9th of June marks World Accreditation Day, a global initiative, jointly established by IAF and ILAC, to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation. The theme of World Accreditation Day 2018 focuses on how accreditation delivers a safer world.

Standards, conformity assessment and accreditation are well established and accepted tools that are used to help deliver a safer world. Conformity assessment bodies are used to check that products and services are safe for use. Accreditation is the independent evaluation of these conformity assessment bodies against recognised standards to carry out specific activities to ensure their integrity, impartiality and competence.

Through the application of national and international standards, government, businesses and wider society can therefore have confidence in the calibration and test results, inspection reports and certifications provided, delivering both increased confidence and safer practices.
World Accreditation Day 2018 provides an excellent opportunity to explore how accreditation can deliver a safer world and for businesses, government and regulators to find standards, conformity assessment and accreditation tools to help them in this goal.

Additional information about World Accreditation Day can me found IAF website at https://www.iaf.nu/articles/World_Accreditation_Day_2018/547