IAF Membership

IAF is a global association of Accreditation Bodies, Conformity Assessment Body associations, Regional Accreditation Groups, and Industry associations. Membership in IAF is separated into a number of categories :

• Accreditation Body Membership
  : Accreditation Body Membership consists of the body that develops and manages the accreditation of bodies that perform conformity assessments, such as management system certification, product certification, personnel certification or verification.
• Association member
  : Association membership consists of organizations or associations that participate in, use, accept or depend on the results of conformity assessments of institutions accredited by IAF Accreditation Body members.
• Regional Accreditation Group
  : Regional Accreditation Groups consist of associations of Accreditation Bodies and other bodies that recognize equivalence in accreditation among their members in the region and purpose to establish and maintain MRA (Mutual Recognition Agreement).

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IAF Membership – Accreditation body

The Accreditation Body membership consists of organizations that develop and manage accreditation for organizations that perform conformity assessments such as management system certification, product certification, personnel certification, or verification. Accreditation Body (AB) sign a Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) to recognize the equivalence of other AB’s accreditations, and to ensure that accredited certificates are reliable by businesses and customers anywhere in the world.

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IAS

GPC was accredited on November 4, 2016 as a Personnel Certification Body based on ISO/IEC 17024 from IAS, an American Accreditation Bod, and is operating ISO management System auditor certification.