Quality Management in Demining Organisations

Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Sep 2018

In this article, the International Standards Organization 9001:2000 Quality Management System is compared to what leading actors in quality management and business management deem to be current best practise. The aim of this paper is to show the universal application of the ISO 9001:2000 system as a quality-management system and that it complies with best practises in business and quality management around the world. This article will highlight a few of the most important ISO clauses and show how they are supported by best practises.

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Quality Management in Demining Organisations

Journal of ERW and Mine Action Quality Management in Demining Organisations Part of the Defense 0 Security Studies Commons 0 Emergency 0 Disaster Management Commons 0 Other Public Affairs 0 Public Policy 0 Public Administration Commons 0 the Peace 0 Conflict Studies Commons 0 0 Mr. Kerei Ruru Chief of Staff United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan P. O. Box 520 Kabul / Afghanistan - Geneva Diar y: Report from the GICHD The GICHD provides operational assistance to mine-action programmes and operators, creates and disseminates knowledge, works to improve quality management and standards, and provides support to instruments of international law. The author discusses changes that have occurred at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, including a redesigned Web site and new publications. by Ian Mansfield [ Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Demining ] I a new look for its Web site and publican January 2007, the GICHD unveiled tions. The GICHD implemented these changes to give the organization a modern, fresh appearance, and to increase the utility of the Web site as well as reduce the cost of publications. The redesigned Web site can be seen at www.gichd.org and includes a number of new features such as shortcut buttons, an improved search function, an evaluation repository and a training calendar. One of the first publications to be issued in the new style was the Metal Detectors and PPE [Personal Protective Equipment] Catalogue,1 published in March 2007. This catalogue features handheld, large-loop and vehicle-mounted detectors, as well as the relatively new multi-sensor systems. In April, the third edition of the Guide to Mine Action and Explosive Remnants of War2 was published. This edition provides updated information, such as the text of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’3 Protocol V on explosive remnants of war; it also includes new chapters on mine action and development, as well as capacity building and evaluation. Tenth Annual Meeting of Programme Directors and U.N. Advisers In March 2007, the GICHD hosted the “Tenth International Meeting of Mine Action Programme Directors and U.N. Advisors” on behalf of the United Nations Mine Action Service. The meeting brought together over 200 people from 35 mineaffected countries, along with representatives from the various U.N. agencies, nongovernmental organizations and donor countries involved with mine action. Since the first annual meeting was held, attendance has increased tremendously; in March 1998 only 40 people from seven countries attended. The idea for the meeting came about as there was a growing need for better standardization, coordination and Redesigned GICHD homepage. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF GICHD sharing of experiences among the emerging mine-action programmes. The initial meeting focused only on U.N.-conducted or supported programmes, but since then, the meeting has expanded to include nationally run programmes. Over the years, the topics discussed at the meeting have included U.N. policy updates, capacity building, national ownership, information management, standards, resource mobilisation and technology. Since the beginning, all meetings have been funded by Switzerland and hosted by the GICHD. Evaluations The GICHD continues to provide training and advice on the conduct of mineaction evaluations, as well as undertake selected evaluations itself. Early in 2007 the GICHD undertook an evaluation of the United Nations Development Programme’s capacity-building project in Albania and also completed an independent assessment of the residual threat in Kosovo on behalf of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo. Later in the year, the GICHD will undertake a thematic evaluation in the Caucasus as part of a rolling series of evaluations for the European Commission. See Endnotes, Page Ian Mansfield is the Operations Director at the GICHD and is respon sible for all operational, technical and research activities of the Centre. He is also responsible for analyzing existing and potential areas of activity for the Centre, as well as all evaluation, as sessment and consultancy activities. Mansfield holds a Master of Business Administration and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Ian Mansfield Operations Director, GICHD 7bis Avenue de la Paix PO Box 1300 CH-1211 Geneva 1 / Switzerland Tel: +41 22 906 1674 Fax: +41 22 906 1690 Mobile: +41 79 337 9809 E-mail: Web site: www.gichd.org Loxton: Quality Management in Demining Organisations Qua l it y Management in Demining Organisations In this article, the International Standards Organization 9001:2000 is compared to what leading actors in quality management and business management deem to be current best practise. The aim of this paper is to show the universal application of the ISO 9001:2000 system as a quality-management system and that it complies with best practises in business and quality management around the world. This article will high (...truncated)


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Charles Loxton. Quality Management in Demining Organisations, Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, 2018, Volume 11, Issue 1,