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| ICONTEC, the Colombian National Standards Body, is a private non for profit organization founded in 1963, for providing an answer to the needs of various economic sectors, by offering services which contribute to the development and competitiveness of organizations through the reliability in its products and services.
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ICONTEC is the National Standards Body, and is an active member of the most important international and regional standards bodies. This allows us to participate in the definition and development of regional and international standards in order to be in the vanguard of information and technology.
ICONTEC is a certification body having world coverage through IQNet, the International Certification Network, through which we offer certification services around the world, provided by
10 000 auditors qualified in all economic sectors.
IQNet is made up by the most important certifying bodies, and has more than 200 subsidiary offices in the world, 36 partner organizations, and 40 accreditations.
ICONTEC works at an international scale, with offices in Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, and representations in Panamá, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and República Dominicana, in order to assure a total coverage in Central and South America.
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| INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION |
Through the DAR/TGA, and ANAB, (ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board) accreditations, the quality and environmental management certificates granted by ICONTEC are recognized by the 52 most important accreditation members in the world, who have signed the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) (http://www.iaf.nu/mla.asp) for achieving international acceptance of certificates and eliminating technical barriers to trade.
ICONTEC intends to contribute to the development of entrepreneurs in their objective of facing the FTA with quality and competitiveness. To that end, ICONTEC holds an accreditation granted by ANSI, the USA accreditation body for product certification. This means that ICONTEC Quality Mark will be recognized in the market of this country.
The company to which ICONTEC grants the certificate also receives the IQNet certificate; this way, ICONTEC certification acquires a global character through the support of IQNet members. So, ICONTEC belongs to the international certification body which has more than 30% of certificates granted in the world.
The Education & Development Service is supported by the ISO 9001:2000 Certificate granted by DQS, a German Certification Body, to its Quality Management System, for the "Design, Development and the Provision of Training Services". The training methodology is based on theoretical-practical workshops which guarantee the acquisition of tools and clear concepts which fulfill the objective of generating quality culture.
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| ICONTEC, as the National Standards Body, coordinates the preparation of Technical Guides and Standards and other normative documents applicable in Colombia. To this purpose, there are approximately 250 standardization committees in which industry, consumers, academy and general interests participate, in order to establish the fundamental requirements related to quality, safety, security, health care and environment, for products, services, processes and systems.
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| Health care accreditation |
Accreditation is a tool for continuous quality improvement, used by health care organizations to develop continuous and systematic internal self-evaluation and external evaluation which allow them to detect improvement opportunities and to reinforce strengths.
This accreditation contributes to optimize the provision of a service vital for the country's development, provided that institutions fulfill fundamental requirements for health care. This scheme promotes that hospitals, clinics and even insurers, meet quality levels higher than the minimum legal ones, guaranteeing a safe health care based on medical practice guidelines which use international evidence and at the same time respect the patients´ rights and dignity, providing clear information and humanized treatment.
This program is accredited by the International Society for Quality in Health Care, ISQua.
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| Quality Management Certification |
ICONTEC, through services adapted to international requirements, provides support to diverse entrepreneurial sectors, this allowing to have new competitive advantages in the market.
The wide range of Certification Services allows companies to have access to different modalities through a single integral audit.
• ISO 9001, Quality Management Certification
• ISO 14001, Environmental Management Certification
• ISO 13485 Medical devices - Management System Certification
• NTCGP 1000 Certification
• NCh 2728 Certification of Training
• ISO 22000 certification
• OHSAS 18001 certification
• ISO 27001, Information Security Certification
• Certification in Integral Responsibility
• NCh 2728 Certification of Training Technical Bodies
• Certification in HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)
• NCh 2909 Certification of SMEs
• Certification in GMP (Good Manufacture Practices)
• TS 16949 Certification for Automotive Sector
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• ICONTEC Quality Mark
• Hand-made Mark
• Lot and Sample Certification
• GAP - GlobalGAP
• Quality Mark for Bottled Water
• Annual Certification
• Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) Inspection Center
• Tourism Quality Certification: Hotels, Restaurants, Lodgings, Adventure Tourism and Tourist Guides
• Colombian Environmental Mark
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| Certification of Industrial Installations |
• CNG Filling Stations
• Vehicle conversion to CNG-LPG.
• Workshops for vehicle conversion to CNG
• Workshop for refilling and maintenance of fire extinguishers
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• Gas installers
• Gas appliances installers
• Tourist guides
• Inspectors of gas appliances connection and performance
• Inspectors of internal installations and polyethylene networks
• Operators of water potabilization systems
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| ICONTEC and the Climate Change Challenge |
Climate change is one of the main global environmental challenges faced by humankind. The global carbon market is a powerful instrument which have impulse organizations to make a real contribution to the mitigation of climate change and that constitute a unique business opportunity.
In this context, there is a need for organizations and developers of projects to demonstrate the accurate, transparent and complete accounting of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, reductions or removals. Attending to this new companies’ need, ICONTEC has designed and developed the technical infrastructure necessary to offer services related to climate change organizational initiatives.
The Institute´s Climate Change Services:
- Clean Development Mechanism - CDM: The Clean Development Mechanism, created in the framework of the Kyoto protocol, allows that developing countries that do not have commitments of greenhouse gas reduction develop projects of reduction or capture of GHG emissions. These reductions can be certified and sold to those countries that have reduction commitments.
In order to obtain the certification of the reductions, it is required that the project has been validated and verified to demonstrate that reductions are reached in the declared periods
ICONTEC is the first Latin American entity accredited by the CDM Executive Board as a Designated Operational Entity for the validation and verification of projects in the following sectoral scopes:
1. Energy industries (renewable - / non-renewable sources) 2. Energy distribution 3. Energy demand 4. Manufacturing industries 5. Chemical industry 8. Mining/Mineral production 13. Waste handling and disposal 14. Afforestation and reforestation 15. Agriculture
- Voluntary Carbon Markets: Outside of the Kyoto protocol, some NGO and business leaders have the commitment to mitigate climate change and have created reduction programs increasing the opportunities in the carbon markets. ICONTEC can also help your organization to participate in some of these markets through the validation or verification of your projects.
- Green house gases inventories (reports): Called also as the organizational carbon foot print we can verified the organizational inventories of greenhouse gases GHG, when these have been developed according to the requirements of the International Standard ISO 14064-1.
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| Benefits of the Climate Change services provided by ICONTEC |
Technical Competence: ICONTEC support its services in highly qualified professionals, specialized in the different technological sectors, who contribute their experience and knowledge for providing services adapted to the nature of each company.
ICONTEC's professionals have been trained and qualified in different countries and organizations, including the area of Climate Change Projects of the World Bank in USA.
Regional leadership: ICONTEC is an international organization with headquarters in Colombia and branches in South America and Central America. At regional level it is a leader, recognized organization with experience in certification of Environmental and Quality Management Systems.
Knowledge of the Latin-American context: Due to our experience and the geographical proximity, we deeply know the Latin American context, which allows us to offer a suitable service ruled by international parameters as defined by the Executive Board of CDM or ISO. ICONTEC has qualified and competent professionals, speaking the local language.
International recognition of the climate change services of ICONTEC: ICONTEC is the first Latin American Operational Entity that received accreditation by the Executive Board of CDM.
Reasonable costs: ICONTEC represents a reliable, economical and accessible alternative for Latin American organizations.
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| Calibration of Measurement Equipment |
ICONTEC offers calibration of measurement equipment and instruments, in order to support industry development and satisfy the increasing demand in the field of metrology in the following areas:
• Dimensional metrology.
• Pressure.
• Mass and scales.
• Temperature.
• Volumetry.
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| Education and Development programs |
ICONTEC, through its Education and Development Department, has designed and offers diverse training programs specially addressed to manufacture and service companies, and to other specific sectors which allow entrepreneurs and their personnel to acquire and apply management systems concepts and methods.
ICONTEC has programs in the topics of quality, environmental, occupational health and safety management systems, and training to auditors, leading to maintenance and improvement of quality systems. Specific programs for health care, education, hotels and tourism, financial, Good Agricultural Practices sectors, travel agencies, micro-businesses, Quality Management in Food Sector, Public Management, Integral Risk Administration in Companies, and an Administrative Program for Organizational Improvement, have already been designed and are currently offered.
In order to gain more coverage as to training in topics related to quality and environmental management systems, we have specialization degrees and diplomas in agreement with some universities.
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| Information and Specialized Publications |
ICONTEC offers comprehensive, specialized information contained in national, foreign, regional and international technical guides and standards specific by sector, for contributing to provide support to companies activities.
These documents are available to be consulted or bought in ICONTEC regional offices, or through the Information Centers.
In order to contribute to the companies´development and competitiveness, we offer publications in the following areas:
• Compendia: Thesis; Commercial documentation; Technical drawing; Dangerous goods, and others.
• Environment
• Quality
• Health care
• Administrative and financial
• Electric sector
• Metrology
• Engineering
To check ICONTEC´s catalogue and online orders, go to our online store (http://www.icontec.org/CatalogoProductos.asp?CodIdioma=ESP)
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| TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT |
ICONTEC offers a wide and permanent technical support for the suitable and timely provision of services adapted to the nature of the company, through highly qualified and experienced professionals specialized in various technological sectors.
ICONTEC professionals have been trained in countries such as Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and Italy, among others.
We have more than 300 professionals competent in various economic sectors, this allowing to guarantee a fast and timely service according to the needs of each company and sector
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