1. APEC Project Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) Readiness Project in Person Certification

2. PROJECT PROFILE Project number & title :
Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) Readiness Project in Person Certification
Committee / WG / Fora:
CTI/ Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance
Project Overseer Name / Organization / Economy:
Ms. Konny Sagala and Mr. Donny Purnomo / The National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN) / Indonesia

3. The project includes two planned training workshops:
A three-day: Training/Workshop for personnel certification body management staff or auditors providing the opportunity for practice case study as well as training courses in ISO/IEC :2012.
A three-day: Training/Workshop for accreditation body assessors providing the opportunity to increase competencies when conduct assessment to personnel certification body based on new standard, ISO/IEC 17024:2012

4. The first of the two workshop, has been conducted successfully in Hotel Santika, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia dated 14 – 16 April 2014.
The trainer is:
Mr. Geoff Brundle from JAS-ANS, Australia
Training materials : Introduction and explanation of ISO/IEC 17024:2012, and how to develop personnel certification scheme with case study
Participants : Personnell certification body management staff or auditors

5. List of Participants Economy Number of Participants Note China, PR 1
APEC Funding
Malaysia 2
Rusia
Philippine
Thailand
Vietnam
Korea
Non APEC Funding
Brunei Darussalam
Singapore
Indonesia (KAN) 8
TOTAL 21

6. PROJECT EVALUATION FOR THE FIRST WORKSHOP
Most of participants expressed their satisfaction with the training. Participants give overall rating in average 4.1 of maximum 5.
The lowest overall rating given was 3, while the highest was 5.
However some participants also have suggestions or comments to improve the training such as:
* The time for group discussion is not enough
* Need more examples and exercises
* The agenda and material could be distributed before the
training

7. The second workshop : conducted in Bali, Indonesia dated 17 – 19 June 2014.
The trainers are:
1. Mr. Geoff Brundle from JAS-ANS, Australia
2. Mr. Vijay from ANSI, United State of America.
Training materials : Introduction and explanation of ISO/IEC 17024:2012, and how to conduct assessment for personnel certification body
Participants : Accreditation body management staff or assessors

8. List of Participants Economy Number of Participants Note Malaysia 2
APEC Funding
Indonesia
Chile 1
Peru
Thailand
Vietnam
India
Non APEC Funding
Brunei Darussalam 3
Srilanka
TOTAL 19

9. PROJECT EVALUATION FOR THE SECOND WORKSHOP
Most of participants expressed their satisfaction with the training. Participants give overall rating in average 4.7 of maximum 5.
The lowest overall rating given was 3, while the highest was 5.
However some participants also have suggestions or comments to improve the training such as:
* Need advance training about development of personnel
certification scheme

10. THANK YOU