Name : Accreditation: A global tool to support Public Policy

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Standards, accreditation and conformity assessment are market-based tools that can be used by government policy makers to deliver better regulation, environmental protection, public safety, fraud prevention, fair markets and public trust. This brochure contains an overview for policy makers, regulators and public sector officials explaining why and how these tools could be used in their areas of activity.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B9

Version Number : 2

Issue Date : 18 Sep 2023

Application Date : 18 Sep 2023

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Name : Accreditation: Adding Value to Supply Chains

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Product supply chains are increasingly globalised and complex as companies seek to optimize costs while retaining flexibility. Supply chains that stretch across multiple countries and sites pose major challenges in terms of quality, compliance with regulations and standards relating to safety, as well as environmental and social responsibility.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B11

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 03 Mar 2020

Application Date : 03 Mar 2020

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Name : Accreditation: Delivering a safer world

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Completed projects, raw materials, products, services, management systems, and/or personnel can be evaluated against a standard, code of practice, or regulatory requirement by testing and calibration laboratories, inspection bodies and certification bodies (collectively known as conformity assessment bodies). Conformity assessment bodies are used to check that products and services are safe for use.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B10

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 03 Mar 2020

Application Date : 03 Mar 2020

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Name : Accreditation: Delivering Confidence in construction and the built environment

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Accreditation can support the construction sector in meeting its need for smarter, cleaner and safer construction. Learn how in this brochure.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B

Version Number : 2

Issue Date : 18 Sep 2023

Application Date : 18 Sep 2023

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Name : Accreditation: Delivering confidence in the provision of energy

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : The demand for energy increases each year, yet we are faced with finite fuel resources. There is pressure on industry to cut emissions and to introduce energy efficiency measures. Governments and the private sector face the challenge of determining how to provide more energy for more people, while at the same time, cutting greenhouse gases and pollution. Conformity assessment services provide a means for preventing unsafe, unhealthy or environmentally harmful products from entering the marketplace.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B6

Version Number : 2

Issue Date : 18 Sep 2023

Application Date : 18 Sep 2023

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Name : Accreditation: Facilitating world trade

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : The majority of world trade involves some level of conformity assessment which, when used effectively, enhances competitiveness by offering proof that products and services adhere to the requirements of governments and the marketplace. Learn how accreditation can facilitate trade in this brochure.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B5

Version Number : 2

Issue Date : 18 Sep 2023

Application Date : 18 Sep 2023

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Name : Accreditation: Supporting safe food and clean drinking water

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : The production and distribution of food and water involves complex supply chains and processes. Accreditation can help prevent unsafe, unhealthy or environmentally harmful products from entering the market. Learn how in this brochure.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B3

Version Number : 2

Issue Date : 18 Sep 2023

Application Date : 18 Sep 2023

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Name : Accreditation: Supporting the Delivery of Health and Social Care

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : The successful provision of health and social care is one of the greatest challenges today. Whether caused by expanding global population growth or increased life expectancy, the need to provide reassuring, consistent and cost-effective health and social care will only grow in its magnitude and complexity.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 03 Mar 2020

Application Date : 03 Mar 2020

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Name : Accredited Conformity Assessment – Removing Technical Barriers To Trade

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Trust is the key component of all trading relationships, whether they are conducted within national borders or internationally. Economies around the world rely on an integrated system of standards, agreements, regulations and assessments to create a quality infrastructure.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 14 Oct 2019

Application Date : 14 Oct 2019

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Name : Corporate Sustainability Information Position Paper

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : This position paper aims to outline the value of the international system of accreditation and accredited bodies in providing frameworks that ensure the credibility of the verification of sustainability-related information that meets the requirements of mandatory rules and the emerging expectations of stakeholders; highlight the benefits that the international accreditation system can offer to public authorities, financial and other stakeholders in meeting the growing demand for accurate, credible, and reliable non-financial information; and affirm the centrality of ISO/IEC 17029.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF B

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 12 Jul 2023

Application Date : 12 Jul 2023

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Name : Fact sheet – Specifying accreditation in Regulation

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : In many economies, Regulators may be national, state, provincial, or even municipal in their scope of responsibility. Regulators may be public authorities or represent private sector specifiers.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF B

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 01 Feb 2017

Application Date : 01 Feb 2017

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Name : How do I gain confidence in an Inspection Body? Do they need ISO 9001 certification or ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation?

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Accredited ISO 9001 certification and accreditation to ISO/IEC 17020 both provide confidence in the services of an inspection body. Learn how in this brochure.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B

Version Number : 2

Issue Date : 18 Sep 2023

Application Date : 18 Sep 2023

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Name : How does Accredited Certification benefit Regulators?

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Accreditation used to be seen as predominantly a voluntary activity; however, in many economies, accreditation has become widely embraced by Governments and has become “mandatory” in many regulated areas, as more and more Governments and regulatory authorities appreciate the benefits that accreditation brings in meeting their responsibilities and to safeguard the public.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF B4

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 03 Oct 2019

Application Date : 03 Oct 2019

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Name : IAF - An overview

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) is a worldwide association of accreditation bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, processes, services, personnel, validation and verification and other similar programmes of conformity assessment. Learn more about IAF in this brochure.

Issue : 2

Code : IAF B1

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 27 Oct 2021

Application Date : 27 Oct 2021

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Name : INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION FORUM “Certified Once, Accepted Everywhere”

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : This presentation provides an introduction to IAF.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF B

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 11 Jun 2019

Application Date : 11 Jun 2019

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Name : Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) - Annual Report 2022

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : This report sets out the detailed activities that are carried out as part of the peer evaluation process to ensure that regulators, specifiers, and businesses can have confidence in the IAF MLA.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF B

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 08 Nov 2023

Application Date : 08 Nov 2023

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Name : THE GLOBAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : This presentation provides an introduction to IAF and ILAC.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 27 Jun 2023

Application Date : 27 Jun 2023

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Name : The IAF Initiative for Accredited Certification to ISO 13485 –Medical Devices

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : The purpose of this brochure is to explain the benefits and use of the ISO 13485 Medical Device initiative developed by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).

Issue : 1

Code : IAF B5

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 01 May 2012

Application Date : 01 May 2012

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Name : The IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA)

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the MLA only after stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team. It is the responsibility of this team to assess that the applicant member complies fully with both the relevant international standards and associated IAF documents.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF B2

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 13 Oct 2019

Application Date : 13 Oct 2019

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Name : The route to signing the IAF or ILAC Arrangements

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : The objective of this guideline is to highlight the steps in the application and evaluation process to enable accreditation bodies to sign the IAF and/or ILAC Arrangements. The intention is to help new accreditation bodies in IAF and ILAC and also newcomers in Regional Accreditation Groups to better understand the evaluation process.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC B1

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 03 Feb 2019

Application Date : 03 Feb 2019

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Name : The value of accredited certification - Survey Report

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : In 2010/11, the IAF carried out a global survey to capture market feedback on the value of certification. The survey aimed to gain intelligence on the drivers for seeking certification, the selection criteria when choosing a body to provide certification services, the appropriateness of the process, and the positive outcomes of certification.

Issue : 1

Code : Survey Report 2012

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 01 May 2012

Application Date : 01 May 2012

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Name : Why use an accredited management system certification body?

Category : Promotional Documents

Description : Selecting the right certification body to carry out your certification can be a difficult decision. A certification body that has been accredited by an accreditation body that is a signatory to the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) has proven that it complies with best practice and it is competent to deliver a consistently reliable and impartial service that meets the appropriate internationally recognised standard.

Issue : 2

Code : IAF B3

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 05 Jan 2024

Application Date : 05 Jan 2024

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