June 9 is World Accreditation Day 2011
June 9 will mark World Accreditation Day 2011, a global
initiative established by the International Accreditation Forum
(IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
(ILAC) to raise awareness of the importance of
accreditation-related activities.
World Accreditation Day will be celebrated around the world to
communicate the value of accreditation to government, regulators,
and the business community.
This year's focus is on how accreditation is used to support the
work of regulators. There is increasing recognition of
accreditation by regulators, who are adopting accreditation as a
mechanism to deliver a multi-discipline solution that can support
or act as an alternative to legislation.
In complex and highly competitive markets, confidence is
required when products or services are traded between economies.
Governments and regulators have come to appreciate the importance
of credible accreditation programs based on
internationally-recognized standards in providing confidence. With
restricted budgets, many regulators can no longer do it all
themselves and increasingly must rely on third-party organizations
to support their objectives. Accreditation provides a fair and
meaningful basis for identifying qualified and competent
providers.
The influence and use of accreditation continues to grow across
a wide range of economies and domestic policy areas. A 2010 survey
of ILAC members confirmed the growing use of accreditation by
regulators in all of the 55 economies that responded.
World Accreditation Day provides an opportunity for the
accreditation community to extend its influence and demonstrate how
accreditation can be applied to a wide variety of assessment,
approval, and evaluation tasks that can be used to address a wide
range of regulatory requirements.
World Accreditation Day 2011 Resources
Video:
Short film promoting World Accreditation Day
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