Accreditation is a reliable and credible process of independent evaluation of entities against specified criteria, stipulated in subscribed standards or applicable regulations, as to ensure their ability and demonstrated competence for conformance. It is a third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks and its operation as whole. Through the application of global standards the government, suppliers and consumers can gain the trust and have confidence in validating the audit, examination, verification reports and ISO certification thus provided.
USIAS Core Believes,
– Accreditation delivers confidence in certificates and conformity statements.
– Accreditation underpins the quality of results by ensuring their traceability, comparability, validity and commutability.
– Accreditation enables Conformity Assessment Bodies to obtain independent, third-party, credible outputs for themselves and for their customers ensuring the delivery of services with confidence.
– Accreditation demonstrates a Conformity Assessment Bodies competence to succeed and accomplish activities defined by its specific program scope of accreditation.
Definition of the Term Accreditation in ISO/IEC 17011
“Accreditation refers to third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks”