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Scope

The Policy Development Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO) shall:

Develop International Standards and other ISO and ISO/IEC documents related to conformity assessment;

Promote recognition and broad acceptance of international, regional and national conformity assessment systems, and appropriate use of International Standards and other ISO and ISO/IEC documents for conformity assessment;

In relation to conformity assessment:

  • Identify and analyze new or emerging trends;
  • Provide a forum for the exchange of information on the experience of stakeholders in the development and implementation of standards and on other related questions of interest;
  • Provide advice and recommendations to the ISO Council regarding new or revised policies or actions;
  • Evaluate current and new conformity assessment methods as relevant to emerging or changing standards or other technical specifications

Support, through advice and oversight, ISO and ISO/IEC Technical committees when developing ISO and ISO/IEC documents related to conformity assessment requirements and guidance, including but not limited to sectoral conformity assessment requirements, and; Prepare supporting material such as brochures and other information related to the activities covered by CASCO.

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ISO committee for conformity assessment (CASCO)
CASCO is the ISO committee that works on issues relating to conformity assessment.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 6 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

1
No Poverty
3
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10
Reduced Inequalities
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
37

Published ISO standards *

7

ISO standards under development *

95
Participating members
49
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/CASCO/AHG   Monitoring global developments relevant to conformity assessment Working group
ISO/CASCO/CPC   Chair's Policy and Coordination Group Working group
ISO/CASCO/IAF/ILAC JSG   IAF-ILAC-ISO Joint Strategic Group Working group
ISO/CASCO/INetQI Hosted ISO/CASCO INetQI group Working group
ISO/CASCO/JWG 58   Joint ISO/CASCO - ISO/TC232 WG: ISO 21030 Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of educational organizations management systems Working group
ISO/CASCO/JWG 62   Joint ISO/CASCO - ISO/TC 85 WG: ISO/TS 23406 (ITNS) Working group
ISO/CASCO/JWG 63   Joint ISO/CASCO - ISO/TC 304 WG: Development of ISO/IEC 17021-15 Working group
ISO/CASCO/STAR   Strategic Alliance and Regulatory group Working group
ISO/CASCO/STTF   Spanish translation task force Working group
ISO/CASCO/TIG   Technical Interface Group Working group
ISO/CASCO/WG 30   Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons Working group
ISO/CASCO/WG 31   Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection Working group
ISO/CASCO/WG 61   ISO TS 17012 Guidelines remote methods in audits management systems Working group
ISO/CASCO/WG 64   Revision of ISO/IEC 17007 - Conformity assessment - Guidance for drafting normative documents suitable for use for conformity assessment. Working group
ISO/CASCO/WG 65   Revision of ISO/IEC 17067 - Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification and guidelines for product certification schemes. Working group

 

Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference Title
ISO/TC 207/SC 2/JWG 1 Joint ISO/TC 207/SC 2-ISO/CASCO WG: Validation and verification of sustainability information
ISO/TC 207/SC 7/JWG 6 Joint TC 207/SC 7 - CASCO WG: Verification and validation of environmental information
Liaison Committees to ISO/CASCO

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/CASCO:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/CAB CAB IEC
ISO/COPOLCO Committee on consumer policy ISO
ISO/DEVCO Committee on developing country matters ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and systems engineering ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 13 Space data and information transfer systems ISO
ISO/TC 34 Food products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 17 Management systems for food safety ISO
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management ISO
ISO/TC 69 Applications of statistical methods ISO
ISO/TC 85 Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection ISO
ISO/TC 108/SC 5 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems ISO
ISO/TC 135 Non-destructive testing ISO
ISO/TC 135/SC 7 Personnel qualification ISO
ISO/TC 146/SC 4 General aspects ISO
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 Concepts and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 3 Supporting technologies ISO
ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 1 Environmental management systems ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 2 Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 3 Environmental labelling ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 7 Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 212 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics ISO
ISO/TC 241 Road traffic safety management systems ISO
ISO/PC 250 Sustainability in event management ISO
ISO/TC 251 Asset management ISO
ISO/TC 267 Facility management ISO
ISO/TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities ISO
ISO/TC 269 Railway applications ISO
ISO/TC 272 Forensic sciences ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO
ISO/TC 283 Occupational health and safety management ISO
ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience ISO
ISO/TC 301 Energy management and energy savings ISO
ISO/TC 304 Healthcare organization management ISO
ISO/TC 309 Governance of organizations ISO
ISO/TC 334 Reference materials ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/CASCO

ISO/CASCO can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and systems engineering ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 17 Management systems for food safety ISO
ISO/TC 44/SC 11 Qualification requirements for welding and allied processes personnel ISO
ISO/TC 67 Oil and gas industries including lower carbon energy ISO
ISO/TC 85 Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection ISO
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 Concepts and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 3 Supporting technologies ISO
ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 1 Environmental management systems ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 2 Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 3 Environmental labelling ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 4 Environmental performance evaluation ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 5 Life cycle assessment ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 7 Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities ISO
ISO/TC 212 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems ISO
ISO/TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO
ISO/TC 279 Innovation management ISO
ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience ISO
ISO/TC 301 Energy management and energy savings ISO
ISO/TC 309 Governance of organizations ISO
ISO/TC 323 Circular economy ISO
ISO/TC 334 Reference materials ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures A
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission A
EFAC European Federation of Associations of Certification bodies A
EOQ European Organization for Quality A
EUROLAB EUROLAB A
GFSI Global Food Safety Initiative A
IAF International Accreditation Forum, Inc. A
IFAN International Federation of Standards Users A
IIOC Independant International Organization for Certification A
ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation A
INLAC Latinoamerican Institute for Quality Assurance A
IPC International Personnel Certification Association (IPC) A
IQNet IQNet Association - The International Certification Network A
ISEAL ISEAL A
ITU International Telecommunication Union A
NCSLI NCSL International A
OIML International Organization of Legal Metrology A
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association A
TIC Council TIC Council A
UILI Union Internationale des Laboratoires Indépendants (UILI) A
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change A
WADA World Anti-Doping Agency A
WOAH World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
NQSA Nuclear Quality Standard Association C
VET21001 VET21001 Consortium C
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