IMO is continuing its work to help assess how Member States administer key IMO treaties to ensure its regulatory framework is universally adopted and implemented. A five-day training course will equip qualified officials from IMO Member States from the Asian Sub-region with the auditing knowledge and skills to assist in ensuring the effective implementation of the applicable IMO instruments, and to assist Member States to improve their capabilities.
The event (19-23 June in Port Klang, Malaysia), is jointly organized by IMO and Malaysia. It is part of a series of training activities to support the IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS).
Under the Framework and Procedures for IMSAS, all IMO Member States are required to undergo a mandatory audit within the seven-year audit cycle. Up to 25 Member State audits are conducted each year under the Scheme. To date, 108 mandatory audits have been conducted under IMSAS since the start of the mandatory phase of the Scheme in January 2016.
The audit scheme, using the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code) as the audit standard, aims to provide an audited Member State with a comprehensive and objective assessment of how effectively it administers and implements those mandatory IMO instruments which are covered by the Scheme.
The course uses revised material and "blended learning": classroom sessions combined with individual work using a new e-learning tool which contains e-lessons, e-exercises and e-quizzes accessed through the online IMO Learning Management System (LMS).
Course participants include senior officials from maritime administrations who are, or will be, involved in preparing their respective countries to be audited by carrying out internal audits, and who may be nominated as auditors under the Scheme.
Twenty-five participants from seven IMO Member States and one Associated Member are taking part in the training: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, China.
