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IAF Committees, Task Forces and Groups

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IAF Committees, Task Forces and Groups

1.IAF General Assembly

1.1.Financial Oversight Committee – Chair: R King (Annex A1.1)

2.IAF Board of Directors (reports to IAF General Assembly) – Chair: Dr T Facklam (Annex A2)

3.Executive Committee (reports to Board) – Chair: Dr T Facklam (Annex A3)

3.1.Joint Committees and Groups

3.1.1.Joint Committee on Closer Cooperation of IAF & ILAC (JCCC) (reports to the IAF and ILAC Executives) – Co-Chairs: Dr T Facklam (IAF) & M Peet (ILAC) (Annex A3.1.1);

3.1.2.Joint Development Support Committee (reports to the IAF and ILAC Executives) – Co-Chairs: B Mutabazi (IAF) & Maribel Lopez (ILAC)

(Annex A3.1.2)

3.1.3.IAF-ILAC-ISO JWG (reports to the IAF and ILAC Executives) – Co-Conveners are the Chairs of IAF and ILAC and the ISO Secretary General

(Annex A3.1.3 IAF-ILAC-ISO MoU of March 2004);

3.1.4.JWG on Inspection (reports to the JCCC) – Co-Conveners: I Pina (IAF) & Dr L Richards (ILAC)

(Annex A 3.1.5);

3.1.5.JWG on Harmonisation of A Series, Training of Peer Evaluators & ISO 17011 (reports to the JCCC) – Co-Conveners: P Unger (ILAC) & Xiao Jianhua (IAF)

Terminated Joint Committees and Groups

3.1.6.Joint Task Group on MLA Logos (Ref. IAF Resolution 2001-36) – Convener: V Andersen;

(Terminated – Ref AM 17 Minutes, item 5.1.1)

3.1.7.JWG on Legal Implications of registering Marks (Ref EC-05-2003, item 2.2.5) - Co-Conveners: Dr H Mittmann (ILAC) & Xiao Jianhua (IAF);

(Terminated – Ref JGA Minutes, Third Meeting, item 2.6)

3.1.8.JWG for Development of a World Wide Mark (reports to the JCCC) – Convener: T Dempsey;

(Terminated – Ref EC6 05-2003, item 2.2.5)

3.1.9.JWG on Harmonisation of Peer Evaluation Processes (reports to the JCCC) – Co-Conveners: P Unger (ILAC) & Dr M Wloka (IAF) (Annex A3.1.4);

(Terminated – Ref JCCC8 Oct 2004)

3.2.Executive Committee Task Forces & Groups

3.2.1.TF on Reducing Cost of Multiple Assessments (Ref. EC4 09-2002, Item 3.2.1, EC6 05-2003, item 3.2.5) – Convener: Dr T Facklam;

3.2.2.Promotion CAG (Ref. EC6 05-2003, item 3.1.1) – Convener: A Craven (Annex A 3.2.2);

3.2.3.Ad-hoc Group on Strategic Planning for Sector Schemes (Ref. EC6 05-2003, item 3.2.3) – Convener: Xiao Jianhua;

3.2.4.Joint ISO 9001 Advisory Group (formerly TF on Standards and Conformity Assessment) (Ref. IAF Resolution 2001-50) – Co-Conveners: R Dougherty (IAF) & Dr N Croft (ISO/TC 176);

3.2.5.Auditing Practices Group (Ref. IAF Resolution 2002-20) – Co-Conveners: L Thione (IAF) & A Ezrakhovich (ISO/TC 176);

3.2.6.Customer Satisfaction Task Group (Ref EC7 09-2003, item 11.1.1) – Convener: R King;

3.2.7.Promotions Strategy Task Group (Ref EC8 03-2004, item 3.3.1.1) – Convener: A Craven;

3.2.8.ISO/IEC 17011 Impact Task Group (Ref EC9 06-2004, item 9.9.1) – Convener: Xiao Jianhua;

Terminated Executive CommitteeTask Forces and Groups

3.2.9.Ad-hoc Group to prepare report on actions and IAF responses to Chinese investigation(Ref. IAF EC 05-2003, item 3.2.6) - Convener: Xiao Jianhua.

(Terminated – Ref EC8 03-2004, item 2.2.5)

3.2.10.Ad-hoc Group to address issues identified by ISO9001 Advisory Group and Chinese Report(Ref. IAF EC 05-2002, item 8.4.3) - Convener: R Brockway. (Terminated – Ref. EC6 05-2003, item 3.2.6)

3.2.11.Coordinating Group for Exchange of Documents and Uniform Guidelines for Reporting(Ref. EC5 02-2003, item 3.2.15)– Convener: Dr T Facklam. (Terminated – Ref. EC6 05-2003, item 3.2.7)

3.2.12.TF on Code of Conduct (Ref. EC3 05-2002, item 3.3.8) – Convener: E Nilsen.

(Terminated – Ref. EC7 09-2003, item 3.1.2)

4.Technical Committee Task Forces and Groups (reports to Executive) – Chair: R Dougherty – Vice Chairs: Brough-Kerrebyn, MacCurtain, Thione

(Annex A4)

4.1.TF on Guidance to Guide 65 (Product Certification) – Convener: R Egner (); Members: Bowsher, Schaub, Sukel, Pina, Jensen, Thione, Duhau-Soulage, Falzone, Kronvall, Shaw, Pu-Hsien Li, de Ruvo, Figueiredo, Bennett, Olczak, Keeling, Mowry, Inman, Shino

4.2.TF on Adapting Guidance on Guides 62 and 66 for Advanced Surveillance and Reassessment Procedures (formerly TF on Flexible Assessment Methodologies, formerly TF on Alternative Method to Well Developed and Implemented CRBs) – Co-Conveners: T Kawaberi ( ) and Dr N Croft ( );

Members: Beer, Brockway, Buser, Dougherty, Drake, Hansa, Misczynski, Ogawa, Salle, Salot, Sarti, Shah.

4.3.TF on Temporary Sites – Convener: S Keeling( );

Members: Keeling, Fung, Phua, Ushida, Borsek, Kirkby

4.4.IAF-ILAC JWG on Guidance on the application of ISO/IEC 17011 (Accreditation Bodies) – Convener: J Brough-Kerrebyn ( );

IAF Members: Keeling, Thione, Phua, Kawaberi, Jianhua, Dobyns, Sutherland, Dougherty

ILAC Members: Unger, Lund

4.5.TF on Auditing Regulatory Compliance (Ref TC 02-2004) – Convener: G Hansa ( );

Members: Horie

4.6.TF on Auditing CRB Competence, Assessment Techniques and Scoping – (Ref TC 02-2004) – Convener: R Dougherty ( );

Members: Thione, Brough-Kerrebyn, Keeling, Ekanit, Nash, Kirkby, Shaw

4.7.Input to ISO/IEC 17021 (WG 21) – Delegate: to be confirmed;

4.8.Input to ISO/TC 207 WG5 (Climate Change): Delegate: P Shaw ( );

4.9.Input to ISO/TC 176/SC2/WG18/TG 1.15 (ISO 9001Application Guidance) – Delegate: L Thione ( );

4.10.Input to ISO/CASCO WG 23 Common Elements – Delegate: R Dougherty ( );

4.11.TF on Guidance on the application of ISO/IEC 17021 (ref IAF TC 10-2004) - Convener: R Dougherty ( );

Members: Borsek, Dougherty, Ezrakhovich, Keeling, Nash, Sutherland, Thione

4.12.WG on the application of ISO/IEC 17024 Certification of Persons (ref IAF TC 10-2004) - Convener: Dr R Swift( );

Members: Kronvall, Muir, Lui

4.13.TF on Guidance on the application of ISO/IEC 19011 for certification and accreditation – IAF Convener: R Dougherty ( );

Members: Beland, Borsek, Croft, Dalrymple, Ezrakhovich, Kawaberi, Keeling, Muir, Pina, Shaw, Sutherland, Thione, Carmody

4.14.IAF-ISO JTG on Guidance on Auditor Competence (ref IAF-ILAC-ISO JWG 11-2004) – IAF Co-Convener: R Dougherty ( );

IAF Members: Dalrymple, Borsek, Kawaberi, Shaw, Thione, (Dougherty)

ISO Members: Ezrakhovich, Blaquez, Muir, Henry, Hortensius, Johnson

4.17.TF on Guidance on the transition to ISO 14001:2004 – Convener: T Kawaberi ( );

4.18TF on Revision of Guidance regarding on-site auditor time and audit duration with consideration of the process approach of ISO 9001: 2000 and the two-stage audit approach of ISO/IEC DIS 17021 – Convener: A Ezrakhovich ( );

Members: Beer, Beland, Dougherty, Sutherland, Thione

4.19TF to revise Guidance 61, 62 and 66 to allow an AB or CB to refuse a client based on risk – Convener: S Keeling ( ) (Sole member)

Terminated Technical Committee Task Forces and Groups

4.15.TF on Guidance on Clause 2.1 of Guide 62 (QMS) – Convener: T Nash.

(Terminated – Ref. TC 02-2004)

4.16.TF on Guidance to ISO/IEC 17024 (Certification of Persons) – Convener: P Kronvall.

(Terminated – Ref. TC 02-2004)

4.17.TF on Computer Assisted Audit Techniques – Convener: D Misczynski.

(Terminated – Ref. TC 02-2004)

4.18.TF on Witness Assessment – Convener: R Dougherty.

(Terminated – Ref. TC 02-2004)

4.19.TF on Accreditation Scopes – Convener: R Brockway.

(Terminated – Ref. TC 02-2004)

4.20.Auditor Time (Guide 61) – Co-Conveners: R Dougherty & S Sutherland.

(Terminated – Ref. TC 02-2004)

4.21.TF on Cross-Frontier Accreditation/Assessment of Branch Offices – Convener: R Brockway.

(Terminated – Ref. TC 09-2003)

4.22.JWG on Inspection – IAF Co-Convener: I Pina (Annex A3.1.5); TF terminated 7 October 2004

4.23.TF on Multisite CRBs (Ref TC 02-2004) – Convener: S Keeling; TF terminated 7 October 2004

Members: Borzek, Dougherty, Brough-Kerrebyn

5.Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MLA) Committee (reports to Executive) – Chair: Xiao Jianhua

(Annex A5)

5.1.MLA Management Committee (MLA MC) (reports to MLA Committee) – Chair: Xiao Jianhua

(Annex A5.1)

5.1.1.TF on Payment of Evaluators (Ref. MLA MC 09-2002, Action 14) – Convener: Dr J Leferink;

5.1.2.TF to examine harmonization of witnessing requirements of various regions (Ref. MLA MC 09-2002, item 12)– Convener: Xiao Jianhua.

5.1.3.Cross Frontier Practices Group (Ref. EC8 03-2004, item 3.2.1.5)– Convener: R King.

5.2.MLA Procedures Subcommittee (reports to MLA Committee) – Chair: T Arnold

(Annex A5.2)

5.3.Training Sub-Committee (reports to MLA Committee) – Chair: J Brough-Kerrebyn

(Annex A5.3)

5.4.MLA Group (reports to MLA Committee) – Chair: A Craven

5.4.1.TF to answer questions raised in SGS letter, making proposal for a better implementation of the MLA and a better promotion for the publicity – Convener: L Thione

Terminated MLA Task Forces and Groups

5.5.1.TF on Survey of Branch Offices of Certification Bodies in Other Countries (Ref. MLA Group 09-2002, Action 9) – Convener: R Brockway.

5.5.2.TF on Implementation of IAF “Words” and Common Logo – Convener: V Andersen.

5.5.3.TF on Complaints Handling (Ref. Procedures SC 09-2002, item 8.2) – Convener: S Richter.

6.Development Support Committee (reports to Executive)– Chair: B Mutabazi

(Annex A6)

6.1.WG to Develop Policies for a Database Containing ABs’ Scopes (Ref. DSC Resolution 2002-6, IAF Resolution 2002-34)