We welcome Executive Agency Bulgarian Accreditation Service (EA BAS), Bulgaria, as a Full Member of ILAC.
EA BAS joined ILAC as an Associate Member on 24 September 2016 and has become a signatory to the ILAC MRA for the accreditation of calibration and testing laboratories using ISO/IEC 17025, medical testing laboratories using ISO 15189 and inspection bodies using ISO/IEC 17020, via the EA MLA.
We welcome EA BAS as a Full Member and look forward to working with our EA BAS colleagues.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available here.
Read MoreILAC R4:10/2016 – Use of the ILAC Logo and Tagline has been published and is available from the Publications section of the ILAC website. This document has been updated to reflect the new ILAC tagline
Read MoreThe International Union of Independent Laboratories (UILI) is organising a workshop (LABmeeting), on the afternoon of Friday October 28th at the Lalit Hotel in New Delhi, India.
The “Meet and Greet the Stakeholders” session will run from 2:00pm to 5:30pm and is open to all UILI Members, representatives of laboratories and laboratory associations and ILAC/IAF members and their stakeholders. The UILI LABmeeting brochure containing further information can be accessed here.
ILAC R1:09/2016 – Management of ILAC Documents has been published and is available from the Publications section of the ILAC website.
This document provides rules and procedures for the classification and publication of ILAC documents.
Read MoreILAC-P15:07/2016 – Application of ISO/IEC 17020:2012 for the Accreditation of Inspection Bodies provides information for the application of ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity assessment – Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection for the accreditation of inspection bodies.
An amendment to clarify clause 8.1.3 was proposed by the ILAC Inspection Committee (IC) and endorsed by the ILAC membership in July 2016. ILAC-P15:07/2016 is available here.
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GCC Accreditation Center (GAC) is now a Full Member of ILAC. GAC is a multi-economy accreditation body servicing the following economies: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen.
GAC has become a signatory to the ILAC MRA for testing (ISO/IEC 17025). GAC originally joined ILAC as an Affiliate Member in 2010 and as an Associate Member in 2014, and we are now pleased to welcome GAC as a Full Member of ILAC.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available here.
Read MoreNational Laboratories Association of Zimbabwe (NLAZ) has voluntarily withdrawn as a Stakeholder member of ILAC, effective as at 6 July 2016.
We wish NLAZ all the best for the future.
Read MoreThe theme for World Accreditation Day 2016 is:
Accreditation: A Global Tool to support Public Policy
The promotional materials including the video, joint statement from the ILAC and IAF Chairs, poster and brochure are available from the Media Centre of the ILAC website.
The theme this year also supports the promotion of the Public Sector Assurance website developed by ILAC, IAF, ISO, IEC and IIOC.
Note: This news item was initially published on 9 March 2016.
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