ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment (ISO/CASCO) IAF TC meeting March/April 2016 Sean Mac Curtain Director Conformity Assesment and Consumer Affaires. IAF-TC-7.6-16

Structure is based on a continual improvement and feedback cycle. ISO Committee on conformity assessment (ISO/CASCO) 131 ISO members are represented in ISO/CASCO (92 participating members and 39 observers). 22 international organizations are liaison members of ISO/CASCO: BIPM, CEOC, CAC, EFAC, EOQ, Eurolab, IAF, IFAN, IFIA, IIOC, ILAC, INLAC, IPC, IQNet, ITU-T, OIE, OIML, UILI, UNFCCC and IEC. ISO/CASCO performs both policy and technical work. It is the only ISO committee developing standards that is based in Geneva and is directly managed by ISO. Structure is based on a continual improvement and feedback cycle. For information the full names of the various organizations with A liaison status are : International Bureau of Weights and Measures Codex Alimentarius Commission International Confederation of Control, Inspection and Prevention Organisation European Federation of Associations of Certification bodies European Organization for Quality European Federation of National Associations of Measurement. Testing and Analytical laboratories International Accreditation Forum International Federation of Standards Users International Federation of Inspection Agencies Independent International Organisation for Certification International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Latinoamerican Institute for Quality Assurance International Personnel Certification Association International Certification Network International Telecommunications Union: Standardization Sector International Organization of Legal Metrology International Union of Independent Laboratories United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

CASCO structure

The set of the CASCO standards is called the CASCO Toolbox The set of the CASCO standards is called the CASCO Toolbox. There are 33 published standards, some major once are represented in this picture.

CASCO ongoing technical work (1) CASCO technical projects include the development of the following documents: June 2015 saw the publication of ISO/IEC 17021-1 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 1: Requirements; ISO/IEC 17011 Conformity assessment — General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (Revision, CD2); ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories (Revision, CD2); ISO 17034 Conformity assessment - General requirements for the competence of reference material producers (Transformation of the Guide 34:2009 into an international standard, ISO 17034, DIS)

CASCO ongoing technical work (2) ISO/IEC TS 17021-2 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems (Revision at DIS stage); ISO/IEC TS 17021-3 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 3: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of quality management systems (Revision, first meeting in April); ISO/IEC TS 17021-9 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 9: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of anti-bribery management systems (Development of a new TS, first meeting in April);

CASCO ongoing technical work (3) ISO/IEC 17021, Part 10 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 10: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of occupational health and safety management systems (NWIP balloted). ISO/TR 17028, Conformity assessment - Example of a certification scheme for services (WD); Research and recommendation paper on the use of the terms "validation and verification" in the conformity assessment context (The WG46 carries out this research and will deliver its recommendation on the need to develop a generic CASCO document to cover those activities at the CPC meeting in May 2016).

Other CASCO initiatives Development of educational materials on Suppliers Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) on the development of certification schemes for persons on the difference between competence-based standards (CASCO) and management system standards Events 3-5 May 2016 CASCO Plenary in Dubai 2016 Stakeholder Forum on conformity assessment Management of the annual ISO Survey of MSS Certifications 2014 results published in September Titre

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