From general course material to the legal framework that matters

The Ministry of Compliance trains professionals working in the financial sector. Its nine-month, DSI-accredited QCO training prepares participants for the role of compliance officer through a combination of theory, mentoring and assignments carried out in their own working environment.

The programme uses the compliance cycle as its overall structure. Ruler has a specific and clearly defined role within that programme: it provides access to the regulatory content on which part of the participants’ work is based.

Participants work at different types of financial institution. A generic description of financial legislation can introduce the main concepts, but it cannot reproduce every law, rule and standard that may apply to each participant’s organisation.

In the online learning environment, the relevant legislation and regulations are therefore described only briefly. To work on assignments involving specific regulatory requirements, participants need a more detailed source that is relevant to their type of organisation. That is where Ruler comes in.

Participants receive access to a Ruler demo account with the profile that matches their organisation. Their main activity in Ruler is searching for and consulting information about the relevant laws, regulations and requirements.

Ruler is used in Module 2, Relevant laws and regulations, and Module 4, Identifying compliance risks. Participants consult Ruler to find the information they need for questions and assignments concerning regulatory requirements. The assignments themselves are completed in the context of the participants’ own professional practice.

Ruler has become an integral part of the course material because the legislation and regulations are described only very briefly in the learning environment. Participants need the information in Ruler to complete assignments relating to requirements arising from legislation and regulations. Without Ruler, they cannot do that.

Mark van de Weijer, The Ministry of Compliance – translated from Dutch

The Ministry of Compliance has used Ruler since the first QCO programme began in April 2021. Including the group starting at the end of September 2026, Ruler will have been used in eleven QCO groups.

Some participants already work for organisations that use Ruler. For others, the training is their first introduction to consulting a structured legal framework through the platform.

Its value within the QCO training lies in giving participants access to the detailed regulatory information required for specific assignments.

By combining concise course material with an organisation-relevant legal framework, The Ministry of Compliance enables participants to work with the laws and regulations that underpin their role, while completing the broader programme assignments in their own professional environment.

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