The International Records Management Trust

Its work emphasised the importance of managing records as a basis for protecting civil and human rights, reducing poverty, controlling corruption, strengthening democracy, promoting economic and social reform, improving services to citizens, and demonstrating accountability and transparency.

Its work was supported by a team of over 60 practicing professionals drawn from the public and private sectors and from academic institutions worldwide.

[3][failed verification] The IRMT's research and deve lopment programme focused on the transition to managing records and information in the electronic working environment.

'[5] The IRMT worked with local policy makers, stakeholders and records professionals to develop and implement and sustainable legal and regulatory records and information management frameworks, policies, systems, procedures and facilities, in the paper or the electronic environments, either at the central or local level or in relation to particular functions.

These were prepared with the aim of supporting countries where professional educational tools in the field of records and information management are hard to obtain.