


ACCREDITATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
IT CAPABILITY
Accreditation
promotes good practices in manufacturing and services and is regarded
as an
assurance of quality.It has gained global acceptance and facilitates
trade.
With accreditation, companies need not go for multiple assessment in
different
countries as its products and services offered would be of
internationally
accepted standards. It also promotes research and development on
manufacturing
and testing facilities and processes.
Accreditation
has provided a sound basis for mutual recognition arrangements on
conformity
assessment between regulators and accreditation bodies as well as
trading
partners. This support has enabled accreditation to serve as a backbone
of
infrastructure in support of government to government Free Trade
Agreements.
Some
instances
of multilateral mutual recognition
arrangements (MRAs/MLAs) are: