PROFICIENCY SCHEMES
Where collaborative studies live
Every study hosted on the EPT platform has its own page in this area.
Each page is opened by a project organiser, developed as the study progresses,
and remains the property of the organiser - from the first presentation of
the project to the collection of results.
Some studies are open for participation. Some are collecting data. Some are
closed, and their public conclusions are available.
And some - covered by
confidentiality agreements - are not listed at all.
Participating in a study: free, anonymous, ISO-documented
Participation in EPT collaborative studies is free of charge. Choose an open
study from the catalogue below, register once, and receive your PIN: from
that moment, every interaction — including data upload — happens through
the PIN alone, in complete anonymity
At the end of the study you receive your individual report, prepared in
accordance with ISO 13528 and the documentation requirements of ISO/IEC
17043 — usable as evidence of competence for accreditation purposes.
Public laboratories, control authorities and institutions are welcome: the
anonymity of the platform is designed precisely to let you contribute with
complete scientific freedom.
Opening a project: your page, your study, your dossier
When you own a project on the EPT platform, a dedicated page is created in this area.
You own it and you shape it: you decide how it is organised, what it presents,
and how it evolves as the study advances.
A typical project page grows through four stages:
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Presentation. Your page introduces the study to potential participants:
the scientific question, the samples, and the timeline.
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Protocol. The tailor-made statistical protocol - designed with our
specialists in accordance with ISO 13528 - is published on your page.
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Data collection. The page becomes the anonymous data-collection
interface for participating laboratories, managed by the platform’s registered
software.
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Results. You receive the complete dossier - robust statistics, real
measurement uncertainty, interpretation, and suggestions for use - and you
decide which conclusions, if any, are published on your page.
Studies covered by confidentiality agreements follow the same path -
without ever appearing in the public catalogue.
The studies
Browse the project pages hosted on the platform. Each card shows the
current stage of the study:
- Open for participation
- Data collection
- Closed - results available.
Interlaboratory Collaborative Study on Life Cycle Assessment – Food and packaging sector Status: reopening soon. The study is not closed: a new round will soon open for participation. LCA professionals interested in joining can already express their interest through the project page.
A collaborative study applying the ISO/IEC 17043 / ISO 13528 interlaboratory framework to LCA practice. The story of the study – and what it demonstrated about statistics and complex systems – is told in our Media
Environment DivisionINTERLABORATORY COLLABORATIVE STUDY ON LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT: FOOD AND PACKAGING SECTOR
Mechanical DivisionInterlaboratory collaborative study: “OFFICE CHAIRS DIMENSIONS”
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Select the test you want to take part in. Click on “Test Description” and register for the test. You can download the documentation regarding the protocol and the xls file to be filled in with the final results.
You will receive the sample to perform the analyses in a couple of days.
Once you will have completed the tests, fill in the file and upload it on the website
The PIN will be issued and visualised online on screen only once, after you have sent the xls file with the test data. The page with the PIN must be printed and kept by the participant, because once the PIN has been visualised, it won’t be possible to retrieve it.
Want to know more? Download the technical documentation on the procedures that we use
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Have a question that no standard scheme can answer?
Book a two-hour session with one of our specialists, or contact us to discuss
how a collaborative study can be designed around your problem.
Successful test registration
download the documentation regarding the protocol and the xls file to be filled in with your information.
You will soon receive the sample on which to perform the analyzes.
Successful registration!
You will receive a confirmation email to activate your account.
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download the documentation regarding the protocol and the xls file to be filled in with your information.
You will soon receive the sample on which to perform the analyzes.
We are processing the xls file, it will be available as soon as possible.
Attention! To register to the test, you must be logged in.
If you do not have the log-in information, you should proceed with registering on the site. In this case you will receive a confirmation email and then you will be able to log in and register for the test.
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Attention: the xls file must not be renamed.
If the file has been renamed, it is recommended to download it again from the test page.
Attention: make sure that the name of the ZIP file must contain only alphanumeric characters.
Your PIN for the "" is:
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The
PIN will be displayed only on screen to ensure the complete anonymity.
You must
print it and keep it in a safe place because once visualised, the PIN cannot be retrieved.
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You are trying to resend the results file.
You can replace the file by entering the previously issued PIN. By confirming the update operation, the previous file will be permanently deleted.
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The previously released PIN will remain valid and will not be changed.
