Workshop on Topical Issues in Development and Use of Electronic Archives, Minsk, 12 May 2011

12 May 2011, A Workshop on Topical Issues in Development and Use of Electronic Archives was held in Minsk. It was organised by the Belarusian Research Center
of Electronic Records and the Institute of Applied Software Systems at the Ministry of Communications and Informatisation with the assistance of the Swedish Agency for International Development.

The workshop aimed to discuss the current practices and prospects in the development of electronic archives in the Republic of Belarus with consideration of foreign practices and the perspectives of e-government concept. More than 100 people attended the workshop. Among the participants were archive specialists, government officials, representatives of the institutions who develop information systems and those who run electronic archives or plan to create them in the near future.

The workshop consisted of two consecutive sections. The first was named “The Strategy for Advancement and Development of Electronic Archives”, the second “Technical Systems and Practices in Management of Electronic Archives”. In all, nine reports were given on theoretical, practical and legal issues in electronic archives management. The workshop participants acquainted with the practices of implementation of such archives at the National Agency of Sweden for Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration (Lantmateriet), the National Cadastral Agency at the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Institute of Applied Programme Systems, the Fund for Social Protection at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, and the Interbank Settlement System at the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus.