus. It includes archival material that was located in Prague until 2005, as well as physical archival material from the period 2006-2022.
From 2022 onwards, the entire WFTU archive (publications, correspondence, minutes, resolutions etc.) is maintained in digital form.
In addition, important part of the historical archive is currently concentrated mainly in two entities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Bobigny, France.
The first is the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, which contains internal archives of the WFTU for the period 1945-1949 supplemented with other holdings, documents, and WFTU publications such as press releases, reports, resolutions, and announcements until recently.
The complete list of the WFTU archive in the International Institute of Social History is available here:
https://iisg.amsterdam/en/detail?id=https%3A%2F%2Fiisg.amsterdam%2Fid%2Fcollection%2FARCH01666
The second is the archive institution-library of Bobigny Municipality in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, which contains an internal archive of the WFTU for the period 1944-1992.
The complete list of the WFTU archive in the institution-library of Bobigny Municipality is available here:
https://archives.seinesaintdenis.fr/ark:/79690/vta6cabb3c34f61d1e8/archref/0/1?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.seinesaintdenis.fr%2Fark%3A%2F79690%2Fvta6cabb3c34f61d1e8%2Fcanvas%2F0%2F1
Finally, a part of the WFTU archive is located in Moscow, Russia.
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