The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has established exemplary security and safety in Qatar due to its excellent, highly-professional performance as well as won laurels globally for its initiatives and achievements.
It was the effort of the Ministry of Interior that made Qatar retain its global distinction according to the 2019 global security indicators by winning the first place in the world in terms of security and safety among 118 countries and the first in Arab country, according to the annual report of 2019 crime index issued by ‘Numbeo’, the world’s largest world database in January this year.
The report reflected the constant and outstanding level of security and safety enjoyed by the country, and the significant decrease in the rates of crimes.
Again making the country proud, the Ministry of the Interior, represented by the National Command Center (NCC), received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award from the prestigious American company in the field of Geographic Information System, ESRI, winning over more than 25,000 participants from 136 countries and 336 largest global companies and institutions.
It is worth mentioning that MOI worked to introduce the science of GIS techniques in the field of security, and has prepared excellent and specialised national cadres in this field during the past ten years.
The various awards MOI won underline its incessant and resolute efforts in the implementation of GIS technology to deliver better services. In fact, MOI was presenting a new tool in a technologically advanced world to combat crime by linking security and crime with GIS effectively.
The Najm system of MOI is the most advanced and it aims to provide modern technological systems to ensure security through the rapid delivery of information. It connects all the departments of the Ministry related with security and safety, Lekhwiya, and the ambulance service under one system.
This linking makes it successful in employing these techniques to raise the level of emergency response and reduce the crime rate through spatial analysis and prediction of the anticipated risks before they occur.
MOI and its allied bodies have won several awards in the past too for excellence and it achieved bright success in the field of security awareness campaigns by producing various awareness means and participating in several festivals and contests, regionally and internationally.
In 2013, Najm security system received an ‘A’ grade rating for the role of the Ministry in the using of GIS techniques in security systems in an ideal manner.
