SMIIC Annual Report 2016

SMIIC is an OIC Affiliated Institution

2016 ANNUAL REPORT

The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries www.smiic.org

CONTENTS STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES INTRODUCTION

Current Activities of Some Technical Committees

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SMIIC Information System (IS) Training SMIIC Committee on Standards for Conformity Assessment

8-9-10

ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES SMIIC Accreditation Committee

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SCOPE 4

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS 6-7

METROLOGY ACTIVITIES SMIIC Metrology Committee

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SMIIC WEB DESIGN Launching of New Website Members’ Profile Page

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WORLD HALAL SUMMIT 2016 16

CONCLUSION 18-19

COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH MEMBER STATES 13

COOPERATION AGREEMENTS MoU with ITC, ARSO and AIDMO Technical Cooperation with ISO, IEC, CEN-CENELEC

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SMIIC STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2020 17

SCOPE This report gives information about the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC), its activities and major developments in 2016.

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INTRODUCTION The

SMIIC

General Secretariat has continued to place

considerable emphasis on strengthening the infrastructure of SMIIC as well as coordinating the future relationship and effective cooperation with its Member States and regional/international organizations.

It would highlight the particular efforts made with regard to active participation of SMIIC Member States for cooperation in the fields of standardization, metrology and accreditation.

In addition, the Report will highlight the implementation of the resolutions of SMIIC General Assembly (GA) and Board of Directors (BOD).

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12th Meeting of the SMIIC Board of

Directors

(BOD)

was

held in the Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 23 May 2016. The General Secretariat presented a comprehensive report on the latest developments and activities of SMIIC since the last BOD meeting.

During the meeting, the financial auditor report and the 2017 budget proposal were discussed.

The SMIIC Strategic Plan 2016-2020, in order to establish policies and objectives for SMIIC, was discussed and approved by the BOD Members.

Furthermore, General Secretariat was asked to identify necessary supplementary documents including the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), initiatives and projects and governance methods for the proper implementation of the Strategic Plan.

9th Meeting of the SMIIC General Assembly (GA) was held in the Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 24 May 2016. The General Secretariat presented a comprehensive report on the latest developments and activities of SMIIC since the last GA. Reports of the Technical Committees (TCs) and SMIIC Committee on Standards for ConformityAssessment (SMIIC/CCA) were also presented.

Detailed information regarding the latest developments and activities of SMIIC Metrology Committee (MC) was presented by the MC Secretary. During the meeting, the financial auditor report and the 2017 budget proposal along with the Member’s Mandatory Contribution to 2017 SMIIC Budget were approved.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS & GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS

13th

Meeting

of

the

SMIIC

Board of Directors (BOD) was held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 16 December 2016.

Membership

applications

of

Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Djibouti, and Republic of Iraq as members and Kingdom of Thailand as observer were approved and the number of SMIIC Member States has increased to 33 along with 3 Observers. During the meeting, a task force group was established to study and finalize the revision of the SMIIC Internal Documents. Furthermore, Implementation and Major Strategic Initiatives documents of SMIIC Strategic Plan 2016-2020 that encompasses a period of two years were discussed by the Board members.

10th Meeting of the SMIIC General Assembly (GA) was held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 17 December 2016.

The

General

Secretariat

presented a comprehensive report providing a general view for the future program and actions of SMIIC from policy perspective. Reports of the Technical Committees (TCs) and SMIIC Committee on Standards for Conformity Assessment (SMIIC/CCA) were also presented.

Metrology

Committee

Secretary

and

Accreditation

Committee Chair briefed the GA on the latest activities of their committees by speech/presentation. During the meeting, two supplementary documents of SMIIC Strategic Plan 2016-2020 were approved and it was decided to extend the term of office of existing thirteen (13) members of the Board of Directors (BOD) until the end of 2017.

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STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES Current Activities of Some Technical Committees

Following TCs have been established under SMIIC: •

TC1 Halal Food Issues

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TC2 Halal Cosmetic Issues

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TC3 Service Site Issues

The primary duty of SMIIC Technical

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TC4 Renewable Energy

Committees (TCs) is the development

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TC5 Tourism and Related Services

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TC6 Agriculture Products

•

TC7 Transportation

to

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TC8 Leather and Tanning Material

related activities within a particular

•

TC9 Textiles and Related Products

and systematic maintenance of the OIC/SMIIC

Standards

according

scope of work (e.g.: TC1 Halal Food Issues, etc.).

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Additionally the following TCs have been established in 2016: •

TC10 Halal Supply Chain

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TC11 Halal Management Systems

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TC12 Dangerous Goods Transportation Requirements

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TC13 Jewellery

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TC14 Petroleum and Petroleum Products

•

OIC/SMIIC standards are developed by experts, within TCs. TCs are made up of representatives of industry, NGOs, governments and other stakeholders, who are determined by SMIIC members. Each TC deals with a different area.

SMIIC Standardization Department has been taking necessary actions in consultation with the secretaries and members of the committees about the structure and effective operation of the mentioned TCs.

With a view to speeding up the works of the TCs, General Secretariat sent letters asking from Secretaries of the Technical Committees to prepare or revise the committee strategic business plans, taking into account the new developments of the business environment of their committees’ field of technical activity and send them to General Secretariat. They were also requested to search and add new work items to the work program of their technical committee taking into account needs of the sector. General Secretariat will follow up the tasks given to the Technical Committees and evaluate the committees that do not fulfil the said tasks in the given period.

SMIIC Information System (IS) Training After the establishment of SMIIC IS, which is designed to provide an electronic collaborative environment for the technical work of SMIIC’s committees in accordance with SMIIC Directives and a database for general activities of the Institute, a training course for SMIIC IS User Administrators and SMIIC Technical Committee Chairmen and/or Secretaries was given in 19-21 April 2016.

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SMIIC Committee on Standards for Conformity Assessment SMIIC Committee on Standards for Conformity Assessment (SMIIC/CCA) has been established for preparation of guides/standards on criteria for bodies involved in testing, calibration, certification, inspection, accreditation, their operation and assessment, other related standards and especially halal conformity assessment and accreditation guidelines or standards. SMIIC/CCA consists of representatives from 12 Member States and 2 Observer Members.

SMIIC/CCA held its first Meeting in Ä°stanbul, Republic of Turkey on 23-24 March 2016 where it was decided that the SMIIC Technical Committees (TCs), Metrology Committee (MC) and Accreditation Committee (AC) as well as International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) and Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) will become liaisons of SMIIC/CCA.

The meeting established a working group (SMIIC/CCA/WG 1) to work on the revision of OIC/SMIIC 2 and 3 standards and also highlighted that relevant standardization procedures may be initiated for conformity assessment of especially the Halal services, products and management

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etc.

METROLOGY ACTIVITIES Recent training activities of SMIIC MC are;

SMIIC Metrology Committee Metrology Committee (MC) was established

•

during the 5th SMIIC BOD Meeting on the

was given on February 22-26, 2016

Scientific- Metrology Training

07 November 2012 and has commenced

at TUBITAK UME, Turkey covering the following

its activities, to aid in achieving uniformity in

areas:

metrology and laboratory testing amongst OIC

•

Pressure Metrology

Member States. SMIIC MC has a total of 36 OIC Member

•

Dimensional Metrology

States’ membership (including Full and Associate Members

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Electrical Metrology - Voltage,

and two liaison organisations).

- Impedance, - Power & energy

Objectives of SMIIC MC are; •

Having an inventory of existing calibration standards and establish a chain of traceability reaching reference standards for each basic unit.

•

First training on Thermometry was organized on 0913 May 2016 by the Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMBIH) in Sarajevo covering the

•

Acting as intermediary, for any unit, for meeting calibration requirements which may arise at any link of

following areas:.

•

sensors

the chain to be established. It shall, through its staff of experts, certify the extent of accuracy and

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Calibration of PRTs, thermocouples and liquid in glass thermometers

precision with which any calibration laboratory

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Temperature scales and common temperature

offers services.

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Supplying metrology services by making the

• Advanced Thermometry Training was organized

most efficient use of the existing potentials

on 05-09 September 2016 by the Institute of

in the Member States and aid in solving their

Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMBIH) in

problems in the field of metrology through

Sarajevo in below subjects:.

coordinated research.

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Estimation of measurement uncertainty

Calibration of SPRTs and thermocouples at fix points

•

Estimation of measurement uncertainty for the calibrations at fix points.

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ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES SMIIC Accreditation Committee SMIIC Accreditation Committee (AC) was established in the 1st General Assembly (GA) Meeting of SMIIC held on 02-03 August 2010 with the objectives of:

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Establishing an accreditation system for the OIC Member States.

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A wide awareness of the accreditation concept within the OIC member states.

•

Supporting member states intellectually for their efforts in establishing and developing their accreditation agencies.

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Forming human capital particularly specialized in the accreditation field.

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Contribution in Islamic countries’ knowledge formation in this very field and hence in industrial sector.

SMIIC Accreditation Committee (AC) is responsible for supporting actions for establishing a sound accreditation system OIC-wide and raise awareness of the accreditation concept within the OIC Member States.

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COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH MEMBER STATES Chairman of the Board of Directors and Secretary General held consultation meetings with Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) and Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO) in October 2016 and Moroccan Standards Institute (IMANOR) and National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) in November 2016. General Secretariat attaches great importance to views and feedbacks of Member States and that is why we will continue to pay visits to other members as well to be in close cooperation.

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SMIIC WEB DESIGN Launching of New Website A new website which covers all required information in a more sophisticated design was developed as one of our priorities during the last year. The new website is integrated with SMIIC Information System (IS) which helps members as users to easily find information they are looking for. Furthermore, new website will also allow the online sale of OIC/SMIIC standards worldwide.

Members’ Profile Page Results of the survey study to identify the Quality Infrastructure of the OIC Countries have been published on SMIIC website under members profile page.

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COOPERATION AGREEMENTS MoU with ITC, ARSO and AIDMO

Technical Cooperation with ISO, IEC, CEN-CENELEC

A Memorandum of Understanding between SMIIC and International

Cooperation dialogues have been conducted with international

Trade Center (ITC) has been signed to provide a framework for

organizations [International Standardization Organization (ISO), CEN

cooperation in the area of Halal standards in relation to the continuing

(European Committee for Standardization) - CENELEC (European

development of the Standards Map Database of the ITC, to improve the

Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization), International Trade

quality and availability of information on OIC/SMIIC Halal standards and

Center (ITC), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)] in

increase opportunities for sustainable trade.

standardization and its related fields in order to increase the recognition of SMIIC at international level.

A Memorandum of Understanding between SMIIC and African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) was signed on 28 November

The cooperation process will be finalized after the necessary internal

2016 to provide a framework for cooperation in standardization and

evaluations of the draft agreements are completed by the mentioned

its related fields.

organizations.

A Memorandum of Understanding between SMIIC and Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) was signed on 17 December 2016 to enhance the current level of cooperation between two institutions.

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WORLD HALAL SUMMIT 2016 The World Halal Summit (WHS) was organized in Istanbul on 15-17 December 2016 under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Turkey. SMIIC took place in this summit as a supporting organization and organized a session on topic “Halal Food Industry Conference”.

As a sub theme of the program, it was intended to place emphasis on creating Muslim consumers’ awareness of consuming halal products, engaging in halal production and services in all fields and bringing market leaders and halal product experts.

The summit brought together thousands of people from all over the world along with prominent speakers from leading countries on Halal.

World Halal Summit 2016, as the biggest halal event in the sector, provided a platform where the views and experiences of international speakers from 26 countries were shared with the audience.

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SMIIC STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2020 SMIIC Strategic Plan 2016-2020 as a roadmap for the implementation of the objectives and activities of the Institute, was approved in the 12th Board of Directors of SMIIC held on 23 May 2016 in Istanbul.

Supplementary secondary and tertiary documents to SMIIC Strategy including the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), initiatives and projects and governance methods have also been approved for the proper, implementation of the Strategic Plan.

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SMIIC, by taking into consideration the needs of OIC Member

•

States will continue to take active position in all related standardization,

having the role of setting common standards that are applied across the whole of the OIC as a single market where SMIIC

metrology and accreditation activities in addition to conformity

ensures the protection of consumers, facilitate cross-border trade,

assessment as well as focusing on capacity building, training etc..

ensure the interoperability of products, encourage innovation and technological development, include environmental protection and

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enable businesses to grow.

SMIIC aims to set common standards that are applied across

the whole of the OIC as a single market where SMIIC aims to aid the

•

protection of consumers, facilitate cross- border trade, ensure the

of Muslim community and the environment by providing a

interoperability of products, encourage innovation and technological

platform for the development of OIC/SMIIC standards and other

development, include environmental protection and enable businesses

technical specifications across a wide range of sectors as well

to grow.

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by fostering the OIC economy in global trading, the welfare

as metrology and accreditation to verify - against OIC/SMIIC standards - organizations that carry out evaluation services such as certification, verification, inspection, testing and calibration.

While doing that, the Institute will focus on technical improvement

and capacity building and play a directive function to guide the

•

investment on laboratory etc. and equal distribution of mentioned

keeping up to date its operations and provide proactive solutions in technical field for the OIC Member States which will be mostly

plans in the OIC Member States.

the emerging countries in near future by the political support of OIC Member States.

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SMIIC is ready to further cooperate with sister OIC institutions

•

which have various mandates with regards to the industry, science and

standardization, metrology and accreditation prioritizing the

technology, economic development etc.

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needs of OIC Member States.

• SMIIC aims to accomplish these:

by working on all element of quality infrastructure as

focusing on technical improvement and capacity building and should play a directive function to guide the investment on

by taking active position in all related standardization, metrology

laboratory etc and equal distribution of mentioned plans in

and accreditation activities in addition to conformity assessment

OIC Member States.

as well as focusing on capacity building, training etc. taking into consideration the needs of OIC Member States.

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