Quality infrastructure dialogue on cards

Sunday Mail Reporter

THE Quality Management Institute of Zimbabwe (QMIZ) will this month host the National Quality Infrastructure Dialogue to deliberate on issues affecting the country’s booming infrastructure development sector.

Stakeholders drawn from both the public and private sectors will attend the meeting, where they will proffer sustainable quality policy solutions aimed at accelerating the achievement of Vision 2030, in line with National Development Strategy 1.

QMIZ is an independent institution that complements Government’s development efforts through utilisation of globally recognised quality management practices.

“One of the major events at the meeting is the discussion of resolutions from the National Standards Users Annual Conference (NSUAC 2022), held in Kariba last year,” said QMIZ chief executive officer Mr Danisa Chinamasa.

“To ensure our conferences do not degenerate into mere talk shows, we produce a position paper, within which conference resolutions are contained.

“These are then adopted by the various entities for subsequent implementation.

“The final position paper, as well as the resolutions and their monitoring and evaluation framework, will be unveiled at the event for adoption by stakeholders.”

QMIZ fosters quality management and capacity-building solutions and dialogue involving Government
ministries, regulators and industry practitioners, among other stakeholders.

According to QMIZ, entities that attended last year’s conference have all adopted their respective resolutions.

Among them are the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Standards Association of Zimbabwe, the Environmental Management Agency, the National Standards User Society, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, the National Competitiveness Commission and the Quality Management Institute of Zimbabwe.

QMIZ says the African Continental Free Trade Area, the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa, the SADC Free Trade Area and other related trade blocs to which Zimbabwe is a signatory, enjoin member states to compete based on quality and
safety.

The Government, through the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, formulated the National Quality Policy (2021-2025) to guide and direct the development and operations of the country’s quality infrastructure.