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A network for quality

Accredia represents all entities and persons with interests in accreditation, from the Public Authorities to accredited persons, from business organizations to consumer associations.

Accredia has 71 members who represent all parties involved in accreditation and conformity assessment activities undertaken by bodies and laboratories, among them:

Ministries (Enterprises and Made in Italy, Environment and Energy Security, Defense, Infrastructure and Transport, Internal Affairs, University and Research, Labor and Social Policies, Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests, Health)
Major national public entities
Standardization bodies (UNI and CEI)
Business and trade organizations
Associations of accredited certification and inspection bodies and testing and calibration laboratories
Associations of consultants and consumers
Suppliers of public utilities such as the state railways and ENEL, the national energy utility

Institutional bodies

The structure of Accredia’s institutional bodies is flexible and balanced, so as to guarantee the effectiveness of decisions and the achievement of results. >>>

Members

Accredia is an association in which all the economic and social parties interested in accreditation and conformity assessment activities are represented. >>>

Departments

Accredia is organized into three Departments for bodies and laboratories operating in all sectors.

Certification and Inspection Department

Certification bodies, Inspection bodies, Verification and validation bodies

Testing Laboratories Department

Testing laboratories, Medical laboratories, Interlaboratory proficiency testing providers (PTP)

Calibration Laboratories Department

Calibration laboratories, Reference material producers (RMP), Medical reference measurement laboratories, Biobanks

Assessors

Accredia’s team of assessors and experts conducts assessments at bodies and laboratories which make the application for accreditation to undertake conformity assessment activities.

The assessors regularly check that the compulsory rules are being adhered to by bodies and laboratories requiring accreditation to issue certifications and to do inspections, verifications, tests and calibrations.

The audits are performed by assessors and experts who have been qualified by Accredia for their specific areas of competence. They are highly specialized, employing codified procedures and are constantly monitored.

The audit methodology is characterized by:

Rigour: regarding applied procedures, methods, assessment criteria, control systems.
Flexibility: with a pragmatic approach taking account of the specific nature of each body or laboratory applying for accreditation.