Maj. Gen. Abdullah Meshabeb Al Shahrani Commander of the Military Institute for Survey and Geographical Studies (MISGS) received here today 2000: 9001 ISO certificate from Canadian Technical Committee empowered to award such a certificate. The Institute has received such a certificate in the international recognition of its application of professional standards of quality and exemplary in the field of education, training and administrative and other procedures. ISO 9001: 2000 endorses the requirements for quality management systems. It is now firmly established as the globally implemented standard for providing assurance about the ability to satisfy quality requirements and to enhance customer satisfaction in supplier-customer relationships. The commander of the MISGS pointed out that the goal of the Institute of the certificate is the application of quality systems at the Institute for upgrading education and training services, development of leadership and administrative skills, development of experience and knowledge of teachers and trainers, graduation of trainees at scientific graduate-level, maximum utilization of material and human resources available, provision of standards tools to measure performance, collection and evaluation of services and reduction in cost while achieving the educational objectives and training and maintenance objectives.