Sidney Vianna
13th July 2009, 07:49 PM
http://www.iso.org/sites/eNewsletters/CASCO/ISO-CASCO_enews_001.html
Of higher significance:
The ISO/CASCO interpretation process. ISO/CASCO has implemented an interpretation process for all ISO/CASCO generated ISO/IEC International Standards. An interpretation can be submitted by any National Member Body or A liaison with the aim of having a final interpretation within three months. Two questions are currently being processed and the result will be posted on the ISO/CASCO Webpage (http://www.iso.org/iso/conformity_assessment).IAF/ISO Action Plan. This project is of particular importance to the ISO community because it has been set up to improve accredited certification to ISO management standards (such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22000). The objective is to have a better oversight of certification to ISO management system standards that are delivered by certification bodies accredited either by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), or the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). An article in the September-October 2009 issue (http://www.iso.org/iso/magazines/iso-management-systems/ims_current-issue.htm) of ISO Management Systems magazine describes the IAF/ISO Action Plan.
WG 21, Third-party certification auditing of management systems
WG 21, co-convened by Alister Dalrymple (AFNOR) and Randy Dougherty (ANSI), is mandated to complement the existing requirements of ISO/IEC 17021:2006 with respect to third party auditing and the management of competence.
The WG met in early June 2009 to review the comments on the ISO/IEC Committee Draft CD 2 17021-2 ballot and agreed to process the document to Draft International Standard (DIS) stage. The intent is to merge the two parts of the document, after a transition period, further to the systematic review of ISO/IEC 17021:2006 in 2010.
Of higher significance:
The ISO/CASCO interpretation process. ISO/CASCO has implemented an interpretation process for all ISO/CASCO generated ISO/IEC International Standards. An interpretation can be submitted by any National Member Body or A liaison with the aim of having a final interpretation within three months. Two questions are currently being processed and the result will be posted on the ISO/CASCO Webpage (http://www.iso.org/iso/conformity_assessment).IAF/ISO Action Plan. This project is of particular importance to the ISO community because it has been set up to improve accredited certification to ISO management standards (such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22000). The objective is to have a better oversight of certification to ISO management system standards that are delivered by certification bodies accredited either by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), or the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). An article in the September-October 2009 issue (http://www.iso.org/iso/magazines/iso-management-systems/ims_current-issue.htm) of ISO Management Systems magazine describes the IAF/ISO Action Plan.
WG 21, Third-party certification auditing of management systems
WG 21, co-convened by Alister Dalrymple (AFNOR) and Randy Dougherty (ANSI), is mandated to complement the existing requirements of ISO/IEC 17021:2006 with respect to third party auditing and the management of competence.
The WG met in early June 2009 to review the comments on the ISO/IEC Committee Draft CD 2 17021-2 ballot and agreed to process the document to Draft International Standard (DIS) stage. The intent is to merge the two parts of the document, after a transition period, further to the systematic review of ISO/IEC 17021:2006 in 2010.
