Institute of European Standards and Quality 
Institute of European Standards and Quality
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Knowledge and technical exchange
Technical publications
Use the publications catalogue to identify a document by subject, type, reference or edition. Each publication record explains its purpose, intended audience and availability. A replacement edition is linked to the document it supersedes.
Learning and technical exchange
Courses address practical questions in standards application and quality work. Event information sets out the subject, intended participants, format and arrangements. Learning records identify what participation or assessment has taken place.
Institute news
Follow publication notices, technical work announcements and other Institute news. Links within each item lead to the relevant document, project or event so that the source material can be read in context.
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Standards in practice. Quality supported by evidence.
Standards application, product quality and technical practice. Explore the work, publications and participation routes of IESQ.
The Institute of European Standards and Quality brings standards application, product quality and professional practice into a common programme of work. Its remit concerns the requirements organisations use, the evidence they rely on and the methods by which that evidence is assessed.
Find the right starting point
Choose the task that brings you here: find a technical publication, understand the assessment process, contribute expertise or consider professional learning.
For an issued document, use record verification to check the record type, scope and current status.
Areas of work
Technical guidance addresses the application of requirements. Product quality work examines defined characteristics and supporting evidence. Supplier quality concerns purchasing and process controls. Sustainability, traceability and laboratory quality address the reliability of information through the evidence chain.
Research, technical participation and professional learning connect these subjects with the people who use them.
How technical conclusions are reached
A useful conclusion starts with a defined question. The relevant requirements, evidence and method follow from that question. Reports distinguish the work performed from assumptions, exclusions and matters outside the agreed scope.
Participate in the work
Participation takes several forms: membership, contribution to a defined technical task, comments on a consultation or cooperation on research. Each route has its own conditions. Membership does not confer a right to an assessment result.
Accountability and public information
The meaning of an assessment depends on its criteria, scope and issuing body. Public information should make those distinctions clear. The trust and accountability pages explain the rules for results and marks, and provide separate routes for complaints, appeals and reports of misuse.