Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management Victor Kourash took part in two international scholarly conferences in Moscow

On 7-9 November 2019 in Moscow, Russian Federation, Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management Victor Kourash took part in the 26th International scholarly conference «Documentation in Information Society: records management and archive business in conditions of digital transformation» and the 10th Conference of Archives of Slavic Countries «The archives of Slavic countries in the epoch of digital transformation». The conferences were attended by representatives from 17 countries. The events were organized by the Eurasian Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, the Federal Archival Agency of Russia and the Russian Research Institute of Documentation and Archival Science.

In his speech to the participants of the 26th international scholarly conference «Documentation in Information Society: records management and archive business in conditions of digital transformation» Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management Victor Kourash dwelt on the issues of normative and legal regulation in the state archives of the Republic of Belarus in work with electronic records and highlighted topical problems in acquisition, preservation, inventory and use of electronic records in the state archives of the Republic of Belarus.

Victor Kourash also took part in the 10th Conference of Archives of Slavic Countries, where he delivered information on the activities of state archives in Belarus in conditions of digital transformation.

The events included working meetings of V. Kourash with the Chief of the Federal Archival Agency of Russia A. Artizov and Secretary General of the International Council on Archives Dr. A. Seles.