Qatar Olympic Committee awarded IMS certificate

DOHA: Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has been accorded the Integrated Management Systems (IMS) certificate.

An IMS certification is a quality system that improves the process and service quality in a company and thus leads to increased efficiency within the system.

The much-vaunted International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certificate was handed over yesterday at a special gathering.

“In pursuit of our vision of certifying Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) with best industry standards, Planning and Development Department achieved this objective by certifying all departments in QOC with Integrated Management System, which includes following standards: ISO 9001.2008 Quality Management System, ISO 14001.2004 Environment Management System and BS OHSAS 18001.2007 – Health & Safety Management System,” Selim Kseib, Country Chief executive of Bureau Veritas said.

IMS certification aims to have as common management system requirements and is intended to be used as a framework for implementing two or more management system standards in an integrated way

Yesterday, Kseib handed over the Integrated Management System (IMS) certificate to QOC General Secretary Abdulrahman bin Thani Al Kuwari in the presence of other QOC officials.

Speaking on the occasion Dr Al Kuwari complimented the entire QOC team for achieving the set targets and for been awarded the IMS certification.

“Credit goes to all of you for the success the QOC have achieved for the certificate we received,” the QOC official said while speaking at the certificate awarding ceremony.

The certificate handed over by the Bureau Veritas official states: “Bureau Veritas certify that the management system of the above organization has been tested and found to be in accordance with the requirements of the management system standards.”

Bureau Veritas was appointed as the certification body while QOC had engaged the services of Excelledia Consultancy to guide and assist in completing the relevant Integrated Management Systems requirements.

The scope of the certification is in line with the QOC Strategy Map 2017-2022: “Planning and coordination services to national federations to improve sports performance, sports facilities utilization and community participation in various sports in the Qatar.”

The QOC in their pursuit of sustainable sport development have also expressed the commitment to: “Consistently adopt a planning and coordination approach aimed at meeting client satisfaction, complying with the legal IMS requirements in order to improve sports facilities utilization, sports performance and community’s participation, thus strengthening Qatar position in the international sport arena. “

The other areas the QOC has laid emphasis to “Enhance overall satisfaction of QOC clients. Ensure that appropriate measures are deployed in planning and coordination activities to prevent injury and ill health of people working under the control of our organization. Ensure that appropriate measures are deployed in planning and coordination activities to prevent pollution, reduce natural resources consumption and waste to minimum extent wherever appropriate.”

QOC is also ensuring that all the ‘system policy’ is duly followed by all.

“Ensure all processes are on a continual improvement path, by setting realistic and challenging targets and through regular review of its performance indicators. Ensure that our employees are encouraged to capitalize on continual processional and personal development and are empowered to demonstrate leadership in their respective areas of work. Ensure that all people working under control of an organization are made aware of policy, IMS requirements and their related responsibilities towards complying with IMS.”

The Peninsula