In conjunction with World Standards Day 2021 (WSD 2021), Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM) organised several activities to celebrate and commemorate the occasion. With the theme ‘Shared vision for a better world’, the celebration of WSD 2021 was aimed at raising awareness about the importance of standardisation as well as appreciating the experts worldwide who contribute their time to develop voluntary standards. Amongst the activities were:
a) A short video on WSD 2021 featuring the wishes from the Director General, top management and staff from multiple divisions.
b) A webinar on MS ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ABMS) by Dr. KM Loi, the President of ABMS-MY (former Vice-Chair of ISO/PC 278) on 13 October 2021.
c) A webinar on Standards and Conformance in the Construction Industry – Scaffolding and Falsework on 14 October 2021. This webinar was a collaboration between DSM and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Malaysia.