diff --git a/invenio_records_resources/config.py b/invenio_records_resources/config.py
index 10c0c21e..7aa35a13 100644
--- a/invenio_records_resources/config.py
+++ b/invenio_records_resources/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2020 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2022 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2020 Northwestern University.
 #
 # Invenio-Records-Resources is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
 SITE_UI_URL = "https://127.0.0.1:5000"
 
 SITE_API_URL = "https://127.0.0.1:5000/api"
+
+RECORDS_RESOURCES_EVENTS_HANDLERS = {}
+
+RECORDS_RESOURCES_EVENTS_QUEUE = "events"
diff --git a/invenio_records_resources/services/events/__init__.py b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9041db44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+#
+# Invenio-Records-Resources is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more
+# details.
+
+"""Module for event driven actions support."""
+
+from .bus import EventBus
+from .events import Event
+
+__all__ = (
+    "Event",
+    "EventBus"
+)
diff --git a/invenio_records_resources/services/events/bus.py b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/bus.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36b9c62a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/bus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+#
+# Invenio-Records-Resources is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more
+# details.
+
+"""Events bus module."""
+
+from pickle import dumps, loads
+
+from flask import current_app
+from invenio_queues.proxies import current_queues
+
+
+class EventBus:
+    """Event bus."""
+
+    def __init__(self, queue_name=None):
+        """Constructor."""
+        self._queue_name = queue_name or \
+            current_app.config["RECORDS_RESOURCES_EVENTS_QUEUE"]
+        self._queue = None
+
+        for name, queue in current_queues.queues.items():
+            if name == self._queue_name:
+                self._queue = queue
+                break
+
+    def publish(self, event):
+        """Publish an event to the bus queue."""
+        return self._queue.publish([dumps(event)])
+
+    def consume(self):
+        """Consume an event from the bus queue."""
+        for event in self._queue.consume():  # consume() returns a generator
+            yield loads(event)
+
+    def active_consumer(self):
+        """Returns a consumer that stays open."""
+        # TODO: see usage in handlers.py
+        pass
diff --git a/invenio_records_resources/services/events/events.py b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/events.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e143c9a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+#
+# Invenio-Records-Resources is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more
+# details.
+
+"""Events module."""
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import ClassVar
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Event:
+    """Base event."""
+
+    created: datetime
+    type: str
+    action: str
+    handling_key: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RecordEvent(Event):
+    """Record related events."""
+
+    recid: str
+    type: ClassVar[str] = "RECORD"
+    handling_key: ClassVar[str] = "RECORD"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RecordCreatedEvent(RecordEvent):
+    """Record related events."""
+
+    action: ClassVar[str] = "PUBLISHED"
+    handling_key: ClassVar[str] = f"{RecordEvent.type}.{action}"
diff --git a/invenio_records_resources/services/events/handlers.py b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f444722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invenio_records_resources/services/events/handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+#
+# Invenio-Records-Resources is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more
+# details.
+
+"""Event handlers module."""
+
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from celery import shared_task
+from flask import current_app
+
+from .bus import EventBus
+
+
+def _handlers_for_key(key):
+    """Returns the handlers for a key."""
+    config_handlers = current_app.config["RECORDS_RESOURCES_EVENTS_HANDLERS"]
+    keys_parts = key.split(".")
+
+    event_handlers = []
+    curr_key = ""
+    for part in keys_parts:
+        curr_key = f"{curr_key}.{part}"
+        try:
+            event_handlers.expand(config_handlers[curr_key])
+        except KeyError:
+            current_app.logger.warning(f"No handler for key {curr_key}")
+
+    return event_handlers
+
+
+def _handle_event(event, handler=None):
+    """Executes the handlers configured for an event."""
+    handlers = _handlers_for_key(event.handling_key)
+
+    for handler in handlers:
+        func = handler
+        async_ = True
+        if isinstance(handler, tuple):
+            func = handler[0]
+            async_ = handler[1]
+
+        if async_:
+            func.delay(**asdict(event))
+        else:
+            func(**asdict(event))
+
+        # audit logging
+        current_app.logger.info(
+            f"{event.type}-{event.action} handled successfully."
+        )
+
+
+@shared_task(ignore_result=True)
+def handle_events(queue_name=None, max_events=1000, ttl=300):
+    """Handle events queue.
+
+    :param max_events: maximum number of events to process by the task.
+    :param ttl: time to live (in seconds) for the task.
+    """
+    bus = EventBus(queue_name)
+    start = datetime.timestamp(datetime.now())
+    end = start
+    spawn_new = False
+    with bus.active_consumer() as consumer:
+        while max_events > 0 and (start + ttl) > end:
+            spawn_new = False
+            event = consumer.consume()  # blocking
+            _handle_event(event)  # execute all handlers
+            end = datetime.timestamp(datetime.now())
+            spawn_new = True
+
+    if spawn_new:
+        handle_events.delay(
+            queue_name=queue_name, max_events=max_events, ttl=ttl
+        )
diff --git a/invenio_records_resources/services/uow.py b/invenio_records_resources/services/uow.py
index 488e73c5..d804dfce 100644
--- a/invenio_records_resources/services/uow.py
+++ b/invenio_records_resources/services/uow.py
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ def on_commit(self, uow):
 
 from invenio_db import db
 
+from .events import EventBus
+
 
 #
 # Unit of work operations
@@ -199,6 +201,21 @@ def on_post_commit(self, uow):
         self._celery_task.delay(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
 
 
+class EventOp(Operation):
+    """A task to send an event.
+
+    All events will be sent after the commit phase.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, event, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Constructor."""
+        self._event = event
+
+    def on_post_commit(self, uow):
+        """Publish the event to the bus."""
+        uow._event_bus.publish(self._event)
+
+
 #
 # Unit of work context manager
 #
@@ -215,6 +232,7 @@ def __init__(self, session=None):
         """Initialize unit of work context."""
         self._session = session or db.session
         self._operations = []
+        self._event_bus = EventBus()
         self._dirty = False
 
     def __enter__(self):
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 61d6b06a..fc46cdc7 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 
 python -m check_manifest --ignore ".*-requirements.txt"
 python -m sphinx.cmd.build -qnNW docs docs/_build/html
-eval "$(docker-services-cli up --db ${DB:-postgresql} --search ${SEARCH:-elasticsearch} --cache ${CACHE:-redis} --env)"
+eval "$(docker-services-cli up --db ${DB:-postgresql} --search ${SEARCH:-elasticsearch} --cache ${CACHE:-redis} --mq ${MQ:-rabbitmq} --env)"
 python -m pytest $@
 tests_exit_code=$?
 python -m sphinx.cmd.build -qnNW -b doctest docs docs/_build/doctest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5eea53b7..a84c052c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     "invenio-indexer>=1.2.1",
     "invenio-jsonschemas>=1.1.3",
     "invenio-pidstore>=1.2.2",
+    "invenio-queues>=1.0.0a4",
     "invenio-records-permissions>=0.13.0,<0.14.0",
     "invenio-records>=1.6.0",
     "luqum>=0.11.0",
diff --git a/tests/services/events/conftest.py b/tests/services/events/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3446514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/services/events/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+#
+# Invenio-Records-Resources is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more
+# details.
+
+"""Pytest configuration.
+
+See https://pytest-invenio.readthedocs.io/ for documentation on which test
+fixtures are available.
+"""
+
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import pytest
+from kombu import Exchange
+
+from invenio_records_resources.services.events.events import \
+    RecordCreatedEvent, RecordEvent
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def app_config(app_config):
+    """Application configuration."""
+    # handlers
+    app_config["RECORDS_RESOURCES_EVENTS_HANDLERS"] = {
+        RecordEvent.handling_key: [],
+        RecordCreatedEvent.handling_key: [
+            # (sync_handler_task, True),
+            # (explicit_asyn_handler_task, False),
+            # implicit_asyn_handler_task,
+        ],
+    }
+
+    # events queue
+    queue_name = "test-events"
+    exchange = Exchange(
+        queue=queue_name,
+        type="direct",
+        delivery_mode="persistent",  # in-memory and disk
+    )
+
+    app_config["RECORDS_RESOURCES_EVENT_QUEUE"] = queue_name
+    app_config["QUEUES_DEFINITIONS"] = [
+        {"name": queue_name, "exchange": exchange}
+    ]
+
+    # celery config
+    app_config["CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT"] = ["json", "msgpack", "yaml", "pickle"]
+    app_config["CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE"] = {
+        'event_handling': {
+            'task': 'invenio_records_resources.services.events.handle_events',
+            'schedule': timedelta(minutes=5),
+        },
+    }
+
+    return app_config
diff --git a/tests/services/events/test_bus.py b/tests/services/events/test_bus.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9574d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/services/events/test_bus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 CERN.
+#
+# Invenio-Records-Resources is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more
+# details.
+
+"""Event bus test."""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from time import sleep
+
+from invenio_records_resources.services.events import EventBus
+from invenio_records_resources.services.events.events import RecordCreatedEvent
+
+
+def test_bus_publish_consume(app):
+    bus = EventBus("test-events")
+    event = RecordCreatedEvent(created=datetime.now(), recid="12345-abcde")
+
+    bus.publish(event)
+    sleep(10)
+    consumed_event = bus.consume()
+    assert event == next(consumed_event)