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World of Quality

The International Academy for Quality (IAQ) is a global quality organization that works to advance and coordinate the field of quality worldwide. Quality and sustainable development require global collaboration; therefore, we strive to build bridges among quality professionals, quality organizations, companies, and nations.

 

Here you will find key non-commercial quality organizations, conferences, and journals. We hope these resources support your journey toward greater professional engagement and a broader outlook on quality. If anything is missing, please let us know.

National and regional quality organisations

Africa

 

Egypt

Egyptian Society for Quality Engineers (ESQE)

Egyptian Organization for Standards & Quality (EOS)

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Quality Award Organization (EQAO)

Ghana

Global Quality Assurance Association (GQAA)

Kenya

Quality Society of Kenya (QSK)

South Africa

South African Quality Institute (SAQI)

Southern African Institute of Quality and Innovation (SAIQI)

 

Tanzania

National Quality Association of Tanzania (NQAT)

Uganda

Quality Assurance Association of Uganda (QAAUL)

America

Argentina

Fundación Premio Nacional de Calidad

Fundación Empresaria para la Calidad y la Excelencia

Sociedad Argentina Pro Mejora Continuo (SAMECO)

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Brazil

Academia Brasileira da Qualidade (ABQ)

Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)

Associação Gaúcha para a Qualidade (AGQ)

Fundação Nacional da Qualidade (FNQ)

Instituto da Qualidade Automotiva (IQA)

Instituto Qualidade e Produtividade de Minas (IQPM)

Instituto FestQuali

National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO)

Organização Nacional de Acreditação (ONA)

União Brasileira para a Qualidade (UBQ)

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Canada

​Excellence Canada

Colombia

Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC)

​Ecuador

Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización
Calidad Ecuador   

Mexico

Asociación Mexicana de Trabajo en Equipo (AMTE)

Instituto para el Fomento a la Calidad

Asociación de Normalización y Certificación (ANCE)

Sociedad Mexicana de Normalización y Certificación (NORMEX)

Instituto Mexicano de Control de Calidad (IMECCA)

​​​Peru

​Institute for Quality of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

National Institute of Quality Peru

​Premio Nacional a la Calidad, Centro de Desarrollo Industrial

United States of America (USA)

 American Society for Quality (ASQ) 

 

Asia and Pacific

 

Asia Pacific Quality Organisation (APQO)

​Asian Network for Quality (ANQ)

​​Australia

Australian Organisation for Quality (AOQ)

 

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Society for Total Quality Management (BSTQM)

China

​China Association for Quality (CAQ)

Shanghai Association for Quality (SAQ)

Dubai

​Dubai Quality Group (DQG)

Fiji

National Training & Productivity Centre, Fiji National University

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ)

India

​Indian Society for Quality (ISO)

India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IMC)

 

​​Indonesia

Indonesian Quality Management Association (PMMI)

Indonesian Quality & Productivity Management Association (IQPMA) 

Iran

Iranian Society of Quality managers (ISQM)

Israel

Israeli Society for The Israeli Society for Quality (ISQ) 

Israeli Institute for Quality, Innovation & Excellence (IQIE)

Japan

Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE)

​Japanese Society for Quality Control (JSQC)

Kazakhstan

Kazakh Organization for Quality and Innovation  Management  (KOQIM)

Korea

Korean Society for Quality Management (KSQM) 

Korean Standards Association (KSA)

Malaysia

Institute of Quality Malaysia (IQM)

Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)

Nepal

Network for Quality, Productivity & Competitiveness Nepal

New Zealand 

New Zealand Organisation for Quality (NZOQ)

​Pakistan

Quality and Productivity Society of Pakistan (QPSP)

Phileppines

Philippine Society for Quality  (PSQ)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Quality Council (SQC)

Singapore

Singapore Quality Institute (SQI)

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Association for Quality (SLAQ)

​Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity(SLAAQP)

Thailand

The Standards & Quality Association of Thailand (SQAT)

UAE

Abu Dhabi International Centre for Organizational Excellence (ADICOE)

Vietnam

Vietnam Quality Association of Ho Chi Minh City (VQAH)

Comission for the Standards, Metrology and Quality of Vietnam (TCVN)

Europe

 

European Organization for Quality (EOQ)

Austria

Quality Austria Certification GmbH (QA)

Belgien

Belgian Quality Association (BQA)

Croatia

Croatian Quality Managers Society (HDMK) 

Oskar Edukos (OE)

Cyprus

Cyprus Association for Quality (CyAQ)

 

Czech Republic

Czech Society for Quality (CSQ)

 

Estonia

Estonia Association for Quality (EAQ)

Finland

Finnish Quality Association (FQA) 

France

Association France Qualité Performance (AFQP)

Germany

German Association for Quality (DGQ)

Hungary

Hungarian National Committee for EOQ (HNC EOQ)

Ireland 

Excellence Ireland Quality Association (EIQA)

Island

Stjórnvísi

Italy

Associazione Italiana Cultura Qualità (AICQ)

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Organization for Quality and Innovation Managemen (KOQIM)

​Kosovo

​Quality Kosova (KO)

Latvia

Latvian Society for Quality (KVALB)

Luxembourg

Mouvement Luxembourgeois pour la Qualité et l’Excellence (MLQE)

Netherlands

The Network for Quality Management from the Netherlands (NNK)

​Norway

Quality and Risk Norway (KRN)

Polen

Polish Centre for Testing and Certification (PCBC)

Portugal

Portuguese Association for Quality (APQ)

Romania

Romanian Association for Quality (ARQ)

Russia

All-Russian Organization for Quality (VOK)

​Rosstandart (web out of function)

Serbia

Serbian Association for Quality (SRMEK)

Slovakia

Slovak Society for Quality (SSK)

Slovenia

Slovenian Association for Quality and Excellence (SZKO)

Spain

Spanish Association for Quality (AEC)

Sweden

Swedish Institut for Quality (SIQ)

Swedish Association for Quality (SFK)


Turkey

Turkish Quality Association (KalDer)

 

United Kingdom (UK)
The Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)
 

International Quality Conferences

Quality Magazines

Quality Progress (ASQ)

Quality Magazine

Quality Digest

ISE Magazine

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