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.

• Nov 12, 2019 - Nov 13, 2019

  IIOC Board

  Representative:

  Comments:

• Nov 13, 2019

  IIOC Australia College

  Representative:

  –

  Comments:

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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

• Feb 4, 2020 - Feb 6, 2020

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

  Representative:

  Remco Pieters (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

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

• Mar 3, 2020 - Mar 4, 2020

  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. The terms of reference of the EA HHC can be viewed here.

• Mar 11, 2020 - Mar 12, 2020

  EA (European Accreditation) Certification Committee

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL)

  Comments:

  EA Certification Committee hosted by Bulgarian national accreditation body, EA-BAS. Terms of Reference for the EA Certification Committee can be viewed here.

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• Mar 11, 2020 - Mar 12, 2020

  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 Italian national accreditation body ACCREDIA. EA CPC terms of reference can be viewed here.

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• Mar 19, 2020 - Mar 21, 2020

  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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• Mar 27, 2020 - Mar 28, 2020

  IIOC Technical Committee

  Representative:

  All IIOC members represented

  Comments:

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• Mar 30, 2020 - Apr 6, 2020

  IAF / ILAC Joint Mid-Term 2020 Meetings

  Representative:

  Various

  Comments:

  IAF/ILAC Mid-Term Meetings 2020 in Beijing

• Mar 30, 2020

  IAF /ILAC Rethinking Peer Evaluations

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

• Mar 30, 2020

  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 Mid-term meetings 2020

• Mar 30, 2020

  IAF Person Certification Working Group

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

• Mar 30, 2020

  IAF Fraudulent Behaviour Task Force

  Representative:

  Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF/ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

• Mar 30, 2020

  IAF Conformity Assessment Schemes (CAS) Task Force

  Representative:

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

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF/ILAC Mid-term meeting 2020

• Mar 31, 2020

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

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

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• Mar 31, 2020

  IAF Greenhouse Gases & Energy (ISO 14065) Working Group

  Representative:

  Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meeting 2020

• Mar 31, 2020

  IAF Medical Devices Working Group

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

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• Mar 31, 2020

  IAF Product Certification (ISO/IEC 17065) Working Group

  Representative:

  Guillaume Gignac (Intertek)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

• Mar 31, 2020

  IAF Transition Task Force

  Representative:

  Leo Omodeo-Zorini (DNV GL)

  Comments:

  Task Force at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meeting 2020

• Mar 31, 2020

  IAF Food Working Group

  Representative:

  Susanne Lange (TÜV SÜD)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

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• Mar 31, 2020

  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 Mid-term meetings 2020

• Mar 31, 2020

  IAF Auditing Practices Group (EMS) Working Group

  Representative:

  Steve Williams (Lloyd’s Register)

  Comments:

  Working Group at IAF/ILAC Mid-term 2020

• Apr 1, 2020 - Apr 2, 2020

  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 Mid-term meetings 2020

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• Apr 2, 2020

  IAF Users Advisory Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Mid-term meetings 2020

• Apr 4, 2020 - Apr 6, 2020

  IAF Executive Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Mid-Term Meetings 2020

• Apr 5, 2020

  IAF /ILAC Joint Executive Committee

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Committee at IAF-ILAC Mid-Term Meetings 2020

• Apr 27, 2020

  EA (European Accreditation) Conformity Assessment Bodies College

  Representative:

  Manuela Held (DEKRA)

  Comments:

  College meeting feeding into EA Advisory Board meeting (28 April 2020). Terms of reference of the EAAB can be seen here.

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• 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

• May 18, 2020 - May 21, 2020

  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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• May 18, 2020

  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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• Jun 16, 2020 - Jun 17, 2020

  EA (European Accreditation) Certification Committee Food Working Group

  Representative:

  Todd Redwood (BSI)

  Comments:

  EA Certification Committee Food Working Group

• Oct 27, 2020 - Nov 5, 2020

  IAF / ILAC 2020 Joint Annual Meetings

  Representative:

  Various

  Comments:

  IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings

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• Oct 28, 2020 - Oct 29, 2020

  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.

• Nov 3, 2020 - Nov 5, 2020

  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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• Nov 4, 2020

  IAF / ILAC Joint 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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• Nov 5, 2020

  IAF Board

  Representative:

  Marcus Long (IIOC)

  Comments:

  Board at IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings