Accreditation

Accreditation

What is Accreditation?

Accreditation is a formal recognition of competence in accordance with European and international standards. Accreditation has been used for over 50 years as the definitive means of evaluating organizations and is now utilized by all the world’s major economies and many developing economies.

Accreditation

According to ISO/IEC 17011, definition of accreditation is;  "Accreditation refers to third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks."

Requirements regarding the quality of goods and services are continuously increasing as a result of the liberalisation of global trade and increasing demands by consumers, companies and legislators.

Whether for environmental protection, in the food or electrical industry, health care or renewable energy - for these and many other industries, objective testing, calibrations, inspections or certifications therefore play a very important role.

Accreditation is formal, third-party recognition that an organization is competent to perform specific tasks - the work for which they are accredited.

Accreditation can be voluntary or mandated by government. It is a continuous quality improvement process to demonstrate that internationally and/or nationally prescribed standards have been met.