Inter-American Model Law on Document Management

As an additional input for the Member States, the Model Law 2.0 includes an Inter-American Model Law on Document Management and its corresponding

Application Guide, prepared not in the context of the consultation process, but in parallel by expert consultants. The latter instruments, although

not part of the articles of Model Law 2.0, were approved as annexes thereto.

Regarding the preparation of the Inter-American Model Law on Document Management and its Application Guide, the DDI received invaluable support

and technical advice from the Red de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información (Transparency and Access to Information Network – RTA) and the Government of Spain’s Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte (Sub-Directorate General of the State Archives of the Ministry of Culture and Sports), within the framework of the European Union Cooperation Program with Latin America EUROsociAL +.

With the publication of the Inter-American Model Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information, the Inter-American Model Law on Document Management and

its Application Guide, the OAS presents a tool that allows a comprehensive response to the Member States’ needs and strengthening their efforts in the

adoption or reform of legislation that guarantees access to public information, taking these new standards as a reference.

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