Nine administrative staff involved in handling records in their respective offices at UP Visayas attended the training and seminar titled, “Valuing Public Records thru the Establishment of Effective Records Disposition Program” last June 7-9, 2023 held at the La Carmela de Boracay Resort and Hotel, Boracay, Malay, Aklan.
The UP Visayas participants were Geraldine V. Camandillo from the College of Management, Maria Rotsen A. Cayanan from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension, Beverly N. Genoveza from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Planning and Development, Ma. Judith R. Girao from UPV Legal Services Office, Melanie N. Mondeja from the School of Technology, Jessie N. Monsale from Human Resources Development Office, Edma F. Nono from Accounting Office, Hannah Liza Novesteros from College of Arts and Sciences, and Ana Liza A. Subade from the Office of the University Registrar. About 800 participants from various local government units and government agencies across the country joined the national seminar-workshop.
Public records are essential in the administration and operation of all government offices, whether national or local, including government-owned and controlled corporations, and government financial institutions. Thus, proper management of these records is very important and one component of this is the effective disposition of records.
The training and seminar were designed to increase the awareness and enhance the competence of participants on sound records disposition practices and proper identification and preservation of permanent records with reference to the relevant records retention schedule and disposal authority. This will result in the reduction of the volume of unnecessary records kept in storage areas, thereby creating spaces for new and frequently used records. This will also minimize the expenditures for records management of the agency.
The three-day training and seminar included topics on the Basics of Records Management, Records Disposition Program, Records Disposal, and Archives Preservation. The resource speaker for the said training and seminar was Ms. Estrella M. Domingo, former Chief Archivist of the National Archives of the Philippines. The activity was sponsored by the Government Records Officers’ Association of the Philippines, Inc.
