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ILAC continues to monitor advice to assess the developments and risks following the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The situation has led to safety concerns and travel restrictions in some economies that may affect accredited conformity assessment activities.
Accreditation bodies may be considering and/or implementing alternative arrangements to conduct assessments such conducting assessments remotely or rescheduling activities if necessary. These arrangements where required are being put in place to ensure the health and safety of accreditation body staff, assessment team members and laboratory and inspection body staff, whilst not compromising the integrity of the accreditation process. Details of specific actions that may be required by an accreditation body to comply with the advice from the government authorities will be released as and when required within each economy. The contact details for the accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA are available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/. This directory is searchable by economy.
In relation to the transition of accreditation bodies to ISO/IEC 17011:2017 a further joint statement from IAF and ILAC will be released later this week.
With regard to the transition of laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 a further statement will be released in mid-April following the receipt and review of the scheduled transition progress reports from the recognised regions later this month.
The following brochures have been revised “IAF/ILAC B7:03/2020 – Accreditation: Supporting the Delivery of Health and Social Care”, “IAF/ILAC B10:03/2020 – Accreditation: Delivering a safer world” and “IAF/ILAC B11:03/2020 – Accreditation: Adding Value to Supply Chains” and are available for your use from here.
Eurachem, in co-operation with CITAC and EQALM are holding their 10th Proficiency Testing Workshop from 12 to 15 October 2020 at the De Vere Beaumont Hotel in Windsor, UK.
The workshop is open to the international analytical community and includes four days devoted to training courses, invited lectures,
short communications, poster sessions and working group discussions. In particular the topics for the training sessions are:
The topics for the lectures and workshops include:
For further details and registration please visit: www.eurachem-pt2020.org
The World Metrology Day project is realised jointly by the BIPM and the OIML and is celebrated on 20 May each year.
The theme for 2020: Measurements for global trade was chosen to create awareness of the important role measurement plays in facilitating fair global trade, ensuring products meet standards and regulations, and satisfying customer quality expectations.
Indeed more widely metrology, the science of measurement, plays a central role in scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and international trade, in improving the quality of life and in protecting the global environment.
The 2020 World Metrology Day Resource website is now available: http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/ and includes a Press Release, the Directors’ Message and the poster in English and French.
Please feel free to access these materials and use them to support and promote the importance of metrology and World Metrology Day.
ILAC has now published a video: An introduction to ILAC
Accreditation, including accredited calibration, testing, medical testing, inspection and proficiency testing providers, plays a significant role in delivering confidence in everyday life as well supporting regulators and trade.
The amended articles of association of ILAC and revised Bylaws that were approved at the ILAC General Assembly on 30 October 2019 have now been published as: ILAC-2A:11/2019 ILAC Rules: Articles of Association and ILAC-2B:11/2019 ILAC Rules: Bylaws. These documents are available here.