ESMS supports Qatar’s Sustainable Development Goals and meets the standards of Qatar’s 2030 National Vision..
The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) was held Thursday at QOC Headquarters and was awarded the Event Sustainable Management Certification (ISO20121: 2012 ESMS) at a certification ceremony attended by the State Secretary-General and Department Directors.
Bureau Veritas CEO Hussum Refaai and QOC employees also attended the ESMS awards ceremony.
This ESMS helps all organizations and individuals make sporting events and related activities more sustainable.
It supports Qatar’s Sustainable Development Goals and meets the standards of Qatar’s 2030 National Vision. In addition to reducing the environmental, social and economic negative consequences of hosting an event while developing QOC relationships with key stakeholders.
Jassimbin Rashid Al Buenain, Executive Secretary of the QOC, said: We thank the teamwork and the joint contributions of everyone who helped the QOC get this certification. Together, we move forward to achieve our goals. “
“This certification [is in line] In QOC’s strategic plan, including [an] Annual database according to international standards. Also, according to the upcoming 2023-2027 strategy, we will improve the workload and meet the needs of our customers. Finally, it meets the QOC’s vision: to become a major country uniting the world through sustainable sports development, “added the Secretary-General.
Fahad Ebrahim Juma, Director of Strategy and Projects, said: [for] QOC helps the integrated sports system to function efficiently and professionally. “
Sustainability Initiatives and SDGs
ESMS helps to achieve sustainable development standards in compliance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and IOC standards, backed by sustainable development principles such as inclusiveness, management, integrity and legacy. I am working on creating a framework.
In addition, the system sequentially enhances all event management operations, from the concept, planning, implementation, and audit stages to post-event activities. It further reduces its impact on the environment, boosts economic growth and builds a truly sustainable community.
Most notably, the concept of sustainability was put into practice in the second edition of the 2022 QOC Beach Games held at the Katara Cultural Village in March, a legacy inherited from ANOC World Beach Games Qatar in 2019. It was done.
In the light of the country’s annual beach event, the Qatar Olympic Commission has raised sustainability standards in three areas: community sustainability, environmental sustainability and economic sustainability.
