ADVANCED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT, 28 APRIL-02 MAY 2025 , ARUSHA, TANZANIA.

No organisation is totally immune from emergencies or disasters, either from natural causes or human action. Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and fires take place all around the world. As well, wars and civil strife occur in many countries.

Even power failures or electrical faults, leaks or drainage problems, or mishandling and human error can lead to an emergency. Offices, people and records can suffer in an emergency, even an event as seemingly insignificant as a leaking water pipe, a broken humidifier or a shutdown in temperature controls. In order to protect themselves and their assets, including records and archives, many organisations develop 'emergency plans', which are also called 'disaster plans' or 'business resumption plans'. Such plans are based on the concept that an organisation should identify its assets – including its people, its equipment and supplies, and its critical information sources – and then establish establishes procedures to protect those assets.

An emergency plan seeks to protect people and property and ensure that, in the event of an emergency, action is taken immediately to reduce the damage incurred and institute recovery procedures right away. 

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

• ​ · To outline the methods used to identify threats to an organisation's records and the impact of damage or loss
• · To explain how to develop an emergency plan
• · To outline the steps involved in identifying and protecting vital records
• · To provide sources of additional information on emergency planning and vital records management.
• · Identify threats to your organisation's records and assess the impact of damage or loss
• · Understand how to develop an emergency plan
• · Know how to identify and protect vital records
• · Know where to look for more information on emergency planning and vital records management.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

1. Compliance Officers/Managers,
2. Information Security Managers,
3. Records Managers,
4. Information Managers,
5. Operations Managers,
6. Knowledge Managers, Administrators,
7. Librarians Registry personnel,
8. Archivists Accounts Personnel,
9. Data Managers,
10. Risk Managers,
11. project managers,
12. Hr and Procurement
13. Operational Management personnel,
14. Information security professionals