- UAB Microcredential
- Code: 5216/1
- 1st edition
- Modality: Online
- Credits: 6 ECTS
- Start date: 26/01/2026
- Finish date: 31/03/2026
- Places: 30
- Orientation: Professional
- Price: 805 €
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Special price 242 €
Group of application: Amount with the NextGenerationUE Fund discount applied
- Teaching language: Spanish
- Location: Online synchronous teaching
Risks and emergencies constitute a constant threat to documentary heritage, endangering its preservation and long-term access. In a context of climate change, accelerated digitization, and increasing unforeseen situations, the capacity to respond to risks is essential to ensure service continuity and the protection of collective memory.
In this training, students will acquire the theoretical knowledge and practical tools needed to identify threats, assess vulnerabilities, and develop risk and emergency management plans adapted to archives and document management services. The course provides tools to act in critical situations, such as natural disasters or technological incidents, thus contributing to the resilience of organizations and the protection of their documentary heritage.
Objectives:
- Understand the basic concepts and theoretical framework of risk and emergency management applied to the archival field.
- Analyze the main risks that can affect archives, especially those related to physical media.
- Identify, assess, and prioritize risks in real contexts.
- Learn to design and implement risk and emergency management plans adapted to the needs of archives.
- Promote a culture of prevention and resilience in institutions that manage documentary heritage.
Curriculum:
- Introduction to risk and emergency management in archives.
Theoretical foundations and key terminology.
The value of documentation and its vulnerability.
- Risk identification and analysis.
Types of risks.
Impact and vulnerability assessment.
Case studies.
- Design and implementation of risk management plans.
Methodology for plan development.
Mitigation and response strategies.
Development of protocols and action guides.
Registration:
If you are interested in protecting and preserving documentary heritage and contributing to organizational resilience against risks andemergencies, enroll now. This course is aimed both at archival and document management professionals and those who want to begin in this field; the training will provide practical and applicable tools for your work environment.
Don't miss the opportunity to train in such a crucial area for the legal development of many activities across numerous disciplines.
It is recommended to have specific training in the management and organization of documentary collections in archives, libraries, or document management services, security protocols, emergency plans, or risk management in institutional or cultural environments, or projects/tasks related to documentary heritage preservation.
- Identification and analysis of risks.
- Design and implementation of risk management plans.
- Document management or archive technician.
- Staff responsible for security and emergencies in archival or documental institutions.
- Consultant in risk management plans for archives and libraries.
- Coordinator of business continuity plans in public administrations or companies with critical archives.
- Preventive conservation technician in documentation centers, archives, or museums.
In this training, students will acquire the theoretical knowledge and practical tools needed to identify threats, assess vulnerabilities, and develop risk and emergency management plans adapted to archives and document management services. The course provides tools to act in critical situations, such as natural disasters or technological incidents, thus contributing to the resilience of organizations and the protection of their documentary heritage.
Objectives:
- Understand the basic concepts and theoretical framework of risk and emergency management applied to the archival field.
- Analyze the main risks that can affect archives, especially those related to physical media.
- Identify, assess, and prioritize risks in real contexts.
- Learn to design and implement risk and emergency management plans adapted to the needs of archives.
- Promote a culture of prevention and resilience in institutions that manage documentary heritage.
Curriculum:
- Introduction to risk and emergency management in archives.
Theoretical foundations and key terminology.
The value of documentation and its vulnerability.
- Risk identification and analysis.
Types of risks.
Impact and vulnerability assessment.
Case studies.
- Design and implementation of risk management plans.
Methodology for plan development.
Mitigation and response strategies.
Development of protocols and action guides.
Registration:
If you are interested in protecting and preserving documentary heritage and contributing to organizational resilience against risks andemergencies, enroll now. This course is aimed both at archival and document management professionals and those who want to begin in this field; the training will provide practical and applicable tools for your work environment.
Don't miss the opportunity to train in such a crucial area for the legal development of many activities across numerous disciplines.
It is recommended to have specific training in the management and organization of documentary collections in archives, libraries, or document management services, security protocols, emergency plans, or risk management in institutional or cultural environments, or projects/tasks related to documentary heritage preservation.
Contents
- Introduction to risk and emergency management in archives.- Identification and analysis of risks.
- Design and implementation of risk management plans.
Career opportunities
People who want to specialize or have an interest in risk management and emergency plans and who work or want to work as:- Document management or archive technician.
- Staff responsible for security and emergencies in archival or documental institutions.
- Consultant in risk management plans for archives and libraries.
- Coordinator of business continuity plans in public administrations or companies with critical archives.
- Preventive conservation technician in documentation centers, archives, or museums.
Scholarships and financial aid
Within the framework of the plan for the development of university microcredentials, tuition scholarships are offered.
Funded by the "Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan - Funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU."
See the application information on the FUAB Microcredentials scholarships and grants and application information page.
Coordinating centres
FUAB Formació. Archivística y Gestión de Documentos
Collaborating centres
Arxivers sense Fronteres Espanya (AsF Espanya)
Contact
Ariadna Morente Pagès
Phone: 935929710