Collaboration with stakeholders involved in the accreditation process is a key factor for guaranteeing the proper system performance, delivering confidence and adding value to the market. Thus, ENAC works closely with public administrations, business organisations and scientific-medical associations to provide the accreditation process with the rigour it requires, as well as to incorporate the necessary technical and professional knowledge. ENAC’s access to the necessary technical knowledge and experience regarding each area of competence of its activities and the stakeholders participation in ENAC’s technical developments is guaranteed by:
Technical Advisory Committees
Made up of prestigious professionals representing different interests – independent specialists, business associations and user industries, Public Administration – who carry out important work in defining criteria, drawing up documents for guidance, problem solving, organising or coordinating proficiency testing exercises, and so forth.
- Technical Certification Committee.
- Technical R&D&I Committee.
- Product Certification Subcommittee.
- Technical Environmental Verification Committee.
- Proficiency Testing Providers Committee.
- Technical Calibration Subcommittees for Acoustics, Electricity, Dimensional, Force, Mass and Volume, Pressure, Time and Frequency, Temperature and Humidity.
Forums with Spanish Autonomous Regions
The aim of the forums is to improve coordination and cooperation between ENAC and the autonomous regions, increasing the involvement of the public sector in accreditation processes in activities carried out in regulated or voluntary regulated fields and which, therefore, require supervision by public authorities.
- Control Bodies
- Greenhouse Gas Emission Verifiers
- Environmental Inspection
- Road Vehicle Inspection
- Certification of Agrifood Product
Agreements with conformity assessment bodies’ associations
Collaboration with different professional organisations provides ENAC with support in the technical development of its activity. Currently, ENAC has collaboration agreements with over fifteen scientific societies.
- Association of Testing, Calibration and Analysis Bodies, (FELAB) which groups together EUROLAB Spain and the Spanish Association of Independent Laboratories (AELI).
- Association of Control Bodies (ASORCO) which groups together the inspection bodies and control bodies operating in Spain.
- Spanish Association of Government Partner Bodies in Road Vehicle Inspection (AECA-ITV).
- Spanish Quality Association: Certifying Body Committee.
- Spanish Association of Inspection and Certification companies (AEGIC).
Professional Organisations
Cooperation with numerous professional organisations gives ENAC a grounding in the technical development of its own activity:
- Spanish Food Safety Agency AECOSAN.
- Spanish Microbiology Society SEM.
- Spanish Metrology Centre CEM.
- Spanish Association of Medical Biopathology (AEBM).
- Spanish Association of Analyst Pharmacists (AEFA).
- Spanish Association of Haematology and Haemotherapy (AEHH).
- Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).
- Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Pathology (SEQC).
- Spanish Association of Antenatal Diagnosis (AEDP).
- Spanish Immunology Society (SEI).
- Spanish Society of Anatomical Pathology (SEAP).
- Spanish Association of Neonatal Screening (AECNE).
- Spanish Association of Human Genetics (AEGH)
- Spanish Society of Environmental Health (SESA).
- Spanish Professionals Association of Sensory Science (AEPAS).
Cooperation with external technical organisations
ENAC is an active member of various committees and working groups established by technical organisations carrying out their activity in areas related to accreditation.
- Spanish Association for Research Quality Assurance SEGCIB.
- Management Committee of CBMC Certifying Bodies of the Spanish Association of Aerospace Material Constructors. (TEDAE)
- Road Vehicle Inspection Committees and Control Bodies for the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade.
- Global Food Safety Initiative GFSI
- International Organization for StandardizationISO working groups.
- Committees of international accreditation bodies EA, ILAC and IAF
- Forum on EMAS-regulated accreditation bodies EMAS, FAB
- Spanish Association of Water Supply and Sanitation AEAS
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE) Good Laboratory Practice Working Group.
Collaborate with ENAC
If you are a member of a business, a professional, a scientific association or work for the Public Administration, and are considering collaborating with ENAC in some way, do not hesitate to contact us.
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