SADC Secretariat Records Management Policy
Document Location
In order to maintain a complete and accurate audit trail of this document’s history,
control information shall be recorded in this section until the document is approved
and filed in the agreed repository location.
The final and signed off copy of this document shall be filed within the Records
Management Unit of the SADC Secretariat. A file called SADC Records
Management Technical Assistance, reference SADC/1/015/1/1 has been created for
filing all documents pertaining to this project.
In future, further project information and documentation shall be available on the
SADC Secretariat intranet.
Revision History
Revision history details for the Records Management Policy are provided in the
following table. The Revision Date is the date when changes were done, Version is
the version number that is allocated incrementally, Summary of Changes is a short
description of the effected changes and Changes Tracking indicates if an automatic
facility for keeping track of changes was active.
Table 1 – Revision History
Revision
Date
21 Nov 2009
24 Nov 2009
04 Jan 2010
15 Mar 2010
17 Jun 2010
Version
1.0
1.3
1.4
1.7
1.9
Summary of Changes
Compilation and drafting
Review
Quality Assurance
SADC Secretariat feedback
Final Quality Assurance
Changes
tracked
none
none
none
none
none
Distribution
The individuals listed below shall receive a final copy of the Records Management
Policy, and any other project documentation as agreed by the Steering Committee
from time to time.
The authorised distribution recipients are listed in Table 2 below, where Name is the
full name of the recipient, Title is their official title and Project Role defines their role
within the project.
Table 2 – Distribution List
Name
Dr Tomaz
Salomão
Mr Russell Mufaya
Title
Executive Secretary
Project Role
Project Sponsor
Director, Human Resources
Steering Committee
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