Support to the Quality Infrastructure in Turkey

The Conformity Assessment Association is established on June 28th, 2006. Please click here to view the Statute (in Turkish).

Member subscription form of UDDer - The Conformity Assessment Association (in Turkish only)

As part of the project, a Conformity Assessment Board is set up to form a consultation mechanism on conformity assessment.

The Board is expected to form part of the sustainable infrastructure left by the project and should be organised along the lines of similar organisations in the Member States.

The responsibilities of the Conformity Assessment Board are to:

• Discuss conformity assessment issues relevant to the Turkish situation,

• Set up Working Groups covering, for example, different directives encouraging a wider set of players with interests in particular sectors to work together,

• Be consulted on project's annual Work Programmes,

• Publicise the programme to its membership using materials developed by the Expertise Centre.

The members of the Conformity Assessment Board are equally divided between public and private sector and represent a selection of stakeholders including government, conformity assessment practitioners, trade and professional associations and academic institutions, economic operators, consumers, and more generally any entity having an interest in conformity assessment.

The Conformity Assessment Board is made up of a General Assembly, a Council, Technical Committees in different sectors and a Secretariat.

The General Assembly is the highest level of power and decision of the Board. Being the governing entity, the General Assembly vests all powers necessary for achieving the aims of the Board.

The General Assembly has the tasks of:

• Identifying key policy issues and deciding priorities for the work of the Conformity Assessment Board;
• Approving the annual accounts relating to the previous year presented by the Council as well as confirming or eventually amending the budget for the current year and approving the budget for the following year;
• Steering the business of the Board linking with other Forum committees and working groups;
• Defining the composition of the Council.

The Council is the executive body of the Assembly and composed of totally from 9 members.

The Council is responsible of co-ordinating actions where appropriate and monitoring progress on the development of the Turkish quality infrastructure:
• Ensuring that all interested parties are properly involved and consulted in the conformity assessment processes;

• Ensuring the coherent and transparent application of principles and processes in the fields of conformity assessment and promoting their proper development in accordance with the provisions of these Terms of Reference,

• Ensuring the collection, circulation and publication of information relating to the activities of the Conformity Assessment Board;

The Technical Committees are formed by experts recognized by the related national conformity assessment institutions. If and when more specific expertise is required other related institutions can be contacted.

The Technical Committees:

• Provide advice for the implementation of basic technical Instruments such as the EN 29000 and 45000 series, ISO 9000 and 17000 series, with a view to facilitating their coherent application;

• Contribute technical expertise in specialised questions of a horizontal nature;

• Maintaining dialogue with similar organisations in other countries and regions, with a view to reaching an appropriate state of co-ordination at the international level.

The Secretariat is ensured by the Expertise Centre.

The Board Secretariat prepares the Board correspondences, the Agenda and Meeting Minutes of the General Assembly and the Council meetings with close supervision of the Board Chairman and ensures the printing, publication and dissemination tasks of the Board.