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Saudi Accreditation Center (SAC) is now a Full Member of ILAC.
SAC has become a signatory to the ILAC MRA for testing (ISO/IEC 17025), calibration (ISO/IEC 17025) and inspection (ISO/IEC 17020). SAC originally joined ILAC as an Affiliate member on 22 December 2006, then became Associate on 26 July 2021, and we are now pleased to welcome SAC as a Full Member of ILAC.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available here.
The Saudi Accreditation Center (SAC), Saudi Arabia, is welcomed as an Associate Member of ILAC. SAC has been an Affiliate member since 22 December 2006.
We welcome SAC as an Associate Member and look forward to continuing working with our SAC colleagues.
The signatory status of GCC Accreditation Center (GAC), Saudi Arabia, to the ILAC MRA has been extended to include medical testing using ISO 15189.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/ .
COVID-19 restrictions have seen a significant increase in the use of remote techniques for auditing and assessing providers of conformity assessment activities as well as evaluating the accreditation bodies that provide these services.
IAF, ILAC and ISO have worked together to produce a survey to better understand the views of the conformity assessment community and those that rely on the results of conformity assessment, such as regulators, on the use of remote techniques for audit/assessment/evaluation activities. The survey seeks to gain input from the perspective of those carrying out the auditing/assessing or evaluation activities, as well as those subject to the activity and also those reliant on the outcome of these activities.
We encourage you to please complete the survey for your own organisation and/or as an individual carrying out a remote activity, and to also share the survey link with your customers, stakeholders and any others you feel may wish to contribute information for this survey.
The survey will run until 8 August 2021 and can be accessed via the following link: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90343186/IAF-ILAC-ISO-Survey-on-Remote-Audit-Assessment-Evaluation
The signatory status of entidad Mexicana de acreditación a.c. (ema), Mexico, to the ILAC MRA has been extended to include the accreditation of Reference Material Producers using ISO 17034.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/ .
We are pleased to advise that the recognition of the IAAC MLA to the ILAC MRA now includes the accreditation of RMP using ISO 17034 as a result of the recent ILAC Arrangement Council ballot and the evaluation of IAAC for this scope extension.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/. This directory is searchable by economy and scope of signatory status as well as the name and acronym of the accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA. The scope of recognition of the recognised regions to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/recognised-regional-cooperation-bodies/. Information on the acceptance of calibration, testing and inspection results, programs provided by PTPs and reference materials produced by RMPs via the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/.
This report provides information on the activities carried out as part of the global peer evaluation process in 2020 in order to ensure that both regulators and consumers of laboratory and inspection data, as well as users of proficiency testing programs and reference materials are able to maintain confidence in the services accredited by the signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). The ILAC MRA 2020 Annual Report and associated infographic is available here.
The Kuwait Accreditation System (Accreditation Affairs Section) (KAS) – Public Authority for Industry (PAI) (KAS-PAI), Kuwait, is welcomed as an Associate Member of ILAC. KAS-PAI has been an Affiliate member since 9 May 2017.
We welcome KAS-PAI as an Associate Member and look forward to continuing working with our KAS-PAI colleagues.
9 June 2021 marks World Accreditation Day – Accreditation: Supporting the implementation of the SDGs (#WAD2021).
WAD is a global initiative established by the IAF and ILAC to promote the value of accreditation. This year’s theme focuses on the UN’s Sustainable Development Agenda and promoting the many ways in which accreditation can help meet these goals. Materials for supporting the promotion and celebration of this event including a poster, brochure and joint statement for your use, can be accessed here. Social media resources have also been made available for members and three videos focusing on people, planet and prosperity can be expected mid-May.
In addition, the Public Sector Assurance and Business Benefits websites, which contain case studies, research and supporting materials demonstrating the benefits and value of accreditation, now feature an option for searching by SDG. We encourage members to visit these websites for additional materials to support their WAD activities.
Follow IAF (@IAF_Global) and ILAC (@ILAC_Official) on Twitter for the latest updates. If you are active on social media, use #WAD2021.
Happy World Accreditation Day.