ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT AND ELECTRONIC RECORDS: E-RECORDS READINESS AND CAPACITY BUILDING, 19 -23 MAY 2025, NAIROBI, KENYA

Governments are increasingly recognizing the importance of information for good governance and the need to manage and use information effectively.

High quality information enables governments to make decisions and take action to improve education and health care, stimulate economic development, ensure justice, protect the environment, provide security and achieve other governance objectives.

Trustworthy and accessible records are authoritative sources of information and evidence that support these objectives and sustain fundamental democratic values, including: The protection of human rights and the rule of law; Accountable and transparent government processes and leadership; Wide public participation and a meaningful voice in government decisions.

Good record keeping is essential for governments and public institutions at all stages of development but is particularly critical for developing countries.

Poor record-keeping systems are a major barrier to institutional, legal and regulatory reform; anti-corruption strategies; poverty reduction and economic development. Records in electronic form are becoming especially critical as developing countries embark on e-government strategies.

E-government refers to the use of information and telecommunications technologies (ICT's) to enable government to deliver its programs and services more effectively and efficiently, to increase the efficiency of internal processes (such as those supporting financial and human resources management), and to increase the participation of citizens in their own governance.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

• The e-records framework (or infrastructure) needed in this environment includes: Wide awareness of the value of records by political leaders, public servants, citizens and NGOs;
• Effective laws and policies to guide information management, such as, “Public Records” laws, archival legislation, access and privacy laws, policies on documenting business activities and decisions, etc.;
• Governance and accountability arrangements that provide organization and leadership for records management programs, assign responsibility and encourage close collaboration among records managers, archivists, librarians, program managers, information technology specialists, etc
•  Consistent and effective standards and practices for life-cycle records management processes such as creating, organizing, classifying, storing, protecting, retrieving, retaining, destroying and archiving electronic and paper records.
• Trained staff including all civil servants and information managers who are positioned to influence and guide change; Cost-effective computer-based systems, applications, etc.
• To create, manage, distribute and use records in all forms.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

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