ISO Signs Accreditation Cooperation MOU with IAF, ILAC
December 23, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) seeking to strengthen their cooperation on accreditation.
The new agreement, which updates an MOU reached in 2004, provides the three organizations with a mechanism to collaborate at the strategic and planning levels, in addition to work already being carried out at the technical level.
In addition, the MOU will continue to consolidate practices that are largely already implemented by ISO, IAF and ILAC and will enable ISO to better manage and monitor the relationships of its various components with the international accreditation community.
It provides an ongoing mechanism for technical cooperation between ISO and international accreditors in order to contribute to the development and subsequent implementation of ISO/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards and guides.
The MOU's main implementation methods include the organizations' involvement in each other's technical work, the continuation of the joint working group that considers policy and operational issues within accreditation as they arise and the confirmation of complaint exchange procedures to ensure action is undertaken by one or more of the relevant organizations.
Source: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).