Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation, A.C.
Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation, A.C.
Since 2022, the cooperation began working on a project related to Accreditation for Digital Transformation within IAAC. As a first step, a webinar was held on July 28, 2022, to raise awareness and identify the interest of IAAC members. Based on these results, during the 30th IAAC General Assembly held in Guatemala in 2022, a proposal was presented to develop and advance the “Accreditation for Digital Transformation” (A4DT) initiative.
The project proposal was presented at the MLA Committee meeting and was approved as the “Accreditation for Digital Transformation – A4DT” project by the IAAC General Assembly through resolution GA/2022/26. The project began with the support of PTB through its initiative “Promotion of the Circular Economy through Quality Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
In order to identify interested participants, define relevant topics, and organize the working group, an open invitation was extended to the first virtual meeting of the IAAC “Accreditation for Digital Transformation” project, which took place on September 30, 2022.
The objectives of this first meeting were:
Following this, various activities have been carried out over the subsequent years, strengthening knowledge and initiatives related to Digital Transformation. In 2024, the IAAC General Assembly was informed that the PTB project, which had been supporting the development of these activities, had come to an end. As a result, through resolution MLAC/2024/48, the MLA Committee formally established the A4DT working group to ensure it would be adopted as a permanent activity within the cooperation. Today, IAAC continues to work on various initiatives to strengthen Digital Transformation for accreditation in the region.
To organize and advance the A4DT topics, the creation of the following working groups was proposed:
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