News & Events

External Representation

A number of key international bodies develop policy and rules relating to accredited certification. IIOC vigilantly monitors these activities and provides input, contributions and leadership to ensure developments benefit the certification industry and most importantly, its customers and clients.

• Jul 4, 2019

  IIOC Australia College

  Representative:

  –

  Comments:

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• Jul 10, 2019 - Jul 11, 2019

  IIOC Board

  Representative:

  Comments:

• Sep 3, 2019 - Sep 4, 2019

  EA (European Accreditation) Certification Committee

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL)

  Comments:

  EA Certification Committee hosted by German national accreditation body, DAkkS. Terms of Reference for the EA Certification Committee can be viewed here.

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• Sep 17, 2019 - Sep 18, 2019

  EA Horizontal Harmonization Committee

  Representative:

  Christian Schramm (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  EA’s Horizontal Harmonisation Committee (HHC) deals with horizontal technical issues regarding the application of general accreditation requirements on different types of conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011 etc), the assessment of notified bodies and the process for sector schemes. The Committee monitors the network sharing of knowledge for EU directives.

• Sep 18, 2019 - Sep 19, 2019

  EA (European Accreditation) Communications & Publications Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  EA’s Communication and Publications Committee (CPC) is involved in the development of any matter related to internal and external communications activities, including the publication of EA documents and the monitoring of EA IT facilities, according to the Communication Plan deriving from the EA strategy. Meeting hosted by Bulgarian national accreditation body EA-BAS.

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• Sep 19, 2019 - Sep 20, 2019

  ISO/CASCO JWG 36 ISO 22003 (Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems)

  Representative:

  Bill Muill (Intertek)

  Comments:

  Joint Working Group between ISO/TC 34/SC17 (Committee responsible for ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System standard) and ISO CASCO.

• Oct 6, 2019 - Oct 11, 2019

  ISO TC 283 Health & Safety management system standard

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini, (DNV GL).

  Comments:

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• Oct 14, 2019 - Oct 18, 2019

  IAQG (International Aerospace Quality Group) Other Party Management Team

  Representative:

  Paul Dionne (ABS QE)

  Comments:

  IAQG OPMT. The goal of the OPMT is to improve the quality level and assure QMS implementation throughout the aerospace supply chain.

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• Oct 14, 2019

  IIOC Aerospace College

  Representative:

  –

  Comments:

  Meeting of the IIOC Aerospace College, bringing together IIOC members’ specialists in the field of aerospace management system certification.

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• Oct 17, 2019 - Oct 18, 2019

  IIOC Technical Committee

  Representative:

  All IIOC members represented

  Comments:

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• Oct 19, 2019 - Oct 30, 2019

  IAF / ILAC 2019 Joint IAF/ILAC Joint Annual Meetings

  Representative:

  Various

  Comments:

  IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings, Frankfurt

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• Oct 21, 2019

  IAF Management System Certification Working Group

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL); Guillaume Gignac (Intertek); Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 21, 2019

  IAF Person Certification Working Group

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 21, 2019

  IAF Competence of AB (Accreditation Body) Assessors and Experts Task Force

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

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• Oct 21, 2019

  IAF /ILAC Rethinking Peer Evaluations

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 21, 2019

  IAF Audit Days Task Force

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorni (DNV GL)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 21, 2019

  IAF Auditing Practices Group (EMS) Working Group

  Representative:

  Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF/ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 21, 2019

  IAF Transition Task Force

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Joint Meetings 2019

• Oct 22, 2019

  IAF Food (ISO 22000) Working Group

  Representative:

  Susanne Lange (TÜV SÜD)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

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• Oct 22, 2019

  IAF Greenhouse Gases & Energy (ISO 14065) Working Group

  Representative:

  Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 22, 2019

  IAF Medical Devices Working Group

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

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• Oct 22, 2019

  IAF Product Certification (ISO/IEC 17065) Working Group

  Representative:

  Guillaume Gignac (Intertek)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 22, 2019

  IAF Conformity Assessment Schemes (CAS) Task Force

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL); Guillaume Gignac (Intertek)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF/ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 22, 2019

  IAF Fraudulent Behaviour Task Force

  Representative:

  Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF/ILAC Joint Annual meetings 2019

• Oct 22, 2019

  IAF CABAC (Conformity Assessment Body Advisory Committee)

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA); Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL); Guillaume Gignac (Intertek); Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register); Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 23, 2019 - Oct 24, 2019

  IAF Technical Committee

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA); Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL); Guillaume Gignac (Intertek); Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register); Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

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• Oct 24, 2019 - Oct 24, 2019

  IAF Communications & Marketing Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee responsible for output of IAF Promotional Documents and other communication material. Meeting also includes ILAC Marketing & Communications Committee and Joint IAF CMC/ILAC MCC.

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• Oct 24, 2019

  IAF Users Advisory Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 26, 2019 - Oct 27, 2019

  IAF Executive Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 26, 2019

  IAF /ILAC Joint Executive Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 27, 2019

  IAF Database Management Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings 2019

• Oct 28, 2019 - Oct 30, 2019

  IAF General Assembly

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL); Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  General Assembly at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings

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• Oct 29, 2019

  IAF / ILAC Joint IAF-ILAC General Assembly

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL); Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Joint General Assembly at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings

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• Oct 30, 2019 - Oct 31, 2019

  FSSC 22000 Harmonization Day

  Representative:

  Comments:

  FSSC 22000 Harmonization Event in Amsterdam brings together all certification bodies who provide certification to FSSC 22000 for briefings, updates, presentations and debate.

• Oct 30, 2019

  IAF Board

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Board at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings

• Nov 6, 2019

  EA (European Accreditation) Conformity Assessment Bodies College

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  College meeting feeding into EA Advisory Board meeting (7 Nov 2019).

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• Nov 20, 2019 - Nov 21, 2019

  EA (European Accreditation) General Assembly

  Representative:

  Philippe Jeanmart (Bureau Veritas) and Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Meeting hosted by Hungarian national accreditation body NAH.

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• Dec 3, 2019

  IAF /ILAC/ISO Joint Strategic Group

  Representative:

  Marcus Long

  Comments:

  Marcus Long part of IAF delegation as the IAF Director representing the CB association members of IAF.

• Dec 4, 2019

  ISO/CASCO STAR, Strategic Alliance and Regulatory Group

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Key ISO/CASCO advisory group on conformity assessment

• Dec 5, 2019

  ISO/CASCO Chairman’s Policy and Coordination Group

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL)

  Comments:

  Key ISO/CASCO advisory group on conformity assessment

• Mar 30, 2020 - Apr 6, 2020

  IAF / ILAC Joint Mid-Term 2020 Meetings

  Representative:

  Various

  Comments:

  IAF/ILAC Mid-Term Meetings 2020 in Beijing

• May 2, 2020 - May 7, 2020

  ISO/CASCO Plenary meetings

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC) and Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL and IIOC Technical Committee Chair)

  Comments:

• May 5, 2020 - May 6, 2020

  ISO/CASCO Plenary

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL) and Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Annual ISO/CASCO Plenary as part of ISO/CASCO meetings hosted in Berlin by German national standards body DIN.

• May 7, 2020

  ISO/CASCO Workshop

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL) and Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Workshop at ISO/CASCO meetings