Accreditation: Delivering a safer world

9 June 2018 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 delivers a safer world.

• The expectation of safe workplaces, safe products, safe transport, safe food, in fact all aspects of our lives is universally shared. Statistics however show that the expectation is not being matched by the reality. Closing this gap is a vital consideration for government, regulators and businesses, aiming to keep people safer in their work, their domestic life, their journeys and all other parts of their lives.
• 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 provide the opportunity to explore how accreditation can help deliver a safer world and to support businesses, government and regulators to find standards, conformity assessment and accreditation tools to support them in this goal.

This year’s poster is now available along with a joint statement issued by IAF and ILAC, and a brochure.

To find out what is happening locally to you, please contact your local IAF Member.

Login to the Members’ area for more information and to download the poster and brochure templates for use in other languages.

Examples of how accreditation supports Government and Regulators can be found on the Public Sector Assurance website.

Previous World Accreditation Day publications are available here.