NDLI: How IAF and ILAC manage the recognition of Regional Accreditation Groups: the peer evaluation system of IAF and ILAC for Regional Accreditation Groups

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Behrens, Frauke Wloka, Monika
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The peer evaluation of single accreditation bodies in order to sign an Arrangement for Recognition of the international accreditation organizations International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), whether performed by Regional Accreditation Groups or directly by IAF and/or ILAC, is standard practice. The fundamental requirements for such evaluations are well specified in documents. However, the careful evaluation of all their Arrangement members poses an enormous logistic task for IAF and ILAC, and the signatories can be evaluated more thoroughly within their Regional Groups. Hence, IAF and ILAC typically evaluate only the Regional Accreditation Groups and accept all signatories of a Regional Accreditation Group once successfully evaluated by their respective Regional Group. However, the requirements for the evaluation of a Regional Group are extensive, and the evaluation procedure is highly complicated and must be conducted very carefully in order to assure that the results of accreditation can be trusted. This article describes the evaluation procedure used by IAF and/or ILAC for Regional Groups wishing to sign the IAF/ILAC Arrangement. We wish to inform and to aid these Regional Groups setting out for evaluation, and also to build confidence in the IAF/ILAC Arrangements.
Starting Page	57
Ending Page	66
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09491775
Journal	Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14320517
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2009-10-11
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Accreditation Arrangement IAF ILAC Peer evaluation Region Marketing Ecotoxicology Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Commercial Law Food Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Instrumentation Chemical Engineering Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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