The Accreditation Board is a balanced
representation of interested parties.
One of the main roles of the Board is
to safeguard impartiality of the accreditation process.
The Board is composed as follows:
Ing. Ruben Curmi – Chairman
Ing. Charles Brincat - Vice Chairman
Ing. Noel Micallef
Mr. Edward Xuereb
Ms. Gertrude Gatt-Lanzon
Mr. Noel Demicoli
Perit Vincent Magri
Dr. Mario Mifsud
Mr. Christopher Farrugia
Dr. Charmaine Cherrett
Dr. Jessica Rita Galea
Mr. Lincoln Galea
Ing. Claudio Boffa – Secretary to the Board
All Board members have to meet specific competence criteria as established with the NAB-MALTA quality system and in line with the requirements of EN ISO/IEC17011:2017. They also sign an
agreement in relation to confidentiality and impartiality.
The Board operates according to an
agreed terms of reference.
The
functions of the Board include:
- To act as the National Accreditation Body in Malta responsible for accreditation in accordance with the relevant national, international and European standards and guides, and the applicable national, international and European regulations
- To act as the
National Accreditation Body in Malta responsible for adopting commitments and
obligations relating to accreditation arising out of any international
agreement, whether bilateral, regional or multilateral
- To take
decisions on the granting, extending, reducing or withdrawing of accreditation
of conformity assessment bodies
- To determine the general policy and objectives of
the Accreditation Directorate
- To approve, on
recommendation of the Accreditation Directorate, the establishment and
disbanding of technical committees as and when required