The 61st EOQ Quality Congress will be held on October 11-12, 2017 in Bled, Slovenia, having as motto "Success in the Digital Era - Quality as a Key Driver". The Congress is organized with the valuable support of the EOQ National Representative organization from Slovenia, the Slovenian Quality and Excellence Association (SZKO). For more details, see the invitation of SZKO President.
- Paris will host the 62nd EOQ Quality Congress 2018 second half of June. The French Quality Association, France Qualité (AFQP), will organize this Congress in synergy with its partners.
- EOQ achieved milestone in Europe-wide recognition of quality
In January 2017 the EOQ was acknowledged by the European Accreditation (EA) for its quality management personnel program (EOQ Competence Specification/Certification Scheme 9000). This allows the accredited certification of quality personnel throughout Europe. Details in EOQ Press Release
- 2017 Events Calendar of EOQ Member Organizations
- Quality Austria/Austria (EOQ NR organization)
23. qualityaustria Forum: 15.03.2017, Salzburg, http://www.qualityaustria.com/index.php?id=5394
Winners‘ Conference und Verleihung Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität: 31.05.2017, Wien, http://www.qualityaustria.com/index.php?id=5413
4. qualityaustria Umwelt- und Energieforum: 28.09.2017, Wien, http://www.qualityaustria.com/index.php?id=5424
9. qualityaustria Lebensmittelforum: 11.10.2017, Linz, http://www.qualityaustria.com/index.php?id=5885
11. qualityaustria Gesundheitsforum: 16.11.2017, Wien, http://www.qualityaustria.com/index.php?id=5894
- DGQ/Germany (EOQ NR organization)
DGQ Quality Day (Q-Tag) on November 22nd 2017 in Stuttgart
The annual fair “Control” in Stuttgart, May 09-12, 2017 - HNC/Hungary (EOQ NR organization)
March 1 - Software for Quality Service - Seminar
April 6-7 - 10th Lean Forum - Conference on Process Development (Co-Organizer)
May 31- June 2 - 17th Quality Days of Healthcare - Conference (Co-Organizer)
September 14-15 - 24th Conference of the ISO 9000 Forum (Co-Organizer)
October 25 - 14th Conference on Quality Management in the Food Industry
November 9 - National Quality Conference
December 8 - World Day of Traditional Food "TERRA MADRE" (Co-Organizer) - UASQ/Serbia (EOQ Affiliated member)
International Convention on Quality-UASQ ICQ 2017, organized on June 5-9, 2017 in Belgrade/Serbia. Details here - SFK/Sweden(EOQ NR organization)
March 15. Quality Day of the Spring at the Linköping University.
April 27. General Assembly of SFK Sweden. Jönköping at Qvalify AB.
November 16. World Quality Day at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg - SAQ/Switzerland (EOQ NR organization)
„Tag der Schweizer Qualität – 10.5.2017“ in Bernehttp://www.tagderschweizerqualität.ch/detail/897/registration/
„FOREP – Forum Excellence + Performance – 2.11.2017“ in Yverdon-les-Bains - SSK/Slovakia
World Quality Day Congress - November 15-16
- EOQ launches the European Quality Leader (EQL) 2016 contest. Candidates for the yearly European Quality Leader award may be proposed by EOQ National Representative organizations.
The European Quality Leader is awarded by the EOQ to the best applicant to the yearly contest, by taking into account the defined EOQ-EQL criteria. Granting the EOQ QL Award is a strategic decision of the EOQ to promote top performances of people acting in the quality field in its broadest sense.
The EOQ European Quality Leader 2016 will be awarded during the 61st EOQ Quality Congress of Bled/Slovenia, October 11 - 12, 2017.
- EOQ updated Normative documents (EOQ Competence Specifications and Certification Schemes) available for all interested organizations and professionals active in the fields of quality, environmental, occupational health and safety, social responsibility, risk, energy management systems! Here
- MoU signed in Helsinki/01.06.2016 by ITC partners with World Alliance for Quality members to create Global Platform for Quality to assist SMEs - Joint initiative to promote the development of effective quality management and assurance systems. See Press Release
Photo: from left to right Patricia La Londe/ASQ, Margareta Funder/ITC, Marcos Vaena/ITC, Greg Watson/IAQ, Ichiro Kotsuka/JUSE, Dr. Eric Janssens/EOQ, George Georgiades/EOQ, Bill Troy/ASQ, Dr. Pal Molnar/IAQ, Janak Mehta/IAQ
- MoU signed in Helsinki/01.06.2016 by ITC partners with World Alliance for Quality members to create Global Platform for Quality to assist SMEs - Joint initiative to promote the development of effective quality management and assurance systems. See Press Release
- The EOQ General Assembly, held in Warsaw/Poland on December 4th 2015, approved the further development and implementation of three new EOQ products:
• EOQ Model on continuous improvement
• Quality Mark: Recognized by EOQ
• Brand Management
For further details please contact EOQ Director General eoq@eoq-org.eu
- NEW Practice book ISO 9001:2015 - Under the coordination and valuable contribution of Dr. Anni Koubek/Quality Austria in September 2015 has been published by Carl Hanser Verlag the Practice book ISO 9001:2015 - Understand and implement the new requirements. See brief presentation.
- At the EOQ General Assembly meeting of Leuven/Belgium, 06.12.2014, Benedikt Sommerhoff from DGQ/Germany made an interesting presentation - "The future of our core profession - The transformation of the Quality Manager". For details please contact eoq@eoq-org.eu
Watch interview with Benedikt Sommerhoff.
- ISO Focus available free online - From now on, the electronic edition of ISO’s magazine ISO Focus+ is available for consultation and downloading free of charge from the ISO Website http://www.iso.org/isofocus+.
- EOQ Leaflet and EOQ Card available!
JOB and Career
Welcome to the EOQ's job vacancies service!
This site is open for job search for persons having a valid EOQ certificate.
For the opportunity to place your job search online, please contact EOQ or directly the EOQ Director General, Dr. Eric Janssens. Please add your up-dated CV.
