Regional Office concept

The Regional Office concept promotes consistency, efficiency and partnership within the region, and fits neatly into the WEND concept. IC-ENC encourages the development of regional offices, and provides support and training as required.

What does an IC-ENC Regional Office do?

• Validates ENCs, primarily from ENC producers in the region. The Validation teams in each office use the same central software and quality management system / working practices. The validation teams work closely together to share best practice and ideas
• Acts as the primary IC-ENC point of contact for members in the region, providing advice and support on ENC issues
• Offers additional support into IC-ENC, for example hosting IC-ENC training events etc

What are the benefits of an IC-ENC regional office?

• Provision of local support to IC-ENC members, in terms of time-zone and language
• Extended 'IC-ENC international working day' for improved response times (up to 20 hours out of 24)
• Enhance the 'international' aspect of IC-ENC, and development of a global network across countries and continents
• Establish a global resource of staff trained in IC-ENC's ENC Validation processes
• Support IC-ENC's International Validation training course, by offering a regional base for training and other capacity building activities

Where are the IC-ENC Regional Offices located?

IC-ENC has three regional offices:

• IC-ENC Australia - based in Wollongong, Australia
• IC-ENC Latin America - based in Niteroi, Brazil
• IC-ENC North America - based in Washington, USA

For more information, please see the IC-ENC Regional Offices page.