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ISO 37301 Compliance Management System Implementation Training Course

Builds a compliance management system to ISO 37301 clause by clause: obligations, compliance risk, controls, concerns, internal audit, and management review.

COM · Compliance ManagementAll Levels#3155ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
Duration
5 Days
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Sectors:Risk, Compliance & GovernanceCategories:Compliance Management

Course Overview

The ISO 37301 Compliance Management System Implementation Training Course equips compliance managers, governance and risk professionals, and internal auditors with the practical knowledge needed to build, operate, and improve a compliance management system that follows the structure of ISO 37301. The standard sets out requirements for establishing, implementing, evaluating, maintaining, and improving a compliance management system, and it gives organizations a common language for showing how compliance obligations are identified, owned, and controlled. The course focuses on the standard itself rather than on compliance management in general or on developing the compliance officer role. Participants work through its requirements in order: the context of the organization and the scope of the system, leadership commitment and the compliance function, compliance obligations and compliance risk assessment, policies and controls, support processes such as competence, awareness, and documented information, operational planning, raising concerns and investigations, monitoring and measurement, internal audit, management review, and the handling of nonconformities. Participants learn how the standard sits alongside management systems their organizations may already run, such as ISO 9001 for quality, ISO 37001 for anti-bribery, and ISO 31000 guidance for risk, and how to reuse shared processes instead of building parallel ones. The course explains the requirements of the standard and how to apply them; it does not provide legal advice, and participants apply the content within the laws and regulations that govern their own organizations. The course prepares participants for implementation and audit readiness work; certification of an organization's system is carried out separately by independent certification bodies. The course is delivered through a case organization that runs across all five days, gap analysis exercises, obligation and risk mapping, control design workshops, and an internal audit simulation. Participants leave with a gap analysis against the standard, a compliance obligations register structure, a compliance risk assessment method, an internal audit plan, and an implementation roadmap they can adapt to their own organizations.

Learning Objectives

  • Explain the purpose, scope, and structure of ISO 37301 and how it differs from a general compliance program.
  • Define the context of the organization, interested parties, and the scope of the compliance management system.
  • Establish leadership commitment, a compliance policy, and the independence and authority of the compliance function.
  • Identify compliance obligations arising from laws, regulations, licenses, contracts, and voluntary commitments, and keep them current.
  • Assess compliance risks with a consistent method that links obligations to processes and owners.
  • Design policies, procedures, and controls that respond to the compliance risks assessed.
  • Plan competence, training, awareness, and communication that build a compliance culture among staff.
  • Control documented information so that the system produces evidence an auditor can follow.
  • Set up channels for raising concerns and a fair process for investigating them.
  • Monitor and measure compliance performance with meaningful indicators and report results to the governing body.
  • Plan and conduct internal audits of the compliance management system.
  • Prepare management reviews that lead to decisions on resources, priorities, and improvement.
  • Handle nonconformities and noncompliance through corrective action and continual improvement.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for compliance managers and officers, heads of governance, risk managers, legal and regulatory affairs staff, and management system coordinators who are responsible for building or strengthening a compliance management system based on ISO 37301. It is equally relevant for internal auditors, quality and integrated management system managers, company secretaries, and staff who support board committees. Senior managers who own compliance obligations in operations, finance, procurement, or human resources will also benefit. Professionals in listed companies, banks and financial institutions, government entities, state-owned enterprises, energy and infrastructure companies, and multinational groups will find the course directly applicable, as will advisers who support organizations with their compliance programs. It is particularly valuable for organizations that already run ISO 9001 or ISO 37001 and want to bring compliance into an integrated system, and for teams preparing their compliance management system for an internal or external audit.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Explain the structure of ISO 37301 and what each group of requirements asks an organization to do.
  • Define the context, interested parties, and scope of a compliance management system.
  • Describe the responsibilities of the governing body, top management, and the compliance function.
  • Build a compliance obligations register and keep it current.
  • Assess compliance risks with consistent criteria and assign clear owners.
  • Design controls, training, and communication that address assessed compliance risks.
  • Set documented information requirements that support audit evidence.
  • Establish channels for raising concerns and a fair investigation process.
  • Select compliance performance indicators and report results to the governing body.
  • Plan and conduct an internal audit of the compliance management system.
  • Run management reviews and corrective action that lead to continual improvement.
  • Prepare an implementation roadmap that integrates compliance with existing management systems.

Course Outline

Course Outline:

Day 1

The Standard, Context, and Leadership

  • Purpose and structure of ISO 37301 and its place among management system standards
  • Context of the organization, interested parties, and the scope of the system
  • Leadership commitment, compliance policy, and the role of the governing body
  • Independence, authority, and resourcing of the compliance function
  • Linking compliance with governance, risk management, and internal control
  • Practical application: participants run an initial gap analysis for a case organization
Day 2

Compliance Obligations and Compliance Risk Assessment

  • Identifying obligations from laws, regulations, licenses, contracts, and voluntary commitments
  • Building and maintaining a compliance obligations register
  • Compliance risk criteria: likelihood, consequence, and existing controls
  • Assigning ownership of obligations and risks across functions
  • Keeping obligations current when laws, activities, or markets change
  • Practical application: participants map obligations to risks and owners for one business process
Day 3

Controls, Support, and Operation

  • Policies, procedures, and controls that respond to assessed compliance risks
  • Competence, training, and awareness by role and level of risk
  • Communication and building a compliance culture
  • Documented information: what to keep, who approves it, and how it is controlled
  • Outsourced processes, third parties, and compliance in operational planning
  • Practical application: participants design controls and training for a high-risk obligation
Day 4

Raising Concerns, Monitoring, and Internal Audit

  • Channels for raising concerns, confidentiality, and protection from retaliation
  • Investigation processes and decisions on findings
  • Compliance performance indicators and reporting to management and the governing body
  • Planning an internal audit program for the compliance management system
  • Conducting audits: sampling, evidence, interviews, and audit findings
  • Practical application: participants carry out an internal audit simulation on the case organization
Day 5

Review, Improvement, and Implementation Roadmap

  • Management review inputs, outputs, and decisions
  • Nonconformity, noncompliance, and corrective action
  • Continual improvement and lessons learned from incidents
  • Integrating the system with ISO 9001, ISO 37001, and other management systems
  • Audit readiness and the separate role of independent certification bodies
  • Final workshop: participants develop an implementation roadmap for their own organizations

Upcoming Dates

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CairoScheduled
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DammamScheduled
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DohaScheduled
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ErbilScheduled
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MuscatScheduled
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RiyadhScheduled
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AbujaScheduled
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