2023 Network Annual Fall Conference in Berlin, Germany

The Network Annual Fall Conference was held in Berlin on 16-18 October 2023, hosted by the Bundesarchiv - Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv

About the Network

About us

The idea that initially guided the founders was to simplify procedures related to the possibility of conducting research and exchanging documents, but over time cooperation has taken on a more complex character.

Academic conferences

Access to the files and rules for dealing with the files in public

AIDSSH Goals and Tasks

AIDSSH Mission

ALBANIA

Operational files of the observation of victims

Archival materials/records

Data protection – anonymization

Legal status and organizational structure

Members and Associate members of the European Network

The network was formed in December 2008 as a cooperative platform connecting institutions holding the archival collections of the former communist state secret police forces. The organization is currently consisting of eight members and five associate members.

Organizational Structure

The European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret-Police Files was formed in December 2008 as a cooperation platform connecting the institutions holding the archival collections of the former communist state secret police forces

Presiding Organisation

The National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS, Romania) is the presiding organization of the Network for the 2025 - 2026 term

The 2024 European Network's Annual Conference in Tirana, Albania

The annual conference "Common vision-synergizing actions" 3-5 October 2024 was hosted by the Albanian Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents (AIDSSH)

The Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents