The GOB | GCC receives frequent inquiries. Please find answers given to some of the frequently asked questions; however if you require any further information, please feel free to contact the GlobalNet™

Q. What is signatory to the Charter of The GOB | GCC?

A. As a non governmental legal charitable entity with a charter that provides an instrument to which a legal entity can adhere in demonstrating their competence, interest, purpose, and impartiality in primarily protection of communities and consumers, and secondary to promote, encourage and participate in initiatives of products and services from America. To verify that signatories carryout the Charter we apply regulatory affair activities that attest by applying internationally recognized and generally accepted benchmarks. To this effect, and applying best-in-class international benchmarks, we entrust - grant signatories with accreditation and/or recognition as bearers of The GOB | GCC various marks.

Q. Isn’t the GOB GCC part of the Government?

A. No. Like most accreditation entities - bodies around the world the GOB GCC is non governmental.

Q. What is recognition (as differs from accreditation)?

A. As one of the regulatory affairs activities, recognition provides a protocol for approval of courses and for legal and proven entities to conduct venues through qualified proven instructor(s) and that adhere to our Charter for the protection of communities and consumers. The instructional delivery system needs to connects instructors, legal entity and course approval venue such that improvements occurs as a single cohesive unit in alignment with benchmark ISO/IEC 17024 such that consumers or communities benefit.

Q. What is accreditation?

A. As signatory to the Charter in carrying out one of the regulatory affair activities in benchmarking ISO/IEC 17011; accreditation is a protocol to provide confidence to the public assuring that competence through impartiality is sustainable and carryover to systems updates and improvements with time. And the accreditation protocol needs to apply an internationally recognized and generally acceptable benchmark such as ISO/IEC 17021. The regulatory affair activities are equally available to the private sector, government, or academic / educational institutions.

As signatory to the Charter, the purpose of the regulatory affair activities for accreditation and recognition is:

• To  ensure competence, quality and impartiality programs through benchmarking international standards enabling standardized evaluation criteria, for legal entities to carryout conformity assessment through accreditation and international operational platform. The applicable guidelines are set forth by The GOB | GCC benchmarking and adhering to ISO/IEC 170011, so that carrying accreditation signatories of the Charter need to demonstrate competence and impartiality by adhering to ISO/IEC 17020, ISO/IEC 17021, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/TS 22003 and laboratories ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 15189 and ISO/IEC 17024; and
• To encourage and pursue implementation, updating and improvements the protocol activities as signatory in alignment with the Charter for the protection of consumers and communities.

Q. What is a Recognized Accreditation?

A. The GOB | GCC Platform is an authoritative nonprofit and chartered legal entity recognized in the USA. This means that signatory and bearers organizations and institutions are regarded as a credible evaluator based on its moral purpose carryout with impeccable integrity. 

Q. What is RAA, Regulatory Affair Activities?

A. Is the means by which we carry a role in collaborating with authorities and government agencies by aligning to our Charter’s primer on the protection of consumers and communities. These responsibilities are entrusted to ensure compliance, collaborate with federal and local agencies, as part of attesting conformity and effectiveness to the Charter. 

Q. Why become an accredited or recognized entity, Regulatory Affairs Activity RAA holder through Signatory of the Charter?

A. The regulatory affair activities encompass confidence in competence through a protocol of impartiality, which a legal entity voluntarily engages in a program that is administered according to benchmarking international criterion that need be globally recognized and generally accepted. Recognition is a protocol for the approval of training venues and for legal entities to conduct the approved training venues by qualified professionals. These adhere as signatory to the legal Charter of The GOB | GCC an are not dependent on the contribution of moneys.

Q. Benchmarking and granting RAA in the form of recognition and accreditation, The GOB | GCC Regulatory Affair Activities?

A. In addition to signatory to the Charter, to gain RAA of accreditation, the entity can opt for two alternatives, Schedule “A” or “B”. For option B, applicable to accreditation and the entity needs be carrying accreditation. For Schedule “A” The GOB | GCC holds an evaluation protocol to grant the Regulatory Affair Activity of accreditation. Option ‘A” is the only choice for testing laboratories.

Recognition (CoR, referring to a Certificate of Recognition) is similar to accreditation, except that the entity need not to be carrying accreditation to obtain the Regulatory Affair Activity recognition status. The GOB | GCC holds an evaluation protocol to grant recognition. The basis for recognition, in addition to being a legal entity also provides the resources to assure appropriate practices and methods to conduct training venues through qualified instructor(s).

Q. How Does the GOB | GCC Arrangement Works?

The arrangements are based on the results of an evaluation through assessment of each entity that is carried out by delegates in accordance with contractual arrangements based internationally recognized and generally acceptable benchmarks and GOB | GCC policies and procedures.

Each entity that achieves signatory and bearer status represents an accredited entity to the GOB | GCC contractual agreements, policies and procedures that equally adhere to internationally recognized and generally acceptable benchmarks. To this effect the GOB | GCC benchmarks ISO/IEC 17011 for operations and administration.

Q. ISO/IEC 15189 Vs. ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation?

A. To gain the regulatory affair activity for ISO/IEC 15189 accreditation (CoA, ISO/IEC 15189) the entity is a laboratory specifically in the medical - clinical field; nuclear, medical laboratory -- particular requirements for quality and competence). ISO/IEC 17025 focus on specialty testing laboratories. The GOB provides ISO/IEC 15189 and limited ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation to laboratories. The GOB | GCC does not carryout accreditation for metrology, please contact a local accreditation entity, nor The GOB | GCC participates with special interest.

Q. Does The GOB recommends certification body to organizations?

A. No, as much as certification is a voluntary proposition (as international standards are not compulsory), the selection of a certification body is entirely a decision for individuals and entities, based on each need of organizations, considering nature of activities, and objectives of the certification and purpose. Once this is stated, some world regions have decided to exercise as to whom certifies as regulatory mandate.

Q. Does The GCC recommends entities carrying a CoR to participants?

A. This decision is personal and is entirely to each individual to decide [There are dozens of training venues and organizations and bodies granting approval, recognition, and other status to program venues and courses, it is for this reason that we need to recognize that these are individual choices and decisions]

Q. Does The GOB | GCC maintain records of the entities which it grants affair activities?

A. Yes, as a legal obligation for chartered nonprofit legal entities, The GOB | GCC maintains a base of information of entities, universities, government and others carrying valid activities in sustaining the Charter. We, as a Chartered legal nonprofit entity the information is available upon request on a right to know basis and in this way we maintain the privacy and confidentiality of organizations, entities and governments, while abiding to legal obligations and registered with the Department of Justice (DoJ) (e.g. CBP, FDA, EPA, DHS, HHS, USDA, Law Enforcement and other authorities). 

Q. Equal?

A. In every valuable consumer-centric focus, yes. Acceptance of the accreditation and recognition is respectable by most reputable brands within specific supply chains worldwide. And the GOB | GCC signatories and bearers is most effective for organizations and institutions that are not required to carry a specific compulsory program and special interests.

Legally, we meet the precisely same standards as do any national, further international, and we would hasten to add that we carry the appropriate competence and definitely with a Charter established purpose within an realm of innovation in facing world challenges through providing for Regulatory Affair Activities.