This International Standard specifies competence requirements for validation teams and verification teams for
the benefit of greenhouse gas (GHG) programme administrators, regulators, validation bodies and verification
bodies. To achieve consistency in the international marketplace and maintain public confidence in GHG
reporting and other communications, there is a need to define competence requirements for validation teams
and verification teams.
Requirements for GHG validation bodies and GHG verification bodies are established in ISO 14065.
ISO 14065 requires that validation bodies and verification bodies establish and maintain a procedure to
manage the competence of its personnel undertaking the various validation or verification activities within the
team appointed for the engagement. It is the role of the validation or verification body to ensure that teams
have the necessary competence to effectively complete the validation or verification process. This
International Standard includes principles for ensuring competence of validation teams and verification teams.
Supporting these principles are general requirements based on the tasks that validation teams or verification
teams need to be able to perform and the competence required to do so.
This International Standard can be used in conjunction with ISO 14065 as the basis for assessing and
recognizing the competence of validation teams and verification teams.
Users of this International Standard are encouraged to refer to ISO 14064-1 and ISO 14064-2 for GHG
quantification and reporting and to ISO 14064-3 for GHG validation and verification.
Figure 1 shows the relationships between the application of this International Standard and ISO 14064-1,
ISO 14064-2, ISO 14064-3 and ISO 14065.