Scheme Setup: 3 Types of Independently Interacting Institutions

The intacs work (white box upper left) is done by the Advisory Board, Regional Representatives, and working parties.

intacs^TM Guarantees Independence and a Self-Regulating Community

by means of

• the above 3 types of independently interacting institutions
• the intacs™ advisory board, the intacs working parties, and Regional Representatives (see below) being staffed by international community members in an honorary capacity.
• steadily improving the intacs™ requirements and procedures based on collected feedback from the community and industry

• new assessor / instructor candidates receiving coaching and approval by experienced assessors / trainers.

 intacs^TM Advisory Board

¢In an in an honorary capacity, the board members

• Implement change requests & suggestions from community

• ¢Conduct arbitration proceedings
• ¢Supervise and support working parties
• Assign, and support, Regional Representatives

 intacs^TM Regional Representatives

are international individuals, or boards, who in an honorary capacity

• act as an information interface between intacs™ and the ISO/IEC 15504 community in their local region

• represent local points of contact for certification bodies and assessors

 intacs^TM Working Parties

• are topic-specific task forces staffed from the international community
• that work in an honorary capacity on intacs goals