Quality Attestation Committee Regulations of AIIC Italia

PREAMBLE

Associazione Internazionale Interpreti di Conferenza in Italia - AIIC Italia [International Association of Conference Interpreters in Italy - AIIC Italia] is the Italian branch of the Association Internationale des Interprètes de Conférence (AIIC World), a global association with some 3000 members, which for over sixty years has been promoting high standards of quality and professional integrity and is the preferential partner for European and International institutions. AIIC Italia is included in the registry of Professional Associations that issue service quality and professional qualification certificates. The registry can be consulted on the website of the Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico [Economic Development Ministry] (under Law 4/2013 “Disposizioni in materia di professioni non organizzate in ordini o collegi” [Provisions for professions that are not organized as ‘ordres professionnels’] published in the Official Journal on 26th January 2013).

This law promotes voluntary self-regulation for unregulated professions and their associations.

Based on the above, AIIC Italia has developed a quality assurance system for assessing quality standards in its own membership and has set up for this purpose the Commissione per l’Attestazione della Qualità [Quality Attestation Committee] (CAQ). 


COMPOSITION OF THE QUALITY ATTESTATION COMMITTEE (CAQ) 

CAQ is composed of four (4) members appointed by the Executive Board, amongst whom there shall be a co-ordinator, and who shall remain in their posts during the Committee’s term. 

CAQ shall check compliance on the part of AIIC Italia members applying for the quality certificate with the requirements set out in Section 7 of Law 4/2013 as quoted below:

“Section 7 Attestation System 1. In order to protect consumers and to guarantee transparency in the professional services market, professional associations may issue to their own members, after the necessary checks and under the responsibility of their own legal representative, a certificate stating the following:  a) the professional is a registered member of  the Association; b) the professional complies with the requirements needed to be a member of the Association; c) the member complies with the quality and professional qualification standards required by the Association in the performance of his/her professional activity; d) the guarantees provided by the Association to users, amongst which is the activation of the Customer Contact Point referred to in Section 2, paragraph 4; e) whether the member holds an insurance policy for professional liability; f) whether the professional holds a certification of compliance with UNI technical standards, issued by an accredited body.

2. Certificates issued under paragraph 1 shall not constitute a prerequisite for the exercise of professional activity.”

PROCEDURE

Following an application for the issuance of a certificate on the part of an AIIC Italia member, CAQ shall collect from respectively the Treasurer, the CSP (Professional Development Committee), the applicant member and the Probi Viri Committee the following documentation to prove compliance with the requirements listed for the issuance of the certificate, as set out below:

1) Having had his/her professional domicile in Italy for at least 2 (two) years
2) Compliance with the payment of dues 
3) Compliance with mandatory professional development 
4) Absence of disciplinary proceedings in progress against the applicant Member 

Any waivers must be approved and their reasons duly provided by the Executive Board. 

After checking the documentation, CAQ shall notify the interested party of the outcome of the procedure and of any requests for further information. 
The Certificate shall be valid for 2 years.

CAQ shall submit an annual report to the Assembly.