Why accreditation?

Accreditation is a process of evaluating and certifying that a company, organization, or individual meets certain predetermined standards in a specific area or field. Accreditation can serve a variety of purposes, including:

1. Demonstrating competence: Accreditation can help to demonstrate that a company, organization, or individual has the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience to perform a specific job or role. This can help to build trust and credibility with customers and stakeholders.
2. Improving quality: Accreditation can help to improve the quality of products, services, or processes by establishing and enforcing standards that must be met.
3. Meeting regulatory requirements: In some cases, accreditation may be required in order to meet regulatory or industry requirements. For example, certain types of businesses or organizations may be required to hold specific accreditations in order to operate legally.
4. Facilitating trade: Accreditation can help to facilitate trade by establishing a level of trust and confidence between buyers and sellers. For example, a company that has been accredited for the quality of its products may be more likely to secure contracts with overseas buyers.
5. Improving efficiency: Accreditation can help to improve the efficiency of an organization's operations by identifying and addressing areas for improvement.

Overall, accreditation can provide many benefits to companies, organizations, and individuals, and is often seen as a mark of excellence and quality.

Accreditation offers assurance in the integrity of conformity assessment reports and certificates of your products or services, thereby instilling confidence in stakeholders and promoting differentiated products and services to your customers.

Accreditation literally means: giving confidence. We want to be able to blindly trust that the quality of products and services is correct. We want to know that the results of blood tests are correct, that meat does not contain too many bacteria, that escalators are safe to use, that electronics engineers are acting professionally. All of this is only possible when certificates and reports substantiate what is being claimed.

The accreditation programmes relevant to regulators would be those that are related to health, safety, and the environment. All countries have regulations related to safety of goods and services. There are also requirements regarding environmental impact, from recycling to energy consumption. Accreditation is a way to demonstrate quality and competence. It has positive effects for authorities, purchasers, industry, manufacturers and consumers.

Some accreditation is mandatory, which means that some testing and inspection bodies must be accredited in order to operate their business. On the vehicle side, companies carrying out vehicle inspection and the inspection of tachographs and speed limiters need to be accredited. Accreditation ensures the competency, impartiality and performance capability of their services.