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Topic
Workshop for new IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
April 10-20, 2023
Spanish

Instructors
Paola Marsico, MLAC Chair

Liliane Somma, OUA

Sergio Hurtado, OGA

Sponsor

Reports
Presentations available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop for IAAC peer evaluators on ISO/IEC 17029

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
February 7, 2023
English-Spanish

Instructors
Daniele Pernigotti of AEQUILIBRA, Italy

Sponsor

Reports
Presentations available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Webinar on FDA Accredited Third-Party Certification Program (TPP)

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
December 09, 2022
English-Spanish

Instructors
Doriliz De Leon, FDA, USA
Lori Gillespie, ANAB, USA
Dimitrios Katsieris, IAS, USA
Simone Mills and Gabrielle Andrade-Bell, JANAAC, Jamaica
Martha Mejía, EMA, Mexico

Sponsor

Topic
Second workshop for IAAC peer evaluators on MD002 and Analysis of Case Studies

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
December 06, 2022
Spanish-English

Instructors
Paola Marsico, MLAC Chair
Ferney Chaparro, Technical Secretary

Sponsor

Reports
Presentations available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop for IAAC peer evaluators on the interpretation of the IAF MD 025 document and cases related to the suitability of a conformity assessment scheme.

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
October 25, 2022.
Spanish-English

Instructors
Paola Marsico, MLAC Chair
Ferney Chaparro, Technical Secretary

Sponsor

Reports
Presentations available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
IAAC Workshop on the ISO/IEC 17029:2019 standard “Conformity assessment. General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies”

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
September 21-23, 2022.
Spanish-English

Instructors
Daniele Pernigotti of AEQUILIBRIA S.R.L.

Sponsor

Reports
Attendance list available in the Members Only Section of the CBSC

Topic
Workshop for IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
August 2, 2022.
Spanish-English

Instructors
Paola Marsico, MLAC Vice-Chair
Ferney Chaparro, Technical Secretary

Sponsor

Reports
Video and presentations available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Webinar on Digital Transformation for Accreditation

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual
July 28, 2022.
Spanish-English

Instructors
Various international speakers

Sponsor

Reports
Video available in the IAAC You Tube channel

Topic
Workshop for IAAC peer evaluators on the ISO/IEC 17024 standard, IAAC and IAF requirements.

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
January 26, 2022.
Spanish

Instructors
Ilse Delgado of ECA, Costa Rica

Sponsor

Reports
Video and presentations available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop for IAAC accreditation bodies to share the experience achieved in the management of “Flexible Scopes”.

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
December 14, 2021.
Spanish

Instructors
Yrene Caballero of ONA, Paraguay and IAAC members

Sponsor

Reports
Video and presentations available in the Members Only Section of the LSC

Topic
Workshop on the ISO/IEC 17029: 2019 standard “Conformity assessment. General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies”

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
February 22 and 24, 2021.
Spanish-English

Instructors
Stefanie Vehring

Sponsor

Reports
Video and presentations available in the Members Only Section of the CBSC

Topic
Dissemination of ILAC P10 “Policy for the metrological traceability of measurement results”.

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
January 26, 2021.
Spanish-English

Instructors
Giulia Suriani

Sponsor

Reports
Video and presentations available in the Members Only Section of the LSC

Topic
Workshop on Risk Management According to ISO/IEC 17025:2017

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
November 10 & 12, 2020.
Spanish-English

Instructors
Pedro M. Sismondi

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on Determination of Calibration Intervals

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
November 2nd & 4th, 2020.
English

Instructors
Claudia Santo

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on Determination of Calibration Intervals

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual meeting
October 27 & 29, 2020.
Spanish

Instructors
Claudia Santo

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for new peer evaluators on the ISO/IEC 17011:2017 standard and the IAAC MD 002 procedure for peer evaluations.

Place, Date and Languages
Washington DC, USA
October 7 to 9, 2019.

Instructors
Barbara Belzer of NVLAP, USA
Robert Knake of A2LA, USA

Sponsor
Reports

Topic
Workshop for new peer evaluators on the ISO/IEC 17011:2017 standard and the IAAC MD 002 procedure for peer evaluations.

Place, Date and Languages
Mexico City, Mexico
August 12 and 13, 2019.

Instructors
Eduardo Ceballos of INN, Chile
Sergio Hurtado of ema, Mexico

Sponsor
Reports

Topic
Workshop for experienced peer evaluators focused on key topics of ISO/IEC 17011:2017, aimed at harmonizing its interpretation and application during IAAC peer evaluations.

Place, Date and Languages
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 16 and 17, 2019

Instructors
Veronica Garcia, Independent consultant
Ferney Chaparro of ONAC, Colombia
Barbara Belzer of NVLAP, USA
Cristina Draghici of SCC, Canada

Sponsor

Topic
IAAC experienced peer evaluator workshop using the newly revised ISO/IEC 17011:2017.

Place, Date and Languages
Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 10-11, 2018,
English-Spanish

Instructors
Argentina
March 10-11, 2018,
English-Spanish
Andrea Melo of Cgcre, Brazil.
Barbara Belzer of NVLAP, USA
Carlos Archila of OGA, Guatemala

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17025:2017

Place, Date and Languages
Guatemala City, Guatemala,
February 26-28, 2018,

Instructors
Warren Merkel, NIST, USA & Imilce Zuta Chong, PTB

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for new peer evaluators. ISO/IEC 17011:2004

Place, Date and Languages
Ecuador, Quito,
December 12-14, 2017
English-Spanish

Instructors
Victor Angeles ema, Mexico and Ignacio Guerreiro (independent consultant)

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop Implementing ISO/ IEC 17034: Challenges for Quality Infrastructure Organizations in Latin America & the Caribbean

Place, Date and Languages
El Salvador, San Salvador,
December 4-6, 2017,
English & Spanish

Instructors
Robert Knake, A2LA, USA & Kelly Black , A2LA, USA

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17011:2017 focused on changes in the newly revised standard, with a target audience of representatives of Accreditation Bodies.

Place, Date and Languages
Bogota, Colombia
August 20, 2017
English and Spanish

Instructors
Barbara Belzer (NVLAP, USA) & Randy Dougherty (ANAB, USA)

Sponsor

Reports
Topic

Place, Date and Languages
Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 9-11, 2017
English and Spanish

Instructors
Mauricio Péricles (CGCRE, Brazil) & Ricardo Rey (OAA, Argentina)

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on “Implementing ISO IEC 17043:2010 and ISO 13528:2015 Challenges for Quality Infrastructure Organizations in Latin America & the Caribbean”

Place, Date and Languages Panama City, Panama March 20-22, 2017 English and Spanish

Instructors
Dan Tholen

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for new peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Santiago, Chile
July 27-29, 2016
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for peer evaluators with a scope on Inspection Bodies

Place, Date and Languages
Virtual Workshop
November 16-20, 2015
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report is available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17067, applied to energy efficiency.

Place, Date and Languages
San Jose, Costa Rica
September 12-23, 2015
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
2nd Workshop on Traceability Measurement Results

Place, Date and Languages
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
September 3 & 4, 2015
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for new IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Ottawa, Canada
July 14-16, 2015
English

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for new IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Bogota, Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on exchange of Experiences about the Interpretation of the ISO 15189:2012

Place, Date and Languages
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
May 12-15, 2015
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on Labeling Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Label Designs, their Technical Fundaments and Surveillance.

Place, Date and Languages
Quito, Ecuador
April 21-23, 2015
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on accreditation of Proficiency Testing Providers based on ISO/IEC 17043

Place, Date and Languages
Asuncion, Paraguay
March 22-24, 2015
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on Energy Management based on ISO 50001, applied to energy efficiency.

Place, Date and Languages
Santiago, Chile
March 10-11, 2015
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Closing workshop regarding the Inter-laboratory comparison on energy efficiency in refrigerators.

Place, Date and Languages
Mexico City, Mexico
February 26 & 27, 2015
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on Traceability Measurement Results

Place, Date and Languages
Guatemala City, Guatemala
August 30, 2014
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports

Topic
Workshop for experienced IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Guatemala City, Guatemala
August 23-24, 2014
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report is available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17065, applied to energy efficiency.

Place, Date and Languages
Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 2014
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for experienced IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Buenos Port of Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
August 2013
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report is available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop for new IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Ottawa, Canada
May 2013
English

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports Report is available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop for new IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Quito, Ecuador
November 27-29, 2012
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report is available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17020:2012

Place, Date and Languages
San Salvador, El Salvador
October 29-30, 2012
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Workshop Report

Topic
2nd Workshop for the Inter-Laboratory Comparisons Working Group

Place, Date and Languages
Santiago, Chile
March 12-13, 2012
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
2nd Workshop on Best Accreditation Practices

Place, Date and Languages
Santiago, Chile
March 8 -9, 2012
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Seminar “Accreditation tool for regulatory bodies and the implementation of its policies”

Place, Date and Languages
Quito, Ecuador
August 25, 2011
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on Best Accreditation Practices

Place, Date and Languages
Quito, Ecuador
August 19-20, 2011
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for the Inter-Laboratory Comparisons Working Group

Place, Date and Languages
Bogota, Colombia
August 16-18, 2011
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17021 Part 2

Place, Date and Languages
Mexico City, Mexico
June 14-15, 2011
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for the Clinical Laboratories Working Group

Place, Date and Languages
Santiago, Chile
April 2011
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports

Topic
Workshop for new IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Lima, Peru
April 13-15, 2011
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop for experienced IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Washington, D.C.
February 22, 2011
English

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Seminar “Accreditation body relationship with the regulator and the market”

Place, Date and Languages
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 26, 2010
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for experienced peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 20, 2010
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop on Best Accreditation Practices

Place, Date and Languages
Asuncion, Paraguay
June 14-16, 2010
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
5th Part – Proficiency Testing Workshop “Analysis of PT results in order to make decisions”

Place, Date and Languages
Quito, Ecuador
March 3-5, 2010
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17024

Place, Date and Languages
Guatemala City, Guatemala
March 9-10, 2010
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on clinical/medical laboratories accreditation based on ISO 15189

Place, Date and Languages
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
November 11-13, 2009
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on Food Certification

Place, Date and Languages
Buenos Aires, Argentina
September 28-30, 2009
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for experienced peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
San Jose, Costa Rica
September 5, 2009
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Seminar “Market surveillance through accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies”

Place, Date and Languages
San Jose, Costa Rica
September 3, 2009
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17020

Place, Date and Languages
Panama City, Panama
April 1-3, 2009
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Workshop Repo

Topic
Workshop for new peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Maryland, USA
March 16-18, 2009
English

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop on the development of a Business Plan

Place, Date and Languages
Buenos Aires, Argentina
February 15-17, 2009
Spanish and English

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
4th Part – Proficiency Testing Workshop

Place, Date and Languages
Mexico City, Mexico
November 19-21, 2008
Spanish & English

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for new peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
Mexico City, Mexico
November 19-21, 2008
Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Report available in the Members Only Section of the MLAC

Topic
Workshop on ISO/IEC 17024

Place, Date and Languages
Asuncion, Paraguay
September 13-14, 2008
Spanish and English

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Seminar “International Trade and the role of Accreditation”

Place, Date and Languages
Asuncion, Paraguay
September 11, 2008
Spanish and English

Instructors

Sponsor

Reports
Seminar Report

Topic
3rd Part – Proficiency Testing Workshop

Place, Date and Languages
San Jose, Costa Rica
April 22-25, 2008
English and Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor

Topic
Workshop for IAAC peer evaluators

Place, Date and Languages
San Jose, Costa Rica
February 12-15, 2008
English & Spanish

Instructors

Sponsor