Mr Corrie was presented with the EOQ's presidential Georges Borel Award for governmental achievements at the EOQ Presidential Meeting, in Helsinki, Finland, on May 31st, 2016.
The citation indicates that the award was given << for making an outstanding accomplishment through successful promotion and deployment of quality at governmental level through his professional activities and behaviours and thus creating a visible impact in the field of quality at governmental level in his own country and at European level >>.
The Georges Borel Award was born from the idea that the development and the promotion of the European Quality Movement is done by outstanding individuals who spend their time and energy in sharing their beliefs and knowledge for the benefit of European Society. See: http://www.eoq.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Press_releases/EOQ_Georges_Borel_press_release_2016.pdf
In accepting the award, Mr Corrie, recognized the outstanding contribution of the EOQ to the work of ISO and to ISO/TC176 since its earliest days. He also stated that while he was personally delighted to be receiving the award, he could only accept it on behalf of all the members of ISO/TC 176, as no single individual should take the credit for what is a collective effort by all the members of the committee.