Background
Management according to the ISO 9000 principles ensures that a business is able to work according to sound environmental management as well as the proper implementation of health and safety rules. However, application of the ISO 9000 certification process is not always an easy matter:
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many SMEs cannot afford the cost of a certification
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there is no specific certification process for micro SMEs
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SMEs generally cannot afford to employ personnel with the required competencies
By analogy, it is also difficult to find competencies for the application of ISO 14000, EMAS and health & safety specifics for the single enterprise.
From this consideration comes the necessity to have specialists consultants with the right competence, who can be certified by a third party, so that enterprises will trust them and ask for their services.
CEN Workshop Agreement
The CWA will define, at European level, the competences that a person should have in order to assist an SME to implement an integrated management system, by giving information and advice on quality, environment, health and safety.
Approved Business Plan
CEN Workshop status
The Workshop has completed its activities in February 2011 and published:
CWA 16275:2011: Guidelines for the selection of consultants advising SMEs on integrated quality, environment, health and safety management systems
Contact points
CEN Workshop Chair
Ms Anna Moreno (ENEA)
ENEA Cassacia
Via Anguillarese 301
00123 s. Maria di Galeria, Italy
Tel: + 39 06 30 48 64 74
E-mail
CEN Workshop Vice Chair
Dr Rosa Anna Favorito
Director
Certificazione delle Professionalita e della Formazione - CEPAS
Via di Val Fiorita, 90
IT - 00144 Roma
Tel: +39 02 70 02 45 07
E-mail
CEN Workshop Secretariat
Elena Mocchio
UNI - Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)
Via Sannio, 2
IT-20137 Milano
Tel: + 39 02 70 02 45 07
Via Sannio 2
I-20137 Milano
E-mail
CEN Management Centre
Mrs Gaïd Le Gall
Avenue Marnix, 17
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: + 32 2 550 09 39
Fax: + 32 2 550 08 19
E-mail