French Ambassador Eric Chevallier presents an award at an event held at Education City.


Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) has highlighted the international certification of several of its member organisations at a high-profile recognition ceremony attended by the organisation’s Group Executive Director Administration, Fahad Saad al-Qahtani and Jassim Telfat, the Group Executive Director – Capital Projects and Facilities Management.
Held at Education City, the event saw the French Ambassador to Qatar, Eric Chevallier, present an array of awards and sought-after workplace standards certificates granted to QF by Bureau Veritas, a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification.
Amongst those honoured at the ceremony were representatives of QF member Reach Out To Asia (Rota), QF’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Directorate and QF’s IT Directorate, with the ambassador noting that all have maintained “a culture of excellence,” whilst working to achieve QF’s mission to unlock human potential.
Al -Qahtani said: “At QF, we believe that certifying ourselves to international standards achieves certain strategic goals for us as an organisation, because it ensures our operations are efficient and that we are providing a high quality, safe and welfare-conscious environment. This, in turn, ensures we are fully utilising our potential as we look to establish a high-performing and collaborative culture here in Qatar. We are delighted to be joined at this ceremony by our friends from the French embassy in Doha and to be recognising the consistently high standards that this organisation has displayed since its founding 20 years ago.”
Also in attendance were representatives from the French testing and certification company Bureau Veritas, who were responsible for establishing QF’s compliance to all five of the awarded certifications.
One of those to garner praise during the morning ceremony was Rota, a QF member organisation that has achieved two international standards certificates over the past 12 months whilst continuing to provide quality education to those most in need locally and throughout Asia, in support of QF’s mission to affect positive international change.
In November 2014, Rota became the first organisation in Qatar and the first NGO in the Middle East to earn the international SA8000:2008 certification. In October 2014, Rota also achieved ISO9001:2008 certification, an esteemed quality management achievement that recognises the consistency and impact of the organisation’s programmes.
Also present at the ceremony was Mohammed al-Suwaidi, Qatar Foundation’s Executive Director of Operations, who collected a recognition certificate on behalf of QF’s IT Directorate. In March this year, QF was re-issued with the internationally acclaimed ISO 27001:2013 certification, widely seen as the gold-standard for managing information security risks and information handling processes.
In addition, QF’s HSSE Executive Director Sheikha Amal al-Thani, also received an honorary certificate in recognition of the two international compliance certifications that her Directorate has been re-awarded over the last 12 months. Both the ISO 14001:2004 and the OHSAS 18001:2007 certificates follow vigorous audits over the past three years that confirm QF’s consistent commitment to health, safety and environmental standards in its offices.



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