FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT ISO / IEC 17011

The IAF / ILAC A-Series Working Group has published a list of Frequently Asked Questions and answers on the implementation of specific clauses of ISO / IEC 17011. The Spanish translation was carried out by the IAAC Secretariat.

The FAQs are for the use of IAF and ILAC, regional cooperations, accreditation bodies, and peer evaluators. They are offered as a tool to help the understanding and application of ISO / IEC 17011, to achieve the equivalence in the results of peer evaluations based on ISO / IEC 17011. It is important to note that the answers represent the point of view of the members of the Series-A Working Group and are offered as a guide based on the experience of the members.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ISO / IEC 17011 - (ENGLISH)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ISO / IEC 17011 - (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

The list of questions is not exhaustive, if your accreditation body would like to ask a specific question, you can send them to the IAAC Secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and we will send them to the Working Group for its consideration. Each question has a publication date that could be updated accordingly, new questions will also be added to the IAF and ILAC websites and translated into Spanish by the IAAC Secretariat.

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On June 9, 2023,  World Accreditation Day (#WAD2023) took place, a global initiative established by IAF and ILAC to promote the value of accreditation. This year's theme was Accreditation: Supporting the Future of world trade. The theme focused on how accreditation supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, and 17.

IAAC organized a virtual event to celebrate World Accreditation Day #WAD 2023 with the participation of prominent international speakers and Accreditation Bodies from the region. IAAC's WAD 2023 event was attended by 313 people and was held one day before the actual WAD date, leading to increased turnout without competing with other WAD celebrations held throughout the region. The IAAC WAD event was broadcast live on YouTube and is now available on the website www.iaac.org.mx and the YouTube channel, watch the video here.

Case studies and research on the recognition of the IAF MLA and ILAC MRA by governments and regulators are available on the Public Sector Assurance website. This website is a collaborative initiative of INetQI members and is continually updated with case studies collected in support of the WAD 2023 theme: Accreditation: Supporting the future of global trade.

The Business Benefits website, also another successful collaboration of INetQI partners, is a reference website designed to demonstrate the monetary value of standards, conformity assessment, and accreditation for businesses.

But that's not all, there were also other celebrations on the occasion of #WAD2023, you can visit the reports and videos of each country's celebrations in the following table.

 

	IAAC	–	Watch the event recording
	ILAC & IAF	–	Watch the event recording
	CGCRE	BRAZIL	Watch the event recording
	SCC	Canada	Read the event report
	ONAC	Colombia	Watch the event recording
	ECA	Costa Rica	Read the event report
	SAE	Ecuador	Watch the event recording
	OGA	Guatemala	Read the event report
	EMA	Mexico	Read the event report
	CNA	Panama	Watch the event recording
	ODAC	Republica Dominicana	Visit event report
	AIHA-LAP	United States of America	Visit the event report
	ANAB	United States of America	Visit the event report

 

 

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Happy World Accreditation Day!