About
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Secretary:
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Chairperson:Reinaldo FigueiredoVice chairperson:Ms Caroline Outa
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 1970
Scope
Membership
CASCO membership is open to interested member bodies as participating (P) or observer (O) members and to interested correspondent members as observer (O) members.
Terms of reference
- To study means of assessing the conformity of products, processes, services and management systems to appropriate standards or other technical specifications.
- To prepare international guides and International Standards relating to the practice of testing, inspection and certification of products, processes and services, and to the assessment of management systems, testing laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies, accreditation bodies and their operation and acceptance.
- To promote mutual recognition and acceptance of national and regional conformity assessment systems, and the appropriate use of International Standards for testing, inspection, certification, assessment and related purposes.
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This committee contributes with 6 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference | Title |
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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 |
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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 34/SC 18 | Cocoa | 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 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 |
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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 6 | Paper, board and pulps | ISO |
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 | Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis | ISO |
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 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 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 7 | Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities | ISO |
ISO/TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices | ISO |
ISO/TC 212 | Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 267 | Facility management | ISO |
ISO/TC 268 | Sustainable cities and communities | 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 323 | Circular economy | ISO |
ISO/TC 334 | Reference materials | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym | Title | Category |
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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 |
OIE | World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) | 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 |
Organizations in liaison (Category C)
C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group
Acronym | Title | Category |
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EQALM | European organisation for external Quality Assurance providers in Laboratory Medicine | C |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission | C |
NQSA | Nuclear Quality Standard Association | C |
VET21001 | VET21001 Consortium | C |
Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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24-28 | April 2023 | Genève (Switzerland) | ISO/CASCO |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional