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Harmonised ETQ&C
As Chair of C-VII, Ahrens reported to the General Assembly meeting at Hamburg on
18 September 1998 that a very successful meeting was held by C-VII with 59 participants
out of 25 countries being present. From a positive point of view 19 countries had already
been authorised in advance to act as IIWANBs, all European, with a further five applicant
countries, including Japan, USA and Australia, having expressed interest in becoming the
first IIWANBs outside of Europe.
In order to facilitate this process, two Lead and six Peer Assessors
were approved by IIW.
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Both the IIW and EWF General Assemblies then
approved the creation of a Planning and Implementation Group to develop
the IIW structure to manage the IIW scheme. This resulted in the creation of
an IIW IAB within IIW to manage the ETQ&C system.
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There was a cost involved in all of this and the means of covering this had still
not been determined when the scheme officially commenced in 2000. Eventually it was
resolved, as in previous situations, that income derived from the scheme would come from
the payment of fees by the IIWANBs and income from the sale of diplomas. The proposed
budget for 2001 was aimed at being revenue neutral with income and cost set at EUR
IIW General Assembly
IIW Board of Directors
IAB Board
IAB Secretariat
Group A
Education, Training and
Qualification
Working Groups for Guidelines
Development
Working Groups for Guidelines
Development
Group B
Implementation, Authorisation
and Certification
General Meeting
Lead Assessors
IIW structure to manage the IIW IAB ETQ&C system