Seminar on International Management Systems

The Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) has organised a seminar on International Management Systems to be held on August 26 at the Waters Edge, Battaramulla. Eminent foreign and local experts representing private and public sector organisations will deliver presentations and share their knowledge and experience in various fields involving international management systems.

Overall management system of any organisation focuses on many aspects such as quality, environment, occupational health, safety and social accountability. Managing each aspect under different sub management systems has become the trend in the recent past and number of international standards have emerged to cater to such management systems.

The international standard ISO 9001 provides requirements for a Quality Management System and ISO 14001 provides requirements for an Environmental Management System. Some of the other standards are ISO 22000 for Food Safety Management System and OHSAS 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management System and, HACCAP and GMP are two other management systems mostly used in the food industry while SA 8000 is a standard dealing with social accountability.

SLSI operates certification schemes on all such management systems and many of them have been accredited by RvA of Netherlands, a world renowned accreditation body. SLSI had certified more than 375 organisations in the country as well as overseas under these schemes.