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  • 16-Feb-2017

    Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization Represents AIMICT at ISO/TC 176 Meetings in the Netherlands

    ROTTERDAM - Representative of the Arab International Society for Management Technology (AIMICT) and International Executive Director of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. Consulting Mr. Khaled Abu Osbeh took part in the meetings of the ISO Technical Committee 176 (ISO/TC 176) and its sub-committees that have been recently held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

    The Society participated in the event upon an invitation from the Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN).
    More than 200 quality experts from 60 countries tackled significant issues related to the future of the ISO 9000 standard that is considered the most important of the 25,000 standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the past 69 years.

    “HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, AIMICT chairman, has been always keen on the Society’s constant participation in the 176 Technical Committee meetings since 1993 in its capacity as the sole non-government Arab member in the committee,” Abu Osbeh said.

    He also underlined the significance of such meetings that enable the Society to simultaneously transfer the latest updates in the field of quality management standards to experts in the Arab world in conjunction with their counterparts from all over the world, so that they will be familiar with the amendments and updates before their issuance.

    The attendees mainly discussed the finalization of the amendments to the ISO 9004, 10005, 10006, and 10007 mainly after the release of the ISO 9001:2015 in September last year.

    The ISO 9004 and ISO 10006 succeed the ISO 9001 in their importance in a series of specifications of quality management systems; as the first quality management standard focuses on the advancement of the performance of the institutions following the acquisition of the ISO 9001 certification and provides guidance to organizations to support the achievement of sustained success, while the second gives guidance on the application of quality management in projects.

    Abu Osbeh also participated in the Arabic Translation Committee that convened with the participation of representatives from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE and discussed the translation process of the recent 9000 ISO family and their guidelines.

    TAG-Org is translating more than 15 international standards in cooperation with Arab standardization entities to be issued in Arabic along with the other ISO official English, French and Russian languages.
    The ISO/TC 176 is considered the most important among the 240 technical ISO committees.
     
     



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