The Public Prosecution secured (ISO 9001) for the quality management system & (ISO 37001) for the anti-bribery management system in a record time of one month.
The Public Prosecution obtained two ISO certificates — (ISO 9001) for the quality management system and (ISO 37001) for the anti-bribery management system. The award ceremony was held under the auspices of Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan al Busaidy, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, in Muscat on Tuesday.
The officials said the Public Prosecution’s efforts to obtain the two ISO certifications stemmed from the belief of its role to promote the rule of law, represent the society in public action with integrity and transparency, and facilitate quality-level services based on international standards that focus on the principles of ethics, honesty and impartiality, in line with Oman Vision 2040 to establish a functioning and specialised judicial system and have an effective and transparent control, to achieve a fair and effective justice.
Basheer al Salem, Managing Director, URS Services and Certification, set the quality management certification that will help the Public Prosecution to organise all the human resource documentation, risk assessment and sustainability.
“The accreditation Oman Prosecution has received is the highest and most reputed. Oman Prosecution is the first to receive this accreditation,” noted Al Salem.
He explained further that one can consider ISO 9001 the master of all ISO certifications. Any institution, organisation or company should have ISO 9001 as part of their certifications. ISO 37,001 is a newly launched certification in 2016.
“Worldwide, there are less than 1,000 companies/organisations that have received this certificate and on top of the list of the companies are Apple, Microsoft, Siemens and so on. The international companies go for the certificate,” Al Salem said.
He explained that his certificate aims to set up the framework for the organisations (government, private sector, even the charity organisations) to have the proper process to work against bribery, money laundering and corruption.
The staff at the Public prosecution went through training and implementation as well as the preparation of internal auditing so they could continue the auditing process internally. He explained that it is a long process and usually takes time but depends on how ready each organisation is and the effort they can put in. The duration can take between one month to six months. The public Prosecution met the requirements and received the certificate within one month.
“It is a challenge, and they were up to it,” he noted.
The certification would have to be renewed every three years. It will continue to see surveillance frequent audits on a yearly basis. After three years, there will be re-certification.
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