Research and Development

Research and Development

The area of Research and Development of ONAC seeks to provide the market with tools that provide added value to the activities of conformity assessment, through the development of new services, which seeks constant change in environmental, socio-economic and social environments. The result is confidence in the quality and improvement of the competence of the Conformity Assessment Bodies, which in turn contribute substantially to the development, competitiveness, and therefore to the economic recovery of Colombia in such a crucial time as the one we are living in.

Stages of Development of New ONAC Accreditation Services

The process of developing new services at ONAC covers four stages in order to ensure that these developments sufficiently and concretely cover the needs of the market, with the opinion of key players in the chain of trust.

Identification of
needs

We conducted three surveys according to the identified audiences, in order to know and collect information about new needs for accreditation services development

Suitability study and evaluation

We investigate the requirements of the service to be developed, the process of accreditation of the requirements, the associated costs and evaluate the suitability of the service, which aims to define if it can be accredited

Prioritization of development

We prioritize the needs of accreditation services, on a semi-annual basis, taking into account the needs of the country and the voluntary market

SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
PLAN

We prepare the Service Development Plan, which establishes the order of service development. Without neglecting new requests and needs that are identified throughout the year

Latest Developments

World Anti-Doping Agency – WADA- is the World Anti-Doping Agency

Accreditation for testing laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025) performing anti-doping tests under WADA rules.

At world level, there are different international organizations that develop standards in very specific sectors, under consensus among several countries in order to harmonize the guidelines of these standards to ensure their adequate implementation.

ONAC, as part of its commitment to meet the needs imposed by the market, is constantly seeking to incorporate new schemes and services that are in tune with these needs. Such is the case of WADA, as presented below:

Sustainability Line

The Sustainability Focused Services line is comprised of a set of regulatory schemes that address market needs for green goods and services.

Validating and Verifyingand Verifiers of Greenhouse Greenhouse Gases

OVV GEI

Certification under the Chain of Custody Chain of Custody Scheme

PEFC

Global
G.A.P.
Certification

GLOBALG.A.P

Certification of the Energy Management System

ISO 50001

Other Accreditation Services

The accreditation schemes provided by ONAC support the declaration it makes, as an accrediting body, regarding the competence of the Conformity Assessment Bodies to perform their activities in accordance with international assessment standards in globally recognized fields.

Occupational Health and Safety and Health Management System

ISO 45001

Anti-bribery Management Systems


ISO 37001

Food Safety Management Systems


FSSC 22000

Management Systems for Private Security Operations

ISO 18788

Asset Management System


ISO 55001:2014

Road Safety Management Systems


ISO 39001

Contact

If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the survey or its content, we invite you to write to us at:

E-mail address

Send us your questions and concerns to: investigacion.desarrollo@onac.org.co and we will get back to you as soon as possible .

Confirm accreditation status

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Antes de Acreditarse

Es importante que antes de aplicar al proceso de acreditación, el solicitante conozca los requisitos y documentos que debe tener en cuenta en cada una de las etapas.

Criterios de Evaluación

Documentos adicionales o complementarios de la norma de acreditación, para algunos alcances específicos, que el solicitante debe cumplir y son objeto de evaluación por parte de ONAC para determinar su competencia como Organismo Evaluador de la conformidad.

Conoce las reglas y los requisitos para acreditarte como Productor de Materiales de Referencia:

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Criterios de Acreditación

Requisitos que debe cumplir el solicitante que desea acreditarse de acuerdo con el esquema de evaluación de la conformidad y que son objeto de evaluación para determinar la competencia del organismo. ejemplo ISO 17034 requisitos para Productores de materiales de referencia.

  • ISO 17034 “Requisitos generales para la competencia de los Productores de Materiales de Referencia”

Documentos Relacionados

  • ISO/IEC 17025 «Evaluación de la conformidad. Requisitos generales para la competencia de los laboratorios de ensayo y de calibración»
  • ISO Guide 30:2015 «Reference materials — Selected terms and definitions»
  • ISO 33401:2024 «Reference materials — Contents of certificates, labels and accompanying documentation»
  • ISO 33405:2024 «Reference materials — Approaches for characterization and assessment of homogeneity and stability»
  • ISO 33406:2024 «Approaches for the production of reference materials with qualitative properties»

Documentos ILAC

Los documentos ILAC suministran información que puede apoyar la implementación de los requisitos establecidos en la norma ISO 17034. Los documentos R (Reglas) y P (Políticas) de ILAC contienen requisitos mandatorios para los OEC que buscan la acreditación con ONAC. Los documentos G (guías) son de carácter informativo, aunque una vez son acogidas por los OEC, se tornan obligatorias.

  • ILAC P8 ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (Arrangement): Supplementary Requirements for the Use of Accreditation Symbols and for Claims of Accreditation Status by Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies
  • ILAC P9 ILAC Policy for Proficiency Testing and/or Interlaboratory comparisons other than Proficiency Testing
  • ILAC P10 ILAC Policy on Metrological Traceability of Measurement Results
  • ILAC G24 Guidelines for the determination of recalibration intervals of measuring equipment
  • ILAC R7 Rules for the Use of the ILAC MRA Mark

Instructivos y Procedimientos

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Documentos Generales

Aplican para todos los esquemas de acreditación y definen condiciones desde la presentación de la solicitud hasta el mantenimiento y renovación de la acreditación, forman parte de la relación contractual con ONAC.

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