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NEW CERTIFICATION SCHEME AVAILABLE, BASED ON STANDARD ISAS-ITCS 3000

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22-04-2003
The Standard ISAS-ITCP 3000 is formalised in such a way as to be acceptable to the different partners interested in the system of Certification of Competences based on the acute analysis of the applicants’ Curriculum Vitae in the market for Information Technology sub-contracting.

CERTIFICATION OF 24 NEW PHARMACIES IN SWITZERLAND

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03-03-2003
The following pharmacies, members of the ISAS-QMS-PHARMA 2010 Certification Program, have successfully passed the certification audit conducted by THE SWISS ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACISTS (SSPH) & SGS International Certification Services (SGS ICS Switzerland)

REGISTRATION RENEWAL & EXTENSION OF Mr HUGENTOBLER

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03-03-2003
as ISAS Expert Auditor specialized in pharmacy auditing under the ISAS-QMS PHARMA 2010 standard and EAC Code 38 (Health and Social Work, Pharmacy).

RE-CERTIFICATION OF 41 PHARMACIES IN SWITZERLAND

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10-02-2003
The following pharmacies, members of the ISAS-QMS-PHARMA 2010 Certification Program, have successfully passed the re-certification audit conducted by THE SWISS ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACISTS (SSPH) & SGS International Certification Services (SGS ICS Switzerland).

PROF. SHOJI SHIBA, MEMBER OF THE ACCREDITATION BOARD OF ISAS, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE DEMING PRICE

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31-10-2002
The Deming Prize Committee has announced that Professor Shoji Shiba, Visiting Professor at the Leaders for Manufacturing program in Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, has been awarded the 2002 Deming Prize for Individuals.

The Deming Prize is one of the highest awards for Total Quality Management (TQM) in the world. It was established in 1951 to commemorate the late Dr. William Edwards Deming, who contributed greatly to Japan's proliferation of statistical quality control after World War II. Deming's teachings helped Japan build the foundation on which the level of its product quality has been recognized as the highest in the world.

ISAS WILL SOON RELEASE ITS NEW WEB SITE WITH DOUBLE COMPATIBILITY FLASH AND HTML AND EXTENDED SEARCH

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30-09-2002
In order to improve the access to our on-line databases, several key improvements have been decided and will be soon available:

1- The ISAS Web Site will be accessible either in Flash Mode or in HTML Mode. This will allow low speed connections to access our data-bases with a reasonable loading time.

2- Our clients workspace accessible through login and password has been entirely redesigned in order to facilitate the access to information and introduce new and powerful search features.

We hope that these improvements will meet your needs.

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REGISTRATION OF 29 GRADUATES OF THE SPANISH PLATFORM OF THE EPIQCS

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31-08-2002
EPIQCS is a volontary, non profit European Association aimed at issuing  the European Master's Degree specialised in Quality of Complex Integrated Systems which is recognised by the Universities as well as by the Industrial Partners and the Quality Associations, members of EPIQCS Programme such as the European Foundation for Quality Management, the European Organisation for Quality and the CLUSTER organisation which is composed of the following universities:
  • Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
  • Imperial College, London (UK)
  • Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)
  • Politecnico di Torino, (I)
  • Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (S)
  • Technische Universität, Darmstadt, (G)
  • Trinity College, Dublin (IR)
  • Universität (TH) Karlsruhe, (G)
  • Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (B)
  • Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona (S)

DRAFT INTERMEDIARY STANDARD NGO 2000

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01-07-2002
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA, Geneva has submitted a Draft Intermediary Standard for the registration of NGO 2000.

This NGO 2000 Standard aims at enhancing the accountability and transparency of NGO' actions vis a vis their sponsors, governmental authorities particularly in recipient countries and the public at large.

This Standard, in its intermediary form, is composed of 43 normative requirements ranging from management of processes, quality and sustainability of their activities as well as ethical criteria to be applied by their personnel.

Temporary registration has been granted for six months by the Board of ISAS, pending the setting up of a Standardization Committee.

World Radio and Television Council (WRTVC) has launched in cooperation with ISAS

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30-04-2002
The World Radio and Television Council (WRTVC) has launched in cooperation with ISAS a feasibility study in six countries in order to evaluate the opportunity of a Radio and TV Rating Scheme aimed at evaluating the contribution of public broadcasting services to social development and democracy.

The rating scheme will be based on tangible evaluation criteria such as:

1- Technical, political and economical requirements
2- Flexible approach according to regional differences
3- Definition of and expectations from public broadcasting
4- Ecology of the audiovisual landscape
5- Public needs and expectations
6- Preservation of cultural diversity.

The results of this survey are expected by the end of 2002

REGISTRATION OF 33 QUALITY MANAGERS

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29-03-2002
As from April 1st, 2002, the following quality managers, trained within the last 3 years by the accredited training company Challenge Optimum S.A., Geneva, are registered in the ISAS Quality Managers Data Base for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of their diploma.

These laureates have:

successfully attended and passed the examination of a 170 hour course on TQM after at least 3 months work, successfully presented an original memoir and, as a consequence, have been awarded the

QUALITY MANAGER DIPLOMA

in line with the requirements of the ISAS QMA-2070 standard.