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The NIW ANB is the Authorised Nominated Body, by the International Institute of Welding (IIW) and has a document structure, policies and procedures to manage impartiality and to ensure that her qualification activities are undertaken impartially, including the approval of Approved Training Bodies (ATBs).<\/p>
The NIW-ANB states hereby that it understands the importance of impartiality in carrying out qualification activities. We are committed to manage the impartiality, conflict of interest, security and the confidentiality and we are ensuring the objectivity of our qualification activities, to maintain the trust and confidence of our clients (eg. Stakeholders, ATBs, Candidates etc.)<\/p>
The NIW-ANB shall act impartially in relation to its ATBs, applicants, candidates, qualified and certified persons. Policies and procedures for qualification and\/or certification of persons and for approval of ATBs, shall be fair among all applicant\/existing ATBs, candidates, qualified persons and personnel.<\/p>
\u00a0<\/strong>Approval of ATBs<\/strong>,<\/span><\/p>The NIW-ANB shall not restrict approval of ATBs, qualification of persons on the basis of additional limiting conditions, such as membership of the competing association or group. The NIW-ANB shall not use procedures to unfairly impede, limit or inhibit access by applicant ATB and candidates to qualifications.<\/p>
The NIW-ANB shall be responsible for the impartiality of its qualification activities, including the approval of ATBs, and shall not allow commercial, financial or other pressures to compromise impartiality.<\/p>
The NIW-ANB shall identify threats to its impartiality on an ongoing basis. This shall include those threats that arise from its activities (Auditing, examination, etc.), from the activities of related bodies (eg. ATBs), from external\/internal relationships, (eg. Management, assessors, examiners etc) .<\/p>
Related body:<\/strong><\/h4>Definition<\/strong> A related body is one which is linked to the ANB by common ownership, in whole or part, and has common members of the board of directors, contractual arrangements, common names, common staff, informal understanding or other means, such that the related body has a vested interest in any qualification decision or has a potential ability to influence the process.<\/p>The NIW-ANB shall analyse, document and eliminate or minimise the potential conflict of interests arising from its qualification and\/or certification activities, including the approval of ATBs. All potential sources of conflict of interest that are identified, whether they arise from within the ANB, such as assigning responsibilities to personnel, or from the activities of other persons, bodies, or organisations, shall be covered.<\/p>
Qualification activities are structured and managed so as to safeguard impartiality. This shall include balanced involvement of interested parties<\/span><\/p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t