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Accreditation is a third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (such as certification, inspection and testing).
An authoritative body that performs accreditation is called an 'accreditation body'. The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) provide international recognitions to accreditation bodies. There are many internationally-recognized accreditation bodies approved by the IAF and ILAC.
The Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) is the largest accreditation body in Middle East region, whereas in South Asia the Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) and National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), Quality Council of India (QCI) are the largest. In East Asia, the China National Accreditation Board is the largest, while the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is the largest in Europe. The National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) and the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) being the largest in the Oceania region, with the South African National Accreditation System being the largest in Africa.
For most of the accreditation schemes, international standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are used.
Fields involved[edit]
Accreditation processes are used in a wide variety of fields:
- Construction
- Educational accreditation
- Higher education accreditation
- ACGME (USA)
- List of unrecognized higher education accreditation organizations
- Higher education accreditation
- Food safety
- Healthcare
- Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC)
- Joint Commission (USA)
- Translating and interpreting
- National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (Australia)
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Forest management such as the Forest Stewardship Council
- Sustainable fishing such as the Marine Stewardship Council
- Sustainable aquaculture such as the Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Accreditation standards[edit]
Many accreditation bodies, such as the UKAS, EIAC, EGAC, PNAC, IAS, operate according to processes developed by the ISO as specified in ISO/IEC 17011.[1] Accredited entities in specific sectors must provide evidence to the accreditation body that they conform to other standards in the same series:
- ISO/IEC 17020: 'General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection' (2012)
- ISO/IEC 17021-1: 'Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems' (2015)
- ISO/IEC 17024: 'Conformity Assessment. General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons' (2012)
- ISO/IEC 17025: 'General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories' (2017)
See also[edit]
- International agencies
- International Accreditation Forum (IAF)
- International Certification Accreditation Council (ICAC)
- International Council on Educational Credential Evaluation (ICECE)
- International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
- National agencies
References[edit]
- ^'ISO/IEC 17011:2017 Conformity assessment — Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies'. International Organization for Standardization. 2017.
External links[edit]
Asia:https://eiac.gov.ae/https://www.cnas.org.cn/http://www.pnac.gov.pk/
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Verb | 1. | accredit - grant credentials to; 'The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution'; 'recognize an academic degree' recognise, recognize licence, license, certify - authorize officially; 'I am licensed to practice law in this state' |
2. | accredit - provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; 'He was appointed deputy manager'; 'She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance' | |
3. | accredit - ascribe an achievement to; 'She was not properly credited in the program' ascribe, attribute, impute, assign - attribute or credit to; 'We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare'; 'People impute great cleverness to cats' |
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