What is Accreditation Body?
Accreditation Body (AB) is independent third party evaluation body to evaluate the conformity assessment body (eg. certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognized standards, ensure it is impartiality and competence to perform conformity certification assessment activities (ISO audit, lab testing or inspection).
For ISO certification, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in cooperation with International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) for the evaluation of the conformity assessment body. IAF is the world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation Bodies in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programmes of conformity assessment. While ILAC is association of accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the field of calibration laboratories, testing laboratories, medical testing, inspection bodies, proficiency testing providers and reference material producers.
Under IAF there are total 87 registered Accreditation Body, while ILAC there are total 104 registered.
Here are some example of Accreditation different countries:
Country |
Accreditation Body |
Albania |
DPA ( General Directorate of Accreditation ) |
Angola |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Argentina |
OAA ( Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion ) |
Australia |
JAS-ANZ ( Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand ) |
Austria |
AA ( Akkreditierung Austria ) |
Bahrain |
GAC (GCC) ( Gulf Cooperation Council Accreditation Center ) |
Beralus |
BSCA ( Belarusian State Centre for Accreditation ) |
Belgium |
BELAC ( Belgian Accreditation Body ) |
Benin |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Botswana |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Brazel |
CGCRE ( General Coordination for Accreditation ) |
Bulgaria |
EA-BAS ( Executive Agency – Bulgarian Accreditation Service ) |
Burkina Faso |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Canada |
SCC ( Standards Council of Canada ) |
Chile |
INN ( Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion ) |
China |
CNAS ( China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment ) |
Colombia |
ONAC ( Organismo Nacional de Acreditación de Colombia ) |
Comoros |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Congo |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Costa Rica |
ECA ( Costa Rican Accreditation Entity ) |
Cote D’Ivoire |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Czech Republic |
CAI ( Czech Accreditation Institute ) |
Denmark |
DANAK ( Danish Accreditation ) |
Ecuador |
SAE ( Ecuadorian Accreditation Service ) |
Egypt |
EGAC ( Egyptian Accreditation Council ) |
Ethiopia |
ENAO ( Ethiopia National Accreditation Office ) |
Finland |
FINAS ( Finnish Accreditation Service ) |
France |
COFRAC ( Comite Francais d’Accreditation ) |
Georgia |
GAC (Georgia) ( Georgian Accreditation Center ) |
Germany |
DAkkS ( German Accreditation ) |
Ghana |
GhaNAS ( Ghana National Accreditation Service ) |
Greece |
ESYD ( Hellenic Accreditation System ) |
Guinea-Bissau |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Hong Kong |
HKAS ( Hong Kong Accreditation Service ) |
Hungary |
NAH ( National Accreditation Authority ) |
India |
NABCB ( National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies ) |
Indonesia |
KAN ( National Accreditation Body of Indonesia ) |
Iran |
NACI ( National Accreditation Center of Iran ) |
Ireland |
INAB ( Irish National Accreditation Board ) |
Italy |
ACCREDIA ( Italian Accreditation Body ) |
Japan |
– IAJapan ( International Accreditation Japan )
|
Kazakhstan |
NCA ( National Center of Accreditation ) |
Kenya |
KENAS ( Kenya Accreditation Service ) |
Korea |
– KAB ( Korea Accreditation Board )
|
Kuwait |
GAC (GCC) ( Gulf Cooperation Council Accreditation Center ) |
Lesotho |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Lithuania |
LA ( Lithuanian National Accreditation Bureau ) |
Luxembourg |
OLAS ( Luxembourg Office of Accreditation ) |
North Macedonia |
IARNM ( Institute for Accreditation of the Republic of North Macedonia ) |
Madagascar |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Malawi |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Malaysia |
DSM (Standard Malaysia) |
Mali |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Mauritius |
MAURITAS ( Mauritius Accreditation Service ) |
Mexico |
EMA ( Mexican Accreditation Entity ) |
Moldova |
MOLDAC ( National Accreditation Centre of the Republic of Moldova ) |
Mongolia |
MNAS ( Mongolian National Authority for Accreditation ) |
Morocco |
SEMAC ( Moroccan Accreditation Service ) |
Mozambique |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Namibia |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Netherland |
RvA ( Dutch Accreditation Council ) |
New Zealand |
JAS-ANZ ( Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand ) |
Niger |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Nigeria |
NiNAS ( Nigeria National Accreditation System ) |
Norway |
NA ( Norwegian Accreditation ) |
Oman |
GAC (GCC) ( Gulf Cooperation Council Accreditation Center ) |
Pakistan |
PNAC ( Pakistan National Accreditation Council ) |
Peru |
INACAL-DA ( National Institute of Quality – Directorate of Accreditation ) |
Philippines |
PAB ( Philippine Accreditation Bureau ) |
Poland |
PCA ( Polish Centre for Accreditation ) |
Portugal |
IPAC ( Portuguese Institute for Accreditation ) |
Qatar |
GAC (GCC) ( Gulf Cooperation Council Accreditation Center ) |
Romania |
RENAR ( Romanian Accreditation Association ) |
Russian Federation |
– RusAccreditation ( Federal Service for Accreditation )
|
Saudi Arabia |
GAC (GCC) ( Gulf Cooperation Council Accreditation Center ) |
Senegal |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Serbia |
ATS ( Accreditation Body of Serbia ) |
Seychelles |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Singapore |
SAC ( Singapore Accreditation Council ) |
Slovakia |
SNAS ( Slovak National Accreditation Service ) |
Slovenia |
SA ( Slovenian Accreditation ) |
South Africa |
SANAS ( South African National Accreditation System ) |
Spain |
ENAC ( Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion ) |
Sri Lanka |
SLAB ( Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment ) |
Sweden |
SWEDAC ( Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment ) |
Switzerland |
SAS ( Swiss Accreditation Service ) |
Chinese Taipei |
TAF ( Taiwan Accreditation Foundation ) |
Tanzania |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Thailand |
NSC ( National Standardization Council of Thailand ) |
Togo |
SOAC ( West African Accreditation System ) |
Tunisia |
TUNAC ( Tunisian Accreditation Council ) |
Turkey |
TURKAK ( Turkish Accreditation Agency ) |
Ukraine |
NAAU ( National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine ) |
United Arab Emirates |
– GAC (GCC) ( Gulf Cooperation Council Accreditation Center )
|
United Kingdom |
UKAS ( United Kingdom Accreditation Service ) |
United States of America |
– A2LA ( American Association for Laboratory Accreditation )
|
Uruguay |
OUA ( Organismo Uruguayo de Acreditacion ) |
Uzbekistan |
O’ZAKK ( The Center for Accreditation ) |
Vietnam |
BoA ( Bureau of Accreditation ) |
Yemen |
GAC (GCC) ( Gulf Cooperation Council Accreditation Center ) |
Zambia |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Zimbabwe |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
Kosovo |
DAK ( Kosovo General Accreditation Directorate ) |
Eswatini |
SADCAS ( Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service ) |
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