Sub-Directorate General of National Archives

Its mission is to create, direct and coordinate all actions related to the custody, conservation and dissemination of the documentary heritage.

Functions

• Management of the state owned and managed archives assigned to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
• Creating, increasing and promoting state owned archives.
• Assessment related to the state owned archives managed by other ministries.
• Coordination of the Spanish Archives System.
• Promotion of the conservation of the documentary heritage as well as its national and international promotion and dissemination.
• Planning, development and maintenance of the Central Archive.

Organisation

The Office of State Archives has a series of advisory and technical bodies to carry out certain functions:

• Archives High Commission.
• High Commission for Administrative Documents Classification.

The Office of State Archives is organised into different areas and services:

• Archives Documentary Information Centre (CIDA)
• Archival Programming and Coordination.
• Document Reproduction Service (SRD).
• Programming.
• Administrative Documentation Assessment and Treatment.