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National Certification SystemDevelopment: An Introduction

Remi Sournia

Projects & Development, PEFC International

November 2013

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Agenda

Main elements of the certification functioning

The National Governing Body

The organisation

PEFC membership

Running the system The certificaton system

Elements of a system

Development of your FM standard

Open discussion

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MAIN ELEMENTS OF THECERTIFICATION FUNCTIONING

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Who does what ?

Standardising body: develops the standard:it can be the NGB or another organisation

The National Governing Body: runs the system

member of the PEFC Council

The Certification Body (CB): does the audits

of the forest management or CoC against the standard of the NGB

The Accreditation Body (AB): develops a programme under

which the CB are accredited to be allowed to do the audits

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OVERALL VIEW

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THE NGB

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Your organisation

A National Governing Body has to:

a) Be a legal entity;

b) Have its own statutes which do not conflict with the PEFC

Council statutes;

c) Include amongst its objectives the implementation of the

PEFC System within its country;

d) Have made a commitment to follow the PEFC Council rules

and requirements;

e) Have support of national forest owners or a national forestry

organization;

f) Provide participating interested parties with a fair, ongoing and

appropriate possibility to influence the organizations decision

making.

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PEFC membership (i)

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PEFC membership (ii)

Benefits to becoming a PEFC member:

Vote in the PEFC General Assembly;

Accessing and collaborating with an alliance of global leaders

and experts on SFM, and representatives of other countries

Systems from all over the world; Administer PEFC Chain of Custody certification in your country

with income-generating potential;

Ongoing access to support, training and advice from PEFC;

Participating in PEFC Council annual meetings and events toshare experiences and learn together with other members;

Logo, website, etc.

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Running the system

CoC certification management ;

FM certification management ;

Certificate database maintenance ;

Invoicing ;

Membership payment ; Periodic revision of the standard ;

Promotion of certification ;

Logo delivrance management.

Your Organisation needs to be able to do all the above to be fully

functionning.

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THE CERTIFICATION SYSTEM

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Elements of a system

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Standard related:

Standard setting procedures

Forest Management (FM) Standard CoC Standard (recommended to adopt the PEFC

International one)

Implementation procedures:

Certification and accreditation procedures

Group forest management procedures

Administrative procedures:

Notification of CBs

Logo usage licensing

Fee structure

Complaints and appeals


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FM Standard setting

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THANK YOU!

Further information about PEFC: www.pefc.org

Further information on system development: developingstandards.org

Contact us: [email protected];

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