Research Offices across South Africa and the wider SADC region are increasingly adopting digital systems to manage the research lifecycle. These Research Information Management Systems (RIMS), and their integration with other administrative systems, are essential for ensuring efficiency, compliance, reporting, and evidence-based decision-making. Institutions, however, are at different levels of maturity in implementing and optimising these systems, and the expertise available varies across contexts and institutions.

The focus of CoP-RIMS is on Research Information Management Systems (RIMS), and their integration with other administrative systems, which are essential for ensuring efficiency, compliance, reporting, and evidence-based decision-making. Research Offices across South Africa and the wider SADC region are increasingly adopting digital systems to manage the research lifecycle.