1. International Organization
International Organization
for Standardization

2. Presentation of ISO/CASCO
by Mr. Sean Mac Curtain
Head Conformity Assessment
CEOC International conference and meetings of the Technical Committees
Rome, Italy 26 May 2008

3. Contents Presentation of Standards and ISO Presentation of ISO/CASCO
Conformity Assessment
CASCO Toolbox
Certificates (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001)

4. Standards are a major asset for…
States and communities – Economic competitivity and access to world markets, regulation, sustainable development, loyal competition, public purchases…
Companies – Technology transfer, market knowledge, good management practices, quality recognition…
Consumers – Products and services comparison, quality improvement, information on performance, security and impact on environment
Researchers – Measurements, risk assessment, dissemination of innovation, not re-inventing the wheel!

5. Presentation of ISO
ISO is part of the World Standards Cooperation (WSC)
IEC and ITU are also International Standards developers and publishers.
Multi-discipline and cross sector
For electrotechnology
For telecommunications
WSC

6. ISO governance / structure
GA: Council Functions: Most of the governance functions of the Organization . In accordance with the policy laid down by the member bodies
Council composition: 18 member bodies, Elected according to a ranking scheme based on a set of criteria, One representative per Council member
Council Reporting bodies: Council standing committees, CSC/FIN and CSC/STRAT (established in 1998), Technical Management Board (TMB), Policy Development Committees (PDCs), IT Strategies Implementation Group (ITSIG), Commercial Policies Steering Group (CPSG)
TMB Functions: Defines and oversees application of procedures for technical work, Decides on new TCs and allocation of work to TCs, Resolves conflicts of technical nature
TMB Composition: 12 member bodies, Elected according to a ranking scheme based on a set of criteria, One representative per TMB member
ISOCS:The Central Secretariat provide services to the structure, acts as secretariat to the GA, Council,TMB and policy development committees. They manage the production of standards in terms of voting, editing, publication etc

7. Collection of more than 17 000 ISO Standards
Presentation of ISO
157 national members
98% of world GDP
97% of world population
Participate
Collection of more than ISO Standards
experts
3 093 technical bodies
(Technical Committees,
Working Groups,…)
Coordinate
155 full-time staff at ISO
Central Secretariat
Operational costs are financed:
60% through membership fees
40% through sales of publications
620 international
organizations
are in liaison with ISO
technical committees
and subcommittees

8. Distribution of ISO members per continent as of 1 January 2008
MB distribution per continent
MB+MC+MS distribution per continent 29 44 30 18 38 36 17 43 3 4
Oceania
Europe
Total: 105
Americas
Total: 157
Africa
(95 in 2003)
(147 in 2003)
Asia

9. Yearly production of new and revised standards 2001 – 2007
1388
1247
1240
1105
995
889
813
184
113 97 79 67 54 41
Standards withdrawn
New standards
Revised standards

10. Some topical issues in ISO
Food safety
Security
Environment and climate change
Energy efficiency and renewable sources
Services
Social Responsibility
Information and Communication Technologies
Nanotechnologies
Management System Standards
Conformity assessment
Food safety:
ISO published ISO in This standard provides guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 to the food and drink industry as well as providing a bridge to the HACCP (Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points) system which is already widely used in the industry. It will soon be joined by ISO which specifies requirements for all types of organizations involved in the food chain and constitutes a food safety management system standard.
Security:
During 2004, ISO addressed the whole issue of security in a high-level advisory group reporting to the TMB. In its recommendations, the group recommended that ISO consider developing a security management system framework standard - such a standard specifically for the multi-modal supply chain is already in preparation under the leadership of ISO/TC 8 Ships and marine technology, that a workshop be organized to prepare an International Workshop Agreement on emergency preparedness, that the issue of threats (vulnerability) assessment be included in an overall approach to risk management, together with a number of other specific recommendations which have been referred to relevant ISO bodies. 
Social Responsibility:
ISO has initiated the development of an International Standard providing guidance on social responsibility following two years of deliberations in a multi-stakeholder advisory group  and an international conference held in Stockholm in June 2004 both of which considered that ISO could add value in this field if certain conditions were fulfilled. Among these conditions was a requirement that ISO provide a mechanism for effective engagement of all stakeholders and this was a major reason for the TMB's decision that the standard should be developed through a working group, rather than a technical committee, and that the constitution of the working group should seek to ensure a good balance of all affected stakeholders.
Services:
In most of the developed world, the service sector is the predominant contributor to GDP but the usefulness of International Standards in that sector has only recently started to be appreciated. It  is expected that more new technical committees will be created in this sector in coming years to supplement ISO/TC 222 Personal financial planning, ISO/TC 224 dealing with drinking water and wastewater systems and the newly created ISO/TC 228 on tourism and related services.
Environment:
In addition to the successful ISO series of standards on environmental management, ISO has collaborated for several years with the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is currently in the process of finalizing a standard for the verification of green house gas emissions in support of the Kyoto Protocol which entered into force in February Work is also being initiated to develop a standard to allow a stepwise implementation of an ISO environmental management system.
IT & JTC 1:
JTC 1 has produced a large number of standards which are universally used in the IT industry, including standards for diskettes and optical media, character sets, security techniques and security management, and the well known JPEG and MPEG standards used in digital photography and digital video and audio. It is currently working in a number of new areas including biometrics and radiofrequency  identification techniques, while a major development has seen the submission of the specification for the Linux operating system for adoption as an International Standard.
Management System Standards:
Over the last several years there have been numerous initiatives to develop sectoral applications of ISO 9001, including in the automotive, and gas and petroleum,sectors, while there have been two proposals from ISO's member in Mexico to develop International Workshop Agreements on the application of ISO 9001 to education services (IWA 2) and to local governments (the workshop will be held in May 2005). More generally, a TMB subgroup is currently elaborating an ISO strategy for further work in the field of management system standards and in order to define the strategy, feedback from senior managers will be sought over the next year to identify what are the perceived needs for further management system standards.

11. Topical issues related to management systems standards
revision of ISO 9001 and ISO 9004
ISO and sustainable development
sector implementations of ISO 9000
thematic management system standards, e.g. environment, energy, risk, IT security, food safety
market surveillance of certification to MSS
Strategic Advisory Group on MSS
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU African Union
EU European Union
MERCOSUR Southern Common Market
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

12. Conformity Assessment and world trade
World Trade Organization designates the non acceptance of test reports and certificates as one of the biggest obstacles to trade
The way forward: implementing the ISO/IEC Standards and Guides, with a double level of consensus, amongst countries and across stakeholders

13. The 1-1-1 dream of Conformity Assessment
Conformity Assessment: The dream
The dream of Conformity Assessment

14. ISO Strategic Plan
Objective 6: ISO, in cooperation with IEC, provides a comprehensive range of standards and guides for the implementation and recognition of good conformity assessment practices, suitable for all forms of first, second or third party involvement and evaluation, widely used by suppliers, conformity assessment operators and accreditors and recognized by customers and public authorities.

15. Presentation of ISO/CASCO (Conformity Assessment Committee)
107 ISO members are represented in CASCO (76 participating members and 31 observers).
Eleven international organizations are liaison members of CASCO: BIPM, CEOC, IAF, IFAN, IFIA, IIOC, ILAC, IPC, IQNet, OIML, UILI.
Both policy and technical work
Continual improvement cycle

16. The ISO/CASCO toolbox
The CASCO toolbox consists of 26 documents covering:
Vocabulary, principles and common elements of conformity assessment
Code of good practice
Product, system, and persons certification
Testing, calibration, inspection, marks of conformity
Supplier’s declaration of conformity, accreditation, peer assessment, and mutual recognition arrangements

17. Components of the CASCO toolbox (1)
General standards and guides
Subject
Document
Publication date
Vocabulary
17000
2004
Principles of impartiality
17001
2005
Code of good practice
Guide 60
Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRA’s)
Guide 68
2002
Peer assessment
17040
Accreditation
17011
Marks of conformity
17030
2003

18. Components of the CASCO toolbox (2)
Technical functions
Subject
Document
Publication date
Suppliers declaration of conformity
17050
2004
Testing & calibration laboratories
17025
Guide 43
2005
1997
Inspection
17020
1998
Product certification
Guide 28, 67
Guides 65, 67, 53
96 –
System certification
17021
End 2006
Person certification
17024
2003
For a full list of CASCO documents, visit and follow this path:
Conformity Assessment > Publications and resources > List of CASCO standards and guides

19. ISO/CASCO current projects
Subject
Document
Common elements of conformity assessment
ISO PAS 17005
Writing specifications for use in conformity assessment
ISO/IEC 17007
Auditing competence
ISO/IEC Part 2
Proficiency testing
ISO/IEC 17043
Product certification
ISO/IEC 17065
+ a workshop on market surveillance (October 2008)

20. Principle 3 – Common elements
ISO/IEC International Standards and Guides on conformity assessment are written on an understanding of some basic common elements
- Impartiality and related bodies (ISO PAS 17001) - Confidentiality (ISO/PAS 17002) - Complaints and appeals (ISO PAS 17003) - Disclosure of information (ISO PAS 17004) - Use of management systems (future ISO PAS 17005)

21. Presentation of ISO/CASCO
CASCO ensures that within ISO, wherever Conformity Assessment is used, it is used and applied in a consistent manner and the rules are the same.
CASCO has "rules" for when a TC needs to use Conformity Assessment.
Neutrality policy
Sector policy

22. Topical issues related to conformity assessment
product and service certification
Interpretation panel
qualification of assessors
market surveillance
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU African Union
EU European Union
MERCOSUR Southern Common Market
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

23. World total number of ISO 9001:2000 certificates

24. World total number of ISO 14001 certificates

25. Conformity Assessment and the market
A global framework for conformity assessment will increase consumer and regulator confidence by:
Providing a common interpretation of conformity assessment standards and guides;
Elimination of need for multiple testing, audits and certification (except where national differences exist)
Recognition and acceptance of reports
Reduced costs.

26. Thank you for your attention !