KEMA’s Franklin Willemstein elected to the IECEE

At the IECEE Certification Management Committee (CMC) annual meeting, in Stockholm, Sweden on June 24, 2009 a number of new members were elected.

These nominations relate to those taking a seat in the IECEE’s Global Policy & Strategy Forum. The IECEE board committee has granted a chair to the Netherlands and we proudly announce that KEMA’s Franklin Willemstein has been elected as a Senior Conformity Assessment Delegate Member to form part of the IECEE.

The IECEE, which has representatives worldwide, designates the National Certification Bodies within each country that are responsible for recognizing and issuing test reports and certificates. The IECEE makes international trade in electrical and electronic equipment easier and less costly by reducing technical barriers to trade. Alongside Philips Corporation’s Wim Honig, Franklin Willemstein will be representing the Netherlands, KEMA, and the national electrotechnology industry.

About the Policy and Strategy Forum
The IECEE Policy and Strategy Forum makes recommendations for future developments:

• To identify market needs and propose IECEE market solutions to meet those needs and to maintain high quality third-party conformity assessment principles;
• To propose mechanisms for ensuring that the IECEE Conformity Assessment solutions are recognized as the basis for certification and acceptance in regulated markets worldwide in a timely way;
• To develop a framework and road map for the development of conformity assessment solutions within the IECEE scheme. For more information about the global work of the IECEE organization, go to: http://www.iecee.org.