Nima members want the organisation to focus on working with other industry bodies and the government, improve information management practices and up-skill information management across the built and managed environment sector.
The findings are the result of the first poll of nima members. Nima started its membership drive in May, with members were polled in July on eight areas of focus. The three most popular were:
- Work with other industry bodies to improve information management practices – identify and work with relevant membership and trade organisations in the built and managed environment, with nima seen as the coordinating hub of information management, complementing professionals or other bodies.
- Lobby government about data and information management – identify and work with relevant government departments and other agencies to ensure data-centric approaches to information management, which can then be incorporated into policy initiatives relating to the built and managed environment.
- Up-skill the sector generally regarding information management – recognising that effective information management is mostly about people and processes, not technology, nima should identify and contribute to the development of the most appropriate ways to improve the sector’s understanding of, and competencies in, information management.
Steering the way forward
Nima chair Dr Anne Kemp OBE said: “It is so important that our members feel that they have a say in what we focus on as nima. We are already gearing up to act on the feedback, and by useful coincidence, the priorities highlighted fit neatly with recruitment of two of our new Vice Chairs in the areas of stakeholder engagement and up-skilling.
“I am looking forward to continued growth in our memberships and to continuing that conversation as we progress, with members helping steer the way forward.”
The next nima quarterly forum will be held on 4 September. The nima virtual conference is scheduled for 6 November: further details are expected in August.
