# Presentation: 431264

## GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND STRATEGIES FOR EDUCATION IN STANDARDIZATION

- - South American Perspective -

- ARGENTINA

- Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación

##  Created in 1935.

-  Created in 1935.

-  First Standardization Institute in Latin America

## Our mission is to develop and provide STANDARDIZATION, certification of products, processes, management systems and persons, TRAINING and documentation services, in order to contribute to improve people’s life quality, welfare and safety, to promote the rational use of the resources and creative activities and to facilitate production, trade and KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER.

**Our mission is to develop and provide STANDARDIZATION, certification of products, processes, management systems and persons, TRAINING and documentation services, in order to contribute to improve people’s life quality, welfare and safety, to promote the rational use of the resources and creative activities and to facilitate production, trade and KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER.**
**IRAM develops these activities at national, regional and international level, by interacting with the production and services areas, consumers, governments, institutions, groups of interest and the COMMUNITY IN GENERAL**** **

## OBJECTIVE

**OBJECTIVE**

- To contribute to improve people  life quality, welfare and safety.

- A System of ideas based on people needs and expectations, to which it tries to give a response.

## NON FORMAL EDUCATION

- FORMAL
- EDUCATION

- Special
- Projects

- Diplomas

- IRAM – Annual Training Course Programme

- Preschool

- Primary School

- Secondary School Technical Schools

- University

- Postgraduate Course

## I R A M  – TRAINING COURSE PROGRAMME 

-  Áreas del Conocimiento:   9

- Food --  Quality --  Education--                      Environment -- Standardization – Health --Occupational Health and Safety – Information Technology -- Turismo

** ****Number of courses:   ****150**

** ****Application Field :   National – International**

** ****IRAM Subsidiaries in Argentina: ****1 (Headquarters) + 11 (Branchess)**

**IRAM Subsidiaries abroad: 5**

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##  COURSES DELIVERED :                    4.000

-  COURSES DELIVERED :                    4.000

-  PARTICIPANTS:                        72.650

-  TRAINING HOURS:     58.650

## IRAM DIPLOMAS 

- _Duration_:                              April- November.
- _Frequency_:                    1 and 2 hours a week.
- _Total hours_:                                    150 h.

## The Five Levels of Evaluation (J. Phillips)

**LEVEL 5**
**ROI**

**LEVEL 4**
**RESULTS**

**LEVEL 3**
**PERFORMANCE**

**LEVEL 2**
**LEARNING**

**LEVEL 1**
**REACTION**

**High**

**Medium**

**Low**

**Medium**

**High**

**I MPACT**

**IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT**

## FORMAL EDUCATION 

**-- University Level  --**

## * TOTAL:   65

-  PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES :     40

-  PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES:    20

-  FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES: 5

-  AGREEMENTS IN PROCESS: 1

##           A C T I V I TIES

**  ****IRAM-UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS                                               **
**    ****Held:  27.   2 /year.**

**  ****Virtual Standard Libraries , U-SIGN. **
**Distributed:   67**

**  ****IRAM Standards Sale and Dissemination Centres Operating****: 9**

** ****IRAM-University Workshops for Standard Sale and Dissemination Centres. **
**    ****Held: 7.   1 /year.**

##           ACTIVITIES

- Development  of Standards.
-    Participation of 845 professionals from 56 univsersities in 2007

-  System for the Recognition of University Calibration and Testing Laboratories - UNILAB

- -  PRO.LAB Programme

- - Project: “Quality as a strategy to improve the links of the science and technological system with the community”

## A C T I V I TIES

- _General Objective_ : The exchange of experiences between UNILAB and University Laboratories Net MADRI + D to strenghten both nets management process toward the accreditation of their respective laboratories by the national bodies in each country and the improvement of the services they provide to the community.

## A C T I V I TIES

**   ****1st Edition: 2001. Currently under revision process**

** ****Virtual Quality Management Forum, GESCAL **
**   ****2 annual calls**

## A C T I V I TIES

-  Master in Integrated Management Systems aimed at Tourism Services                                                        Universidad del Salvador - IRAM
- Postgraduate course on TL 9000. Telecommunication Industry Quality Management Systems               Universidad Argentina de la Empresa – IRAM
-  Diploma in Quality Management Systems and Food Safety.                                                                        Universidad Católica de Córdoba – IRAM

-  Master and Postgraduate Courses

## A C T I V I TIES

**Universidad Católica Argentina – IRAM.**
- - Diploma in Environmental Management
- Universidad de Valaparasio (Chile) – IRAM.
- - Quality Management Course
- Universidad de Valaparasio (Chile) – IRAM.
- - Training Courses.
- Universidad Privada Antonio Guillermo Urrelo.(Peru).  Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Chile).

## ACTIVITIES

**IRAM – Universidad Tecnológica Nacional Programme**

** ****Contact and Communication Media:**

**Website: **_[www.uniram.com.ar](http://www.uniram.com.ar/)_

** ****UNIRAM NEWS: IRAM – University Bulletin**
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## SYNTHESIS

**SYNTHESIS**

- IRAM – Annual Training Course Programme

- Diploma Programme

- Special Projects

- Workshops/Seminars Programs. Presentation of Standard

##  IRAM-University Workshops

** ****IRAM-University Workshops**
** ****Dissemination of the activities**
** ****Articles in specialized magazines**

## The incorporation of Standardization contents and activities in the Education Initial Levels

**The incorporation of Standardization contents and activities in the Education Initial Levels**