World Accreditation Day 2025

June 9th 2025 marks World Accreditation Day (#WAD2025), a global initiative established by ILAC and IAF to promote the value of accreditation.

This year’s theme, Accreditation: Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises focuses on how SMEs are essential to the global economy, driving innovation, creating jobs and supporting local communities.

The WAD 2025 poster was created by Joshua Egahi-Ojo Alhassan and is the result of a competition run by ILAC and IAF. You can find more information on the design and the creator here.

As in previous years, a Joint Statement from the ILAC and IAF Chairs is available as well as a brochure and video to promote the event.

WAD 2025 Virtual Event

IAF and ILAC will also be holding a virtual event on 9 June 2025 and we invite you to this online celebration for World Accreditation Day 2025!

The event will be held in two time zones and discuss the impact of accreditation as digitalization, new technologies and sustainability concerns continue to change our world. An agenda will be circulated closer to the date of the event. 

Registration to be open soon:

World Accreditation day 2025 Celebration Event Time Zone 1 – TBD

World Accreditation Day 2025 Celebration Event Time Zone 2- TBD

Follow ILAC and IAF on Twitter for more information about accreditation empowering tomorrow and shaping the future in the period leading up to WAD. We encourage you to celebrate with us online using the hashtag #WAD2025 and to contact your local accreditation body for further details on local media and online seminars and programs they may be organising.

Login to the Members area for more information on how to celebrate the day and to download the poster and brochure templates for use in other languages.

Previous World Accreditation Day publications are available here.