The International Rail Quality Board is committed to the collective effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We have taken the following measures the ensure stakeholders´ safety and wellbeing:

• The IRQB coordinator is required to work from home but will remain at your disposal by email, mobile phone or via other digital platforms such as Microsoft Teams/Skype
• The IRQB stakeholders are advised not to participate in external meetings considering alternative solutions are available
• The meetings led by the IRQB, including the experts group meetings, will be converted to conference calls or video-conference meetings instead

As an ambassador of the IRIS Certification® scheme, IRQB supports the actions taken by the IRIS Management Centre in order to ensure the safety of all stakeholders while maintaining high quality of audits that is essential for the continued trust in the value of the IRIS Certification®. To learn more about the measures taken by the IRIS Management Centre and how it affects the execution of audits, we advise you to regularly consult the IRIS website at www.iris-rail.org.

The IRQB wishes you and your close ones all the best and is looking forward to our continued cooperation in the future.