| Mission: | The mission of the Quality Management Committee is to foster the importance of quality control and standards for better products and successful business; To be the meeting point of all those members of Amcham interested in quality management systems allowing them to share quality management practices among themselves, create benchmarks, start quality initiatives. [Form id=”11″] |
| Chairs: | Mrs. Vyara Stankova, Intertek |
| Priorities: | a/ Sharing of experience and good practices related to significant aspects of business management; b/ Risk and Business Continuity Management in the dynamic global environment of today; c/ Integrated approach to management – quality, environmental, health and safety, information security, social accountability, business continuity, etc. d/ Providing information to AmCham members regarding the internationally recognized systematic approach to management e/ Introducing international standards related to quality, OHSAS, environment protection, risk and business continuity. f/ Provision of: – competent lecturers on topics related to business management and – ground for thematic discussions and presenting of good management practices |
| Activities in 2016 | Topic: New Challenges in Information Security Management Presentation: “Information Security is a Process – not a Product” Presentation: “ISMS as part of the IMS in Hewlett Packard Enterprise” Presentation: “Emerging Security Challenges in Cloud Computing” Presentation: “Business will face challenges regarding data protection – new EU Regulation and Privacy Shield” |
| Activities in 2015 | November 26th, 2015 Topic: Year of Changes in Quality & Environmental Management Systems Presentation: Risk based approach to management: Key changes in ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 requirements Presentation: Environmental results matter: key changes in ISO 14001:2015 and their implementation June 3, 2015 Topic: Event Sustainability Management: Best Practices and International Standards (ISO 20121) Presentation: Best Practices and International Standards (ISO 20121) Presentation: Top Sustainable Event Practices for People, Planet and Profit Presentation: National Donation Campaign – Operation “Spare Change” or How We Successfully Manage Long-term Campaigns Presentation: Energy Efficient Music Culture Presentation: Sustainability in Еvent Мanagement – Best practices of Congress Engineering
January 8, 2015 Topic: “Effective Asset Management for Optimizing Business Processes” Presentation: “Internationally recognized best practices in asset management based on ISO 55001” Presentation: “Problems Facing the Management of Energy Assets in Bulgaria” |
| Activities in 2014 | March 20, 2014 Topic: “Road Traffic Safety: Responsibility of Business” Presentation: ISO 39001:2012 – A Step Forward to Road Traffic Safety Presentation: Shell Experience in Road Traffic Safety Management Presentation: Road Safety in WorleyParsons
January 22, 2014 Topic: “Resource Efficiency in Knowledge-Based Economy”: Presentation: “WHY do we need to optimize our resources now?” Presentation: “WHAT can be optimized systematically?” Presentation: “HOW can we be smart about achieving optimization?” |
| Activities in 2013 | October 30, 2013 Topic: Total Risk Management Presentation: “Strategic Business Continuity Management – New Trends ISO 22301” Peter Lithgow, Country Manager, AES Corporation, initiated a pragmatic discussion on the culture of quality in the work place with focus on the importance of corporate values and the role of the leadership for their institutionalization, and other key elements like a fully integrated management system, business continuity safety plans, lifelong learning, criticality, discipline, compliance, transparency and sustainability of the business processes. Presentation: “Risk Management and Business Continuity: Why Bulgaria needs an Asset and Maintenance Management Doctrine?”
May 29, 2013 Topic: Best Practices in Training. How to Measure Training Quality and Training Effectiveness for the Purpose of Organizational Goals Achievement. Presentation: “Quality Management in Training” Presentation: “C-MENTORS or How Traditions, Crisis & Innovations Made us Practicing Best”
March 27, 2013 Topic: Energy Management Standards and Energy Efficiency Approaches Presentation: “An Introduction to ISO 50001 Energy Management” Presentation: “Aurubis Energy Management System”
January 16, 2013 Topic: Social Audits and CSR Standards Presentation: CSR Standards and Audit Types Presentation: Social Audits Experience in Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Presentation: BBLF Responsible Business Awards 2012 At the meeting Elitsa Barakova, Executive Director, BCAF, spoke about the different quality measuring tools and how they enable companies to register progress and measure the effects of companies’ socially responsible activities. Marina Stefanova, Executive Director, Global Compact Network Bulgaria, presented The Global Compact Self Assessment Tool and the Self-Assessment Handbook for Companies which is available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and the Slovak Republic and was pilot-tested in 2010. Media coverage of the meeting by Economy.bg |
| Activities in 2012 | November 14, 2012 Topic: Management of Integrated Quality Systems Presentation: Inegrated Management Systems Presentation: IMS September 25, 2012 |