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• Harmonization of accreditation practices
• Implementation of ISO/IEC 17011 standard
  (reinforcement of the impartiality of
  accreditation bodies)
• Joint ILAC/IAF work on a guidance document
• Joint ILAC/IAF training of peer evaluators
• Joint ILAC/IAF Inspection Committee

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Basic principles of the European accreditation
infrastructure

• Only one accreditation body or system per country
  
• No open competition between nationaly recognized
  accreditation bodies
• Separation between accreditation and other
  conformity assessment activities (independance
  and impartiality)
• Transparency and openness to stakeholders
• Each national accreditation body (except in
  Germany) operates in the voluntary and in the
  mandatory fields
• European recognition through the EA MLA

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• Establishing multilateral recognition
  agreements/arrangements
• Evolution of lists of signatories (see websites
  www.ilac.org, www.iaf.nu, www.european-accreditati
  on.org)
• For instance
• New signatories PCA (Poland) for EA/ILAC/IAF
• OAA (Argentina) for ILAC/IAF
• ONARC (Cuba) for ILAC
• NLAB (Egypt) for ILAC
• Suspension RENAR (Romania) for EA/ILAC/IAF
• Cooperation ILAC/IAF for the management of their
  MLAs

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• Promoting accreditation as a tool for
  facilitating trade
• New joint working group ILAC/IAF
• Cooperation with interested organisations
• New Mous ILAC/IEC
• EA/Eurep Gap (Food sector)
• EA/IRMM (Institute of the European Commission for
  Reference Materials and Measurements)
• Under discussion IAF/IEC
• EA/European Directorate for Quality of Medicine
• Joint communiqué ISO/ILAC/IAF

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Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqué on the Management
Systems Requirements of ISO/IEC 170252005,
General Requirements for the competence of
testing and calibration laboratories   A
laboratory's fulfilment of the requirements of
ISO/IEC 170252005 means the laboratory meets
both the technical competence requirements and
management system requirements that are necessary
for it to consistently deliver technically valid
test results and calibrations. The management
system requirements in ISO/IEC 17025 (Section 4)
are written in language relevant to laboratory
operations and meet the principles of ISO
90012000 Quality Management Systems
Requirements and are aligned with its pertinent
requirements.
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• Helping developping countries to set up their own
  accreditation scheme
• Joint developpment support committee ILAC/IAF
• Continued cooperation with UNIDO
• Training of assessors, translations, seminars

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• Conclusion
• Accreditation is a living activity