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Academy and capacity building

IEC ACB trains over 3 000 experts each year via capacity building activities

What we achieved in 2019

IEC ACB works closely with National Committees, IEC Regional Centres and IEC Departments to build knowledge and grow enthusiasm through high-quality training, workshops, webinars and online learning modules for a global network of experts within the IEC community and beyond.

Support for National Committees

Offering NCs support with capacity building and training activities, including national training sessions, best practices and up-to-date training materials. NCs can access new membership training, new officer training and national workshops as well as national use of tools such at the IEC Collaboration Platform for NCs.

Public webinars

Each year, approximately 30 webinars are publicly available on topics related to standardization and conformity assessment. Recordings and slides of the webinars since 2018 are available from the IEC Academy archives.

Supporting young professionals

Helping YPs to learn more about the IEC and its work. Engaging in discussions with YPs to enhance learning and capacity-building in the IEC. NCs can also leverage support from IEC ACB to build their national YP programmes and identify national YP leaders.

Training for technical committees

Supporting IEC committees and working groups with intensive leadership training. Sessions are offered around the world or online.

Platform for affiliate countries

Services for affiliate countries to access training and best practices about standardization and conformity assessment and, most notably, the Affiliate Conformity Assessment Status (ACAS) eLearning modules. Training and bilateral mentoring sessions are available upon request.

Services for academia

Offering modules developed in cooperation with academia that can be used to help universities integrate the concepts of standardization and conformity assessment into their curricula. Also offering opportunities for university cooperation agreements, university lectures and paper competitions as well as access to a network of academics involved in standardization and conformity assessment.