The Multidisciplinary Archives Research Team (ERPA) is part of the Marien Ngouabi University of Congo-Brazzaville. Its ambition is to contribute to the consolidation of memory and national history by favouring the development and maintenance of archives. ERPA is active in three fields: student training; the establishment, within the university, of an archival science department; and, finally, the distribution, conservation and digitalization promotion of  existing archival funds, and the identification of new ones. The CRI is planning to export this program to the DRC.