Webinar | Submitting your PAIA report | Members and Public
24 June @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
| R750The Information Regulator has requested that the heads of all bodies submit their annual Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) reports by 30 June 2025 to demonstrate how they have been complying with PAIA. Why? Because transparency leads to accountability. The regulator is increasing transparency about how organisations are complying with PAIA, as this enables them to be held accountable for failing to comply with PAIA. Your PAIA report will be a public record, accessible to all.Â
Can you report to the regulator that you have been complying with PAIA over the past year?
The regulator can request that the heads of public and private bodies submit reports to them regarding requests for access to records that the body holds. For private bodies, it is referred to as a PAIA Section 83(4) report, and for public bodies, it is referred to as a PAIA Section 32 report.
The Information Regulator wants statistics because you can’t manage what you can’t measure.
If you don’t submit this report, the regulator may conduct its own initiative PAIA compliance assessment. This can result in PAIA enforcement notices from the regulator if you do not comply.
We encourage you to attend this public webinar, where we will empower you to do this important task annually. This webinar will save you time and ensure you do it right.Â
Outcomes
Know how to do yours by watching us do one live in the webinar.Â
- Determine whether you have been complying with PAIA by doing a form of gap analysis.
- Empower yourself by getting detailed guidance from us on how to submit your PAIA report to the regulator.Â
- Avoid getting an enforcement notice from the regulator for failure to submit correct, detailed information by knowing what types of information the regulator is asking you about.
Audience
This event is for private bodies (including companies). Public bodies (including National and Provisional Government, State Owned Companies (SOCs) and Municipalities) will also benefit. So too will political parties.
This event is for Information Officers of both public and private bodies.
This event is primarily for the Information Officer, either the head of the body or the person to whom they have designated or delegated the responsibilities, sometimes referred to as the Deputy Information Officer. Â
Panel
Michalsons: John Giles and Emma Quiding. John has been presenting on PAIA since 1999 and helping organisations comply with it because he believes that transparency leads to accountability, which has numerous benefits (including reducing corruption). Michalsons helps organisations to take practical action. Â
Bookings
Members:
This event is for members of the Michalsons Access to Information programme. Members can attend this webinar for no charge; it’s included in their subscription. They can register for the event by clicking on the red register button below.
Non-member:
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