Opaz launches Centralised Compliance System at Comex

The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (Opaz) inaugurated on the sidelines of Oman’s Official Technology show (Comex 2023), the Centralised Compliance System “Eltizam”, under the patronage of Dr Ali bin Amer Al Shidhani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology for Communications and Information Technology, and with the presence of several other dignitaries.

Launching the “Eltizam” system is aimed at automating follow-up procedures and practices in the field of control and compliance, most notably environmental and labour control and inspection of buildings and projects, monitoring, compliance, and issuance of violations and reports, in addition to providing the system with another feature of e-payment through the system.

Follow-up procedures

The Centralised Compliance System will be implemented in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Sezad) as a first phase to automate the various follow-up procedures, which include procedures for following up on environmental compliance, pollution control, waste and hazardous materials management, projects control, labour control, and building control.

This system also targets other categories of end users as it is not only used by inspectors, but representatives of companies, consultants and contractors can also use the system via tablets or mobile phones.

Through the system, users can schedule field visits, distribute compliance follow-up tasks electronically, specify exact inspection sites, prepare field visit reports and add attachments and images directly on-site without having to go back to the office. It is also possible via Eltisam to communicate directly between the inspection team and follow-up team and companies to follow up on inspections, in addition to the ability for companies to send inspection requests according to the projects’ stages.