His Exellency Dr. Sa'ad bin Othman Al Kasabi, Governor of SASO, patronized the annual ceremony for members of the Saudi Quality Council (SQC) in the presence of the General Manager of Makkah region branch, Mr. Mutlaq bin Raji Al-Tyari, and the branch's departments directors. SASO's Governor said in his speech at the occasion, "We all stand in front of a big challenge for which we need to encourage determinations and launch bright initiatives for Saudi Arabia to be a landmark in global forums in matters related to quality and its practices." He added saying, "We are looking forward to integrating everyone's efforts to make a pioneering experience towards the leadership of all state institutions in order to make quality a strategic choice to be activated in all administrative and technical practices."
He also said, "In fact, although the Kingdom's experience in the field of quality has started a bit late compared to other countries, we hope that Saudi Arabia achieves regional pioneering regarding the practices and applications of quality. That will be done only through concerted efforts among all relevant bodies and through the process of creating a complementary system that acknowledges the importance of quality as a key element for the development of production and the enhancement of excellence and success process of any institution whatever its specialization or size."
Dr. Sa'ad explained saying, "SASO has made, with a number of specialized authorities, concentrated efforts to implement one of the strategic projects for the country: the National Strategy for Quality. I take this opportunity to review the most important steps that have been implemented which are as follows: The completion of the first introductory stage of the project by holding introductory seminars in three major cities in the Kingdom: Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam. Those meetings had a large attendance and constructive interaction which contributed to the development of the project vision. In the second stage of the project, more than 14 workshops were held to check readiness and excellence in institutional performance, in which more than 200 specialists and interests in the applications of quality from 97 governmental and private institutions participated. These 97 governmental and private institutions represent seven sectors, which are health, public education, higher education, industry, government sector, services, and civil society. In the third stage, the work is underway to develop standard models for those issues to attain the overall objective to achieve quality in national products and services. We are looking forward to the issuance of many regulations, procedures and awards in the field of quality in the coming period besides the signing of several cooperation agreements with governmental and private authorities."
After that, the winners Of Quality Manager Excellence Award 2015 were announced, and honored by His Excellency the governor of SASO. At the end of the occasion, Dr. Ayed Al-Omari, President of (SQC), expressed his thanks and appreciation on behalf of the members of the Executive Committee of the Council to His Excellency the governor of SASO for his patronage and support for the Council to continue its mission to disseminate and promote the quality culture in the country.