Wednesday, 26 February 2014

information of IAF - International Accreditation Forum

As salam & Dear All ,
I had an inquiries on what is IAF ? … ok then , attached some information on IAF … enjoy reading

Who is International Accreditation Forum (IAF)?

The International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF) is the world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation Bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programmes of conformity assessment. Its primary function is to develop a single worldwide program of conformity assessment, which reduces risk for business and its customers by assuring them that accredited certificates may be relied upon.

What is the Role of IAF

The primary purpose of IAF is two-fold. Firstly, to ensure that its accreditation body members only accredit bodies that are competent to do the work they undertake and are not subject to conflicts of interest. The second purpose of the IAF is to establish mutual recognition arrangements, known as Multilateral Recognition Arrangements (MLA), between its accreditation body members which reduces risk to business and its customers by ensuring that an accredited certificate may be relied upon anywhere in the world. The MLA contributes to the freedom of world trade by eliminating technical barriers to trade. IAF works to find the most effective way of achieving a single system that will allow companies with an accredited conformity assessment certificate in one part of the world, to have that certificate recognised else where in the world. The objective of the MLA is that it will cover all accreditation bodies in all countries in the world, thus eliminating the need for suppliers of products or services to be certified in each country where they sell their products or services. Certified once - accepted everywhere.

Accreditation Body Members

A2LA: American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
ACCREDIA: Italian Accreditation System
ANAB: American National Standards Institute - American Society for Quality National Accreditation Board LLC
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
BoA: Bureau of Accreditation (Vietnam)
BELAC: Belgian Accreditation Structure
BMWFJ: Federal Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth (Austria)
CAI: Czech Accreditation Institute, (Ceský Institut pro Akreditaci, o.p.s.)
CNAS: China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment
COFRAC: Comite Francais d'Accreditation (France)
DA: Directorate of Accreditation (Albania)
DAC: Dubai Accreditation Center (United Arab Emirates)
DANAK: Danish Accreditation
DGA: German Association for Accreditation
ECA: Costa Rican Accreditation Entity
EMA: Mexican Accreditation Entity, (Entidad Mexicana de Acreditacion)
ENAC: Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (Spain)
EGAC: Egyptian Accreditation Council
ESYD: Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (Greece)
FINAS: Finnish Accreditation Service
HKAS: Hong Kong Accreditation Service
IAS: Iran Accreditation System
INAB: Irish National Accreditation Board
INDECOPI: National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Peru)
INMETRO: National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Brazil)
INN: Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion (Chile)
IPAC: Portuguese Institute for Accreditation
JAB: Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment
JAS-ANZ: Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand
JASC: Japan Accreditation System for Product Certification Bodies of JIS Mark
JIPDEC: Japan Information Processing Development Corporation - Information Management Systems Promotion Center (JIPDEC IMSPC)
KAB: Korea Accreditation Board
KAN: Accreditiation Body of Indonesia (Komite Akreditasi Nasional)
KAS: Korea Accreditation System
MAURITAS: Mauritias Accreditation Service
NA: Norwegian Accreditation
NAA: National Accreditation Association of DPR of Korea
NABCB: National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (India)
NAC: National Accreditation Council of Thailand, The Office of
OAA: Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion (Argentina)
OLAS: Luxembourg Office of Accreditation
PAO: Philippine Accreditation Office
PCA: Polish Centre for Accreditation
PNAC: Pakistan National Accreditation Council
RENAR: Romanian Accreditation Association (Asociatia de Acreditare din Romania)
RvA: Dutch Accreditation Council (Raad Voor Accreditatie)
SA: Slovenska Akreditacija (Slovenia)
SAC: Singapore Accreditation Council
SANAS: South African National Accreditation System
SAS: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Swiss Accreditation Service
SCC: Standards Council of Canada
SNAS: Slovak National Accreditation Service (Slovakia)
Standards Malaysia: Department of Standards Malaysia
SWEDAC: Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment
TAF: Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (Chinese Taipei)
TUNAC: Tunisian Accreditation Council (Conseil National d'Accréditation, CNA)
TURKAK: Turkish Accreditation Agency
UKAS: United Kingdom Accreditation Service

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Monday, 26 August 2013

GOOD NEWS - OHSAS 18001 TO BECOME ISO ....

ISO gives thumbs up to occupational health and safety work

by Elisabeth Gasiorowski on 9 August 2013

ISO has just approved the creation of a new project committee to develop an International Standard for occupational health and safety (OH&S).

The much-awaited standard will provide governmental agencies, industry, and other affected stakeholders with effective, usable guidance for improving worker safety in countries around the world. The work will be overseen by ISO Project Committee (PC) 283, Occupational health and safety management systems - Requirements.

According to ILO statistics, 6 300 people die every day as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases - more than 2.3 million deaths per year. 317 million accidents occur on the job annually; many of these resulting in extended absences from work. Many such accidents can be prevented, and the future ISO standard will provide, for the first time, an international framework for OH&S best practice and, in so doing, reduce work-related accidents, injuries and diseases worldwide.

The secretariat of ISO/PC 283 has been assigned to BSI, the British Standards Institution, and its first meeting is expected to be held on 21-25 October 2013 in London, United Kingdom. The ISO project committee will be tasked with transforming OHSAS 18001 (the OH&S management system requirements) into an ISO standard.

Secretary of ISO/PC 283 Charles Corrie comments: "The economic burden of poor occupational safety and health practices is estimated at 4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product each year, according to ILO. Employers face costly early retirements, loss of skilled staff, absenteeism, and high insurance premiums due to work-related accidents and diseases. The future ISO standard has the potential to improve occupational health and safety management on a global level."

The ISO project committee will bring together experts and interested stakeholders in OH&S management. The committee's job will be to develop a standard following the generic management system approaches pioneered by the likes of ISO 9001:2008 for quality management or ISO 14001:2004 for environmental management and since applied to other objectives.

"Creating a safe work environment is critical to the success of any business, and is one of the best ways to attract/retain staff and maximize productivity. Though it's still in its infancy, the future ISO standard will provide businesses around the world with a strong foundation to achieve long-term success," further notes Charles Corrie.GOOD NEWS ...OHSAS 18001 WILL BECOME ISO STANDARDS ...