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ILAC Meetings
The IAF/ILAC Mid-term meetings were held virtually during March/April 2025.
The next IAF/ILAC annual meetings will be held as an in-person event in Bangkok, Thailand from 15 – 24 October, 2025.
In addition to the in-person meetings noted above all ILAC Committees, Working Groups and Task Forces continue to progress the items on their work plans, via a combination of email and remote meetings.
Information on future meetings and events, including major regional meetings, can also be found in the ILAC Calendar.
Decision to Establish a Single International Organisation for Accreditation
Following extensive work and discussions within IAF and ILAC in 2024 the IAF and ILAC membership agreed the Constitution and General Rules for a new organisation, to take over the existing roles of both IAF and ILAC. Following the annual meetings of IAF and ILAC in October 2024, the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated was registered in New Zealand.
The launch date for the Cooperation to become operational and to take over the roles of IAF and ILAC, is provisionally 1 January 2026. Further information on the transition and exact date will be publicised shortly.
The ILAC MRA
The scope of recognition of the recognised regions to the ILAC MRA is available from Recognised Regional Cooperation Bodies International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ilac.org)
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 ILAC MRA and Signatories International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation.
There are currently 118 signatories to the ILAC MRA representing 119 economies. The ILAC MRA covers recognition for accreditation in the areas of calibration (ISO/IEC 17025), testing (ISO/IEC 17025), medical testing (ISO 15189), inspection (ISO/IEC 17020), proficiency testing providers (ISO/IEC 17043) and reference material producers (ISO 17034). The list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from the ILAC MRA Signatory Search.
The ILAC MRA Annual Report 2024 and associated Infographic will be published shortly, and members will be notified by email. The documents will be uploaded to the ILAC Website when available.
Case studies and research on the recognition of the ILAC MRA by governments and regulators are available from the Public Sector Assurance website. The website is a collaborative initiative of the INetQI members and there are over 330 case studies, 90 research papers and 60 supporting materials available to view.
The Business Benefits website is a reference website designed to demonstrate the monetary value of standards, conformity assessment and accreditation for businesses. The website represents another successful collaboration of the INetQI partners with over 95 case studies categorised into 6 areas of value. All of the case studies identify a clear financial benefit. The site also includes more than 75 research papers.
Both the Public Sector Assurance and the Business Benefits websites contain a dedicated search function for each of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The case studies on these sites are now all linked to applicable goals.
ILAC Membership
The ILAC membership as of 31 March 2025 is:
The ILAC membership consists of 161 organisations from 135 different economies worldwide. Over 114,600 laboratories, over 15,600 inspection bodies, over 700 PTP and over 300 RMP are accredited by the ILAC Full Members (signatories to the ILAC MRA).The latest statistics and graphs on the number of accreditation bodies, accredited laboratories, inspection bodies, PTPs and RMPs are available from the ILAC Facts & Figures page.
ILAC Executive Committee
In 2024 the Executive Committee met virtually and held in-person meetings. The first meeting for 2025 was held on 30 April.
The IAF and ILAC Joint Executive Committee (JEC) held four (4) meetings in 2024 (February, June, September and October). The first meeting for 2025 was held on 3 April.
ILAC Liaisons and other International Activities
The current list of ILAC liaison activities includes:
ILAC Liaisons with ISO and ISO/CASCO Policy Committees
ILAC Liaisons with ISO/CASCO Working Groups/Task Forces
ILAC Liaisons with Other Organizations
ILAC thanks all the ILAC liaison officers, and their organisations, who volunteer their time to assist ILAC in carrying out these activities for the benefit of all ILAC members.
Information on ILAC’s partnerships, including copies of communiqués, joint procedures, press releases and MoUs is available from the ILAC Partnerships Page.
ILAC Secretariat
There have been no changes to Secretariat staff since the last newsletter.
Documents and Brochures
Publications finalised and released in 2024 include:
ILAC-P9:01/2024 ILAC Policy for Proficiency Testing and/or Interlaboratory comparisons other than Proficiency Testing
Follow @ILAC_Official on “X” or ILAC on LinkedIn to receive the latest ILAC news, including information on meetings, events, liaison activities and new publications.
The November 2024 edition of the ILAC Newsletter is available from News-and-Events/ILAC Newsletter/Archive (ilac.org). The next edition will be published in November 2025.
