The course equips qualified officials from IMO Member States with the auditing knowledge and skills to assist in ensuring the effective implementation of the applicable IMO instruments and to assist Member States in improving their capabilities.
The training is designed to develop specific skills in auditing Member States using the IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code as the audit standard. The course is conducted in Spanish and the training material is a combination of PowerPoint presentations, desk workshops, role play exercises, and quizzes.
Participating in the course are 20 senior officials from eighteen IMO Member States. These are senior officials from maritime administrations who are, or will be, involved in preparing their respective countries to undergo the audit by carrying out internal audits and they may be nominated by their respective Member State to become auditors under the Scheme.
The training course is organized jointly by IMO and Brazil.
Under the Framework and Procedures for the Scheme, all IMO Member States are required to undergo a mandatory audit within the seven-year audit cycle and up to 25Â Member State audits per year are expected to be audited. To date, 118 mandatory audits under IMSAS have been conducted since the commencement of the mandatory phase of the Scheme in January 2016.
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