A SEA N- A USTRA LIA DEVELO PMENT C O O PERA TIO N PRO G RA MME (A A DC P) FO R WO O D SEC TO R Esta b lishm e nt o f Na tio na l Q ua lity A ssura nc e Sc he m e
1.0 INTRO DUC TIO N
Ne w ma rke t re q uire me nts ne c e ssita te d e ve lo p ing c o untrie s suc h a s ASEAN to e sta b lish na tio na l Q ua lity Assura nc e Sc he me s (Q AS) to sup p o rt the re q uire me nt imp o se d b y the imp o rting c o untrie s. C urre nt d e ve lo p me nts suc h a s the ne e d fo r C E Ma rk in Euro p e , JAS/ JIS re q uire me nts und e r the Ne w Build ing Sta nd a rd s in Ja p a n a s we ll a s the Ta iwa n’ s re q uire me nts o n p lywo o d , c le a rly d e mo nstra te the ne e d fo r suc h fa c ilitie s within e xp o rting c o untrie s. In a d d itio n, suc h Q AS sho uld a lso b e a c c re d ite d a nd its te st me tho d s, the re sults a s we ll a s the c o nfo rmity a sse ssme nt p ro c e d ure s sho uld a lso b e a c c e p te d b y the imp o rting c o untrie s.
Fo r timb e r p ro d uc ts to b e c e rtifie d to the C E Ma rk, invo lve me nt o f a No tifie d Bo d y is e sse ntia l fo r e va lua ting a c o mp a ny’ s c o nfo rma nc e to the re q uire me nt o f the re le va nt te c hnic a l re q uire me nts.
To c a te r fo r the JAS/ JIS re q uire me nts, c urre ntly o nly o ne o rg a nisa tio n ie Mutu Ag o ng Le sta ri (Ind o ne sia -b a se d c o mp a ny) ha s b e e n g ive n the a utho risa tio n a s the Re g iste re d O ve rse a s C e rtific a tio n Bo d y (RO C B) fo r this re g io n.
He nc e , the re is a ne e d fo r ASEAN me mb e r c o untrie s to :
• Esta b lish a syste m
• Se c ure re c o g nitio n fo r ¾ Te sting fa c ilitie s ¾ C e rtific a tio n sc he me
2.0 THE PRO JEC T
The a im o f the p ro je c t is to b uild the c a p a c ity o f ASEAN o ffic ia ls to d e ve lo p a re g io na l a p p ro a c h fo r e nsuring p ro visio ns fo r sta nd a rd s whic h a re ne g o tia te d , re sult in b e st p ra c tic e o utc o me s tha t a re b a se d o n so und p o lic y p rinc ip le s, e nha nc e e c o no mic we lfa re a nd sup p o rt ASEAN inte g ra tio n.
Na ture o f this p ro je c t sha ll c o mp rise :
• To e sta b lish a na tio na l Q ua lity Assura nc e Sc he me tha t is c re d ib le a nd
a c c e p te d b y tra d ing p a rtne rs in Euro p e , Ja p a n, US a nd Ta iwa n.
• To se c ure fund ing fo r C a p a c ity Build ing fo r e xisting p e rso nne l a t the re g ula to ry
b o d ie s o f ind ivid ua l c o untry in ASEAN re g io n
3.0 MEC HA NISM
The b e ne fic ia rie s o f this p ro je c t sha ll b e fo r a ll ASEAN me mb e r c o untrie s. Ma la ysia is p ro p o se d to ho st the p ro je c t. The p ro je c t wo uld b e ne fit the ASEAN o ffic ia l invo lve d in the d e ve lo p me nt a nd imp le me nta tio n o f the sta nd a rd s a nd a lso tho se e ng a g e d in sta nd a rd se tting a nd imp le me nta tio n. It is a lso ta rg e te d o n the tra d e a nd e c o no mic p o lic y ma ke rs.
4.0 PRO JEC T DURA TIO N
The p ro je c t will b e fo r a p p ro xima te ly 12 mo nths sta rting fro m 1 Ja nua ry 2008 to 31 De c e mb e r 2008, sub je c t to furthe r re vie w b y the c o nc e rn p a rtie s.
