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AlGhad Training Institute Quality Management System

Compliance Policy

Policy Reference:

O/A/006

Version:

1

Person Responsible:

General Manager

1. Policy Statement and Purpose

This policy demonstrates the AGhad Training Institute’s (GTI) commitment to compliance by developing and promoting a culture that values it across the training institute.

2. Application and Scope

This policy applies to all senior management and staff of AlGhad Training Institute . All have the responsibility to uphold the Institute’s values and to actively participate in improving standards of compliance.

3. External Requirements

This policy helps GTI meet the following external requirements of:

  • Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA), Bahrain
  • Directorate of Institutes Affairs, Bahrain Ministry of Labor

4. Definitions

  • Compliance: complying to the requirements of laws, industry and institutional standards and codes, principles of good governance and accepted community and ethical standards.
  • Compliance Culture: the ideas, values, ethics and beliefs that exist within an institution which when related to the interact with the structure and control systems can produce behavioural norms that are conducive to compliance outcomes.
  • Compliance Failure: results when an institution has not met its compliance obligations, processes or behavioural obligations.
  • Compliance Management Framework: A series of instruments, activities and processes undertaken by the institution, that when combined are intended to achieve compliance, and enable an effective, coordinated approach to the management of compliance obligations, issues and risks.
  • Compliance / integrity risk is exposure of an instutition to legal penalties, financial forfeiture and material loss when it fails to act in accordance with industry laws and regulations, internal policies or prescribed best practices.

5. Policy Commitment

  • GTI is committed to compliance with all relevant laws (acts and regulations), standards, codes, and policies.
  • As a training institute , GTI is required to abide with numerous responsibilities relating to its key activities and stakeholders, and effectively integrate these into day-to-day operations. GTI commits to compliance in order to achieve its strategic, operational and business objectives.
  • This Policy is consistent with the institution’s Malpractice Policy, which upholds the institute’s commitment to the highest standards of excellence, integrity and ethical behaviour.

6. Principles

Staff Members

  • All GTI staff members are responsible for adherence to the compliance obligations that apply to activities under their responsibility or in the course of their employment, including monitoring and reporting compliance risk events and incidents of non-compliance to the General Manager.

Programme Heads are responsible for:

  • being aware of and adhering to the obligations set out by the relevant external legislation, regulations, codes, guidelines and standards.
  • where it is appropriate, establishing and maintaining a detailed compliance register in consultation with the General Manager, evaluating risks, the actions against the risks, the monitoring and reporting on any incidents of non-compliance and the remedial action taken to address them.
  • maintaining a record of all incident reports and incidental compliance documents.

General Manager

  • He is responsible for overseeing risk management and risk assessment across the Institute including the overall compliance with external legislation, statutory and regulatory requirements, reporting obligations, and Institute procedures, codes and policies.
  • approving the Institute’s Compliance Policy and ensuring that these are aligned with the strategic and operational objectives and with relevant governmental regulations in consultation with the Head of Programs and Quality Team, taking necessary preventive and corrective actions to address any problems identified with regard to compliance;
  • ongoing monitoring and assessment of compliance programs

7. Key Dates

This Version Approved: 26 December 2023

Next Review Date: December 2024 or earlier if any changes to legislation or the external environment require it.

Approved by the General Manager, effective immediately:

Signed by General Manager: Abbas Ali Date: 26/12/2023

 GTI’s current policies are available on the website. If you are using a hard copy of this policy, please check that it is the current version before proceeding.