On May 12 and 13 a conference on quality management will be held in San Jose which will focus on the sectors of health and safety.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry:
San Jose April 28, 2016. The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC), as rector of the National Council for Quality and technical bodies made up of: the National Agency for Standardization (INTECO), the Technical Regulation Body (ORT), the Costa Rican Metrology Laboratory (LACOMET) and the Costa Rican Accreditation Entity (ECA), is promoting the First International Conference on Quality, on May 12 and 13 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Corobici.
The International Standards Organization plans to publish the new ISO standards 14001: 2015 on environmental management in September of 2015.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):
New ISO standard will be published in September
In order to respond to market changes and demands, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) plans to publish the new ISO standard 14001: 2015 on environmental management in September 2015.
The event will be held on August 25th and 26th in Guatemala City and will deal with issues related to quality systems and accessing markets with GlobalGAP certifications.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport):
Managing occupational risks, voluntary agreements for improving the environmental services, and best practices for reducing costs, are some of the central issues which will be addressed at the 2014 International Congress on Quality.
In Costa Rica there are 17 companies with a seal of approval for this activity.
The International Council for the Promotion of Medicine in Costa Rica (Promed) awarded the companies Advance Dental, Prisma Dental, Instituto Flikier de Rehabilitación Oral and Dentavac the quality seal during inauguration of the Third Latin American Congress of Medical Tourism on Monday.
A regional program will support the quality and application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
In order to improve access for Central American products to markets the creation of a standardized and internationally recognized Regional System for Quality and Application of SPS Measures has been proposed.
A communiqué from the Central American Economic Integration Secretariat reads:
The Guatemalan Accreditation Office is the entity responsible for the accreditation system in Guatemala, evaluating testing and calibration laboratories at home and abroad.
From Diario de Centro América:
The Guatemalan Accreditation Office (OGA) at the Ministry of Economy (Mineco) is consolidating in Central America in the field of accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories in support of various productive sectors.
The Food Analysis Laboratory of the Zamorano offers analytical services for the national and international agroindustry of human and animal food products and others related agro-industrial products.
Organization that operates in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Phone: (504) 2287 2205 - (504) 9663 0040
NSF International, The Public Health and Safety Company™, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, is the world leader in standards development, product certification, education, and risk-management for public health and safety.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Phone: (506 ) 2248 0263 - (506) 2248 0259
The proposed bill includes technical requirements and production quality standards for Small and Medium Enterprises.
Mario Cerna, Commerce and Industry vice ministry, explained that the bill is currently in its final draft.
"The law will include technical regulations, goods and services standards, and quality certification for companies. It will help us build a quality system through a number of institutions", stated Cerna, according to Laprensagrafica.com.
The event will be held from October 22 to 23, with three forums: energy, funding and quality.
Over 100 exhibitor companies and more than 1.500 people will participate in the event, which is organized by ASI, the Salvadoran Association of Industrial companies.
"The Quality forum includes conferences on ISO 9004:2008, Managing Success, Environmental Management ISO 14001, ISO 26000-Social Responsibility CSR and SA 8000 - Social Accountability International, and the subject: Taking Actions to Innovate and Learn", reports Laprensagrafica.com. "The Funding forum includes: Vision of the BCR on Development Banking, and Symposium on the establishment of Development Banking in El Salvador, different visions".
Central American professionals are invited to propose consultancies related to the accreditation of programs in architecture and engineering.
Project Description: This Technical Cooperation aims to create a regional strategy evaluation and accreditation programs in architecture and engineering (Regional Public Goods) to ensure the quality of these programs and facilitate work mobility in a context of increasing regional integration.