News (03/12/2012): IFOAM World Board nominates members to the IFOAM Standards Requirements Committee.
The Organic Guarantee System Committees
IFOAM's OGS Committees play an essential role in the development and continuous improvement of the Organic Guarantee System. The new Organic Guarantee System approved by the IFOAM membership in July 2010 operates with the following committees: the Standards Requirements Committee (SRC), the IFOAM Standard Committee (SC), the Accreditation Requirements Committee (ARC) and the Participatory Guarantee Systems Committee (PGSC). The Terms of Reference for those various committees can be found on the OGS policies page.
The Standards Requirements Committee:
The Standards Requirements Committee (SRC) works on the development of the IFOAM Standards Requirements (also known as COROS- Common Objectives and Requirements of Organic Standards), which is the international reference for assessing organic standards and serves as a basis for the approval of standards under the IFOAM Family of Standards.
Current Members: Katherine Di Matteo, Roberto Setti, Brendan Hoare, Lara Vivas, Bridget O’Connor and Jorge Casale
The IFOAM Standard Committee:
The IFOAM Standard Committee (SC) works on the development of the IFOAM Standard, which is the global off-the-shelf certification standard maintained by IFOAM for organic production and processing, and also the basis for IFOAM Accreditation.
Current Members: Tali Berner, Sarah Hathway, Stephen Barrow, Chayaporn Wattanasiri (as SRC representative), Daniel Neuhoff, Andrew Monk, Jan Deane and Brian Baker.
The IFOAM Accreditation Requirements Committee:
The IFOAM Accreditation Requirements Committee works on the development of the IFOAM Accreditation Requirements (formerly called “IFOAM Accreditation Criteria”). Those requirements are the main normative document upon which the IFOAM Accreditation and the IFOAM Global Organic System Accreditation are based. These two IFOAM accreditation programs require certification bodies to demonstrate full compliance with the IFOAM Accreditation Requirements.
Current Members: Raymond Yang, Dilip Dhaker, Amaia Aldana Gondra (as IOAS representative), David Eboku, Carlos Escobar, Arjon Kalter, Mildred Steidle, Roberto Setti.
The Participatory Guarantee System Committee:
The PGS Committee assists the development of PGS, provides the World Board with advice on how to develop, facilitate and encourage PGS around the world, participates in mid-term and long-term strategic planning for IFOAM’s activities on PGS and identifies and systemizes PGS concepts and tools appropriate for the facilitation and promotion of PGS.
See the PGS committee page for more details.