9 June 2016 marks World Accreditation Day as a global initiative, jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation.

• This year’s theme focuses on how accreditation can be a global tool to support public policy for all areas in the public sector – national and local government, regulators. To help explain the use of accredited conformity assessment, the Public Sector Assurance website www.publicsectorassurance.org has been established to showcase different global examples where accreditation has been used to support public policy efforts.

• As in previous years, the day will be celebrated across the world with the hosting of major national events, seminars, and press and media coverage, to communicate the value of accreditation to Government, Regulators and the leaders of the business community.

For a joint statement issued by the IAF and ILAC Chairs, and for the 2016 World Accreditation Day poster and brochure, see –World Accreditation Day.

For the 2016 video, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bbuKr3lweQ.

To find out what is happening locally to you, please contact your local accreditation body for further details.

Login to the Members area for more information on how to celebrate the day and to download the poster and brochure templates for use in other languages.