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The UNIFIED Assessments

The UNIFIED Assessments. By Pierre de Ruvo Chairman Steering Committee IAF-ILAC-IEC. «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 23 December 2013 Moscow World Trade Center. Memorandum of Understanding IEC-ILAC-IAF.

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The UNIFIED Assessments

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  1. The UNIFIED Assessments By Pierre de Ruvo Chairman Steering Committee IAF-ILAC-IEC «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 23 December 2013 Moscow World Trade Center

  2. Memorandum of Understanding IEC-ILAC-IAF «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  3. Terms of reference • to develop cooperation strategy • to establish working parties to deal with specific issues • to approve changes to agreed projects & supporting documentation • to monitor and review agreed projects • to provide assistance to the projects when required • to resolve project conflicts • to make decisions on formal acceptance of project deliverables «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  4. Terms of reference b) Facilitating coordinated application of standards and guidance documents for the purpose of assessment of product and management system certification bodies and testing laboratories operating in the IEC Conformity Assessment Systems, including development and sharing of common understanding of the technical issues and duly harmonizing the respective assessment procedures. Common application and guidance documents will be published and made available to all members of ILAC, IAF and the IEC Conformity Assessment Systems. «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  5. Terms of reference • Wherever possible and reasonable, and with the agreement of the concerned certification bodies and testing laboratories, conducting common unified assessments. • Developingjoint training and workshops for the best accomplishment of on-site unified assessments. • (e) Sharing a large pool of IEC C.A. System' technical assessorsfor the assessment of testing laboratories and certification bodies; • (f) Where practicable, conducting joint work on development of harmonised procedures and policies. «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  6. IEC-IAF-ILAC STEERING COMMITTEE «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  7. Joint Resolutions • 2nd meeting held in Frankfurt, Germany on 2012-05-01 • Appointment of the Chairman of the SteeringCommittee: Pierre de RUVO, ExecutiveSecretary and COO of the IECEE System • Appointment of the Secretary of the SteeringCommittee: Regina ROBERTSON, Chairman of the ILAC AIC «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  8. Chairmanship of the Steering Committee Pierre de RUVO 2009-2013 Pete UNGER 2014 -…... 8/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  9. SteeringCommitteeTask Forces TASK FORCE 1 Guidelines for conduct of UnifiedAssessments TASK FORCE 2 Design the structure and content of a commonwebsite TASK FORCE 3 Synchronization of Assessment Cycles TASK FORCE 4 PruductConsultancy and Independence TASK FORCE 5 Use of AccreditationSymbols on Test Reports «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  10. Joint Resolutions 3rd meeting held in Rio de Janeiro on 2012-10-20 Product Consultancy and Independence The Steering Committee agreed to transfer the assignment of TF4 to the IAF Working Group on Product Certification. The working group is requested to set clear principles of independence and impartiality in regard to ISO/IEC 17065:2012. TF4 is to continue to contribute to the work of the IAF Working Group. «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  11. Joint Resolutions 3rd meeting held in Rio de Janeiro on 2012-10-20  Harmonization of Assessment Cycles –TF3 The Steering Committee supported the recommendation to harmonize re-assessment cycle to 4-years and agreed to request the relevant Parties to start the approval process within their own structures. Task Force 3 is requested to continue with their assignments as directed (process scope extensions and optimisation of contact), and also the need to clarify surveillance issues associated with the 4-year cycle «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  12. Joint Resolutions 3rd meeting held in Rio de Janeiro on 2012-10-20 Scope of Accreditation The Steering Committee agreed that as part of the obligations of Accreditation Bodies, in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011:2004, the accreditation body shall make publicly available information about the current status of the accreditations that it has granted to CABs of which the scopes of accreditation as per sub-clause 8.2.1 (c). «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  13. Achievements • RevisedMemorandum of Understanding • Guidance for the conduct of UnifiedAssessments in the EletrotechnicalSector • UnifiedAssessments (IEC CA Systems-IAF-ILAC) • Common understanding of the requirements of ISO/IEC G 65 and ISO/IEC 17025 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  14. Achievements «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  15. Achievements • Completion of variousUnifiedAssessments • UnifiedAssessment Teams composed by: • Lead Assessorsappointed by the AB • TechnicalAssessorsprovided by IECEE System «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  16. IEC-IAF-ILAC SteeringCommittee Unified Reassessments model On-site Unified Assessments are developing further in countries and regions. ILAC and IAF ABs are encouraged to adhere to this model. «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  17. Unified Re-assessmentsmodel Unified Re-assessmentsmodel + Short list of pre-selectedTechnical Assessor(s) Technical Assessor Technical Assessor Lead Assessor Lead Assessor Data Base of a Common Pool of Registered Technical Assessors ON-SITE ASSESSMENT COMMON ASSESSMENT REPORT COMMON ASSESSMENT REPORT IEC C.A. SystemSecretariat ILAC and/or IAFMember AB CAB accredited and accepted by the IEC System ACCREDITATION BODY Selection and appointment of: + «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  18. Resolution 02/2013Scope of Accreditation The Steering Committee agreed that ABs should be reminded of the requirements of ISO/IEC 17011 clause 8.2.1 (c), and the need for scopes of accreditation to be both publicly available and offer adequate information for the end-user. 8.2 Obligations of the accreditation body 8.2.1c) scopes of accreditation, condensed and/or in full. If only condensed scopes are provided, information shall be given on how to obtain full scopes. 18/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  19. Scope of Accreditation 19/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  20. Scope of Accreditation 20/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  21. Transition Period for the Implementation of ISO/IEC 17065 Definition: the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  22. Resolution 03/2013Transition Period for the Implementation of ISO/IEC 17065 • the Chairman of the Steering Committee will send a letter to the IAF Technical Committee requestingconsideration of a collective common process and transition period that can be applied by all IAF ABs; related to implementation of ISO/IEC 17065:2013 • in the meantime, CBs are to be encouraged to make any concerns known to the ABs and seek to negotiate more suitable arrangements if necessary; • any inconsistencies in implementation identified by IEC CBs will be collected by the IEC C.A. system and provided to the IAF working group dealing with future guidance on transition for ISO/IEC 17065 (convened by Paul Moliski). «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  23. Transition Period for the Implementation of ISO/IEC 17065 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  24. Resolution 04/2013Common Understanding of ISO/IEC 17065 The Steering Committee agreed that the IEC C.A. Systems will begin to prepare a table listing “common understanding” of ISO/IEC 17065 in regard to the electrotechnical sector. This table will be provided to ISO/CASCO in the future as relevant and appropriate. 24/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  25. Common Understanding of ISO/IEC 17065 25/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  26. Resolution 05/2013Guidance for Unified Assessments • that the drafting group should discuss and agree on the next draft of the document; IECEE-ILAC-IAF Guidance for the conduct of Unified Assessments in the Electrotechnical Sector; • that the Steering Committee should be provided with the next version and the completed comments table; • that the progress on the document should be reported at the next Joint General Assembly in Seoul, Korea on 24 October 2013. 26/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  27. Resolution 06/2013Harmonization of Re-assessment cycles 27/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  28. Resolution 06/2013Harmonization of Re-assessment cycles Task Force 3 has been tasked to consider the practical issues around currently different surveillance/reassessment cycles between the IEC C.A. Systems and ILAC and IAF ABs and provide suggestions for harmonisation within the IEC sector. The requirements of ISO/IEC 17011 also need to be considered. 28/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  29. Resolution 07/2013Consultancy & Independence Definition: A professional practice that gives expert advice within a particular field 29/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  30. Resolution 07/2013Consultancy & Independence The Steering Committee encourages Task Force 4 to provide a recommendation to the Steering Committee by the end of 2013. 30/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  31. Resolution 08/2013ACCREDITATION BODIES’s Symbols 31/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  32. Resolution 08/2013Use of AccreditationSymbols on Test Reports The Steering Committee agreed that Task Force 5 be disbanded. 32/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  33. Resolution 09/2013Meaning of ISO/IEC 17067 • ISO/IEC 17067:2013 should be used as guidance (unless specified as requirements by individual product certification scheme owners); • ISO/IEC 17067:2013 is not to be used for accreditation purposes; and that, • IEC systems and schemes are considered to be compliant with ISO/IEC 17067:2013. 33/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  34. Resolution 10/2013Chairmanship of the Steering Committee The Steering Committee agreed that the role of Chair of the Steering Committee should pass from Mr Pierre de Ruvo, IECEE Executive Secretary & Chief Operating Officer, to the Chair of ILAC, Mr Peter Unger, for the period 1 January 2014 - 31 December 2014. 34/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  35. Resolution 11/2013Confidentiality Agreement The Steering Committeeagreed that the Chair would investigate and deal with the matter further as appropriate. He would also advise the Steering Committee if his findings indicated any action might be required from ILAC and IAF. 35/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  36. IECEE TRAINING COURSE FOR LEAD & TECHNICAL ASSESSORS «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  37. 2014 Meeting The next IEC-ILAC-IAF Steering Committee meeting will be held on November 10th 2014 in Tokyo, Japan, in association with the IEC General Meeting. The Chairs of ILAC and IAF will also be invited to attend the IEC CAB meeting on 11 November 2014. 37/38 «Harmonization of the national accreditation system of Eurasian countries» 2013-12-23, Moscow

  38. Together we take Conformity Assessment Further Thank you спасибо

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