The Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry held a board meeting

The Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of Belarus held a board meeting to discuss the following issues: the review of remaking lists Nos. 1 and 2 for institutions potential sources of records acquisition at the republic-level state archives and the work of the Department and the state archives in executing the administrative procedures in 2018.

The Department board has instructed the central state archives to strengthen work in extending the range of institutions potential sources of records acquisition. After the BelNIIDAD (Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Science) works out the new classifiers and the Preliminary lists of types and kinds of institutions potential sources or not sources of records acquisition, the management of lists Nos. 1 and 2 can be significantly simplified.

On the second issue it has been noted that in 2018 the work of the Department and the state archives was directed at the timely and high-quality execution of the administrative procedures. On 21 August 2018 the Department conducted “a direct telephone line” on the theme “The procedure of providing access to records at the state archives of the Republic of Belarus”.