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IEC and IAF sign agreement
The IEC and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the cooperation between IAF and the Systems in assessments and the common understanding of the rules, and encouraging further development in these directions. |
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Forum for NCs in America established
IEC-LARC's Amaury Santos (2nd from
left) with the FINCA representatives.
At a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the Forum of IEC National Committees of the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States of America) or FINCA, established by consensus the Terms of Reference of the forum, giving it its official name and defining its objectives and the important aspects of its operations. The main objective is to exchange information focused on the development of International Standards and Conformity Assessment services in the region while promoting technology transfer, consumer safety and the protection of the environment. Because FINCA also considers it important to promote IEC activities in the region, the Commission was invited to participate in the Atlanta meeting in order to present the IEC Affiliate Country Programme and the IEC-LARC (Latin America Regional Centre) activities in the region. |
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First TCs submit new business plans
After the initial one-year trial period, TCs are expected to start transforming their existing Strategic Policy Statements (SPS) into the new Strategic Business Plan (SBP) format. In this manner each TC/SC will have a document which they can use both as a strategic tool for their own needs in aligning their work with that of the market and as a communications message for industry, experts and the general public not directly involved in present Technical Committee work. TC 3: Information structures, documentation and graphical symbols,
and TC 48: Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for electronic equipment, two of the TCs that participated in the trial project, submitted their respective SBPs for final review by the SMB. |
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IEC participates in WTO course
In autumn IEC participated in the first WTO specialized course on the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement. A delegation from 25 countries visited the IEC Central Office in Geneva. IEC speakers took part in a WTO session on participation in the development of international standards. At the end of the course, Suriname took the step to join the IEC Affiliate Country Programme (see also November).
Participants were given the opportunity to visit the premises of the IEC Central Office in Geneva.
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