On Holding a Seminar at the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus

On November 25, 2025, as part of activities aimed at fulfilling the instructions of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on optimizing document flow in national government bodies, a seminar entitled «On Improving Records Management and Archival Storage of Documents» was held at the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus. The seminar was attended by heads of departments of the Ministry’s central office and employees responsible for organizing and maintaining records management.

Participating in the seminar were A.E.Rybakov, Director of the Belarusian Research Institute of Document Management and Archival Affairs; T.A.Shevchenko, Head of the Records Management and Archival Formation Department of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus; and R.V.Romanenkova, Deputy Head of the same department and Curator of the Ministry of Economy System.

The seminar was opened by I.V.Latushkin, Head of the Ministry’s Main Directorate for Control and Records Management, who outlined the seminar’s goals and objectives and emphasized the importance of implementing measures aimed at fulfilling Directive No.11 of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated April 2, 2025, «On Improving the Functioning of the System of Government and Administration Bodies and Strengthening Executive Discipline».

A.E.Rybakov delivered a presentation on «Practical Approaches to Optimizing Document Generation and Document Flow», in which he outlined the main areas of document generation optimization and ways and methods for reducing document flow in modern conditions, taking into account industry specifics.

T.A.Shevchenko focused on practical issues of organizing record keeping and archival storage of documents. Particular attention was paid to the preparation and transfer of electronic documents for permanent storage in state archives.

Following the seminar, representatives of the archival service answered questions from the participants.

The implementation of measures aimed at fulfilling the instructions of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus to optimize document creation and document flow, improve office workflow, and improve archival storage of documents will continue.

1. I.V.Latushkin opens the seminar

2. A.E.Rybakov delivers a presentation

3. Seminar participants during the session