Terms of Reference

28 October 2015, bullet point 1 revised 14 November 2017

to pursue cooperation and confidence building among the three parties;

– IEC Membership to include – Chairs and Executive Secretaries of all Conformity Assessment Systems and 3 IEC Conformity Assessment Board (CAB) delegates;

– IAF Membership to include – IAF Chair, IAF Vice Chair, IAF Secretary, and IAF Representatives (up to 4) representing Accreditation Body Members, Conformity Assessment Body Association Members, and Industry and User Association Members;

– ILAC Membership to include – Chair, Vice Chair, Relevant ILAC Committee Chair(s); and Secretariat Representative.

to seek common grounds on issues of mutual interest
to identity the need for and establish and maintain task forces to deal with specific issues;
to approve changes to the terms of reference of the task forces;
to monitor and review the work of the Steering Committee and the agreed task force work;
to provide assistance to the task forces when required;
to make decisions on formal acceptance of task force deliverables.

Members

Task Force

Members of the Steering Committee

Chair

Etty Feller
ILAC Chair
End of term 2023-12-31

Secretary

Elva Nilsen
IAF Secretary
End of term 2025-12-31

IEC Representatives

Jonathan Colby
IECRE Chair

Steven Margis
IEC CAB Chair and VP

Katy Holdredge
IECEx Chair

Shawn Paulsen
IEC Representative

Alfred Au
IECQ Chair

Wolfram Zeitz
Executive Secretary IECEE & IECRE

Chris Agius
Executive Secretary IECEx & IECQ

ILAC/IAF Representatives

Stephan Finke
IAF Representative

Xiao Jianhua
IAF Chair

Maribel Lopez
ILAC Vice Chair

Paul Moliski
IAF Representative

Erik Oehlenschlaeger
ILAC AIC Chair

Emmanuel Riva
IAF Vice-Chair

ILAC/IAF Secretaries

Annette Dever
ILAC Secretary

Elva Nilsen
IAF Secretary

Task Force 1

Terms of Reference

Prepare guidelines for conduct of unified assessments, including roles and tasks of AB lead assessors and IEC technical assessors, consider differences in AB and IEC scope ranges and scope extensions during reassessments.

Facilitator

Wolfram Zeitz
IECEE & IECRE Executive Secretary

Membership

Chris Agius
IECQ and IECEx Secretary

Erik Oehlenschlaeger
ILAC AIC Chair

Etty Feller
ILAC Vice Chair

Stephan Finke
IAF Representative

Task Force 4

Terms of Reference

TF 4 will maintain a “watching brief” in regard to the implementation of ISO/IEC 17020:2012, ISO/IEC 17024:2012 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ISO/IEC 17065:2012 and any other standards for which “unified assessments” may be undertaken. Any matters of relevance will be raised for discussion by the Convener at the Steering Committee meeting.

Facilitator

To be determined

Membership

Erik Oehlenschlaeger
ILAC AIC Chair

Shawn Paulsen
IEC (CAB) Representative

Etty Feller
ILAC Vice Chair

Steven Margis
IEC (CAB) Representative

Stephan Finke
IAF Representative