Governance and ComplianceElectronic Document and Records Management
A record is evidence, and an organisation that cannot produce one when a regulator, an auditor or a court asks is in a materially worse position than one that never created it. This course covers managing electronic records so they remain findable, trustworthy and legally admissible. Delegates work through classification and file plans, retention scheduling and defensible disposal, metadata and version control, and the access and audit controls that establish authenticity. Digitisation of paper archives is covered practically, along with the legal admissibility requirements for electronic evidence. The course closes on migration, since the commonest way an organisation loses its records is a system change nobody planned the records out of.
Course objectives
- Build a classification scheme and file plan people will actually follow
- Set retention schedules and carry out defensible disposal
- Apply metadata and version control so a record can be trusted
- Design access and audit controls that establish authenticity
- Plan and execute the digitisation of a paper archive
- Meet the legal admissibility requirements for electronic records
- Migrate records through a system change without losing them
Who should attend
- Records and information managers
- Compliance, legal and governance professionals
- Archivists and library staff
- IT staff supporting document systems
- Public sector officials with statutory record obligations
Course outline
- 01Records as evidence, and the cost of not producing one
- 02Classification schemes and file plans
- 03Retention scheduling and defensible disposal
- 04Metadata, version control and record integrity
- 05Access, audit trails and authenticity
- 06Digitising a paper archive
- 07Legal admissibility of electronic records
- 08System migration without losing the records
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 to 20 September 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 19 to 23 September 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 9 to 13 November 2026 | Lagos, Nigeria | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 21 to 25 November 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 4 to 8 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |