Principal Secretary's Speech on ISO certification ceremony

THE SPEECH OF PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF PRESIDENT OFFICE,

GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICES JOSEPH A. MEZA

ON ZANZIBAR ID 7th ISO CERTIFICATION CEREMONY AND EGOVERNMENT

1ST CERTIFICATION CEREMONY ON 13th

MARCH, 2013.

ISO Inspector Mr. Avi Rost,

ISO Consultant Madame Merav Vered,

Deputy Principal Secretaries

Directors

Zanzibar ID Cards Office staff,

Journalists and Member of media,

Invited Guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen.

Asaalaam Aleikum!

I’m honored to have this opportunity to represent the Government of Zanzibar in this important event of receiving ISO inspection report for Security and Quality of the Zanzibar Registration and Identity Card Office.

 

As we are all aware that this is the seventh time for this office to be audited by the ISO inspectors for quality and security of it’s registration and production processes. The Government of Zanzibar is very proud to be found conforming to both, ISO 27001 for security and ISO 9001 for quality.

 

In our previous ceremony last year when we were celebrating the

sixth anniversary of ISO compliance for Zanzibar ID office we
made a promise that we will continue to play a leading role on
ICT development in the region.

 

Today again, we are proud to be awarded yet another two certificates, ISO 27001 for security and ISO 9001 for quality after the successful audit on our ICT infrastructure and e-government system.

 

We are determining to maintain these standards so that we can continue to provide our citizens with quality services and maintain good governance.

 

On behalf of the Government of Zanzibar I would like to congratulate the Directors and all staff of the Zanzibar ID Office and Directory of ICT for their tireless effort to maintain this prestigious International Standard status and to continuously improve their working processes as the Inspector Avi has demonstrated to us.

 

This achievement prove your determination to serve Zanzibar people with dignity, fairness and therefore achieve the Government goals of providing quality services to its citizen and maintain good governance.

 

As e-government project is now rolling to other government departments I plead to all my fellow civil servants to prepare ourselves to handle and manage our service delivery systems in the same professional manner.

 

Again I would like to thank our internal auditor Ms. Merav for her tireless work of making sure our two prestigious offices maintain ISO standards for its daily activities. We appreciate your services and expertise.

Thanks you all for your intentions.