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International Digital Skills Certification for GPS and ATA, how to recognise a valid certificate.

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What is Accreditation

Find out how the guarantee of competence and independence offered by Accredia works.

How to get accredited

Start the journey to obtain accreditation and qualify yourself in the marketplace.

Benefits

Discover the benefits for accredited bodies, public administration, companies and consumers.

How to obtain
and maintain
accreditation

Regulations, applications and standards for accreditation schemes, in one click.

Certification and Inspection Department

Certification Bodies, Inspection Bodies, Verification and Validation Bodies

Testing Laboratories Department

Testing Laboratories, Medical Laboratories, Proficiency Testing Providers (PTP)

Calibration Laboratories Department

Calibration Laboratories, Reference Material Producers (RMP), Medical Reference Measurement Laboratories, Biobanks

Accredia in figures

Accredited bodies and laboratories in constant growth: alongside public administration, businesses and consumers.

All the numbers

2.302

Accredited bodies

690

Certification, inspection, verification and validation bodies

215

Calibration laboratories, RMP and biobanks

1.397

Testing laboratories, medical laboratories and PTP

Accreditated Services

Biobanks

Accredited biobanks provide scientific research and industry with reproducible and comparable results on biological materials, also contributing to public health protection.

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Calibrations

Calibrations make it possible to determine the indication error of measuring instruments and systems as well as the values of measurement samples in order to guarantee more accurate and reliable measurement results.

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Certifications

Accredited certifications guarantee the conformity of systems, processes, products, services and people with the requirements of international rules and standards.

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Inspections

Inspections make it possible to assess the conformity, at a given time, of a product, service, process or plant to specific requirements, or, according to the inspector's judgement, to general requirements.

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Medical analyses

Medical analyses performed under accreditation are a valuable tool to support reliable diagnoses for quality healthcare.

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Proficiency testing

Proficiency testing carried out under accreditation is the evaluation of a laboratory's performance against pre-established criteria, through comparisons with other laboratories.

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Reference materials

Reference materials are materials that are homogeneous and stable with respect to specified properties, and therefore suitable for their intended use in a measurement, or in the examination of classification properties.

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Reference measurements

Accredited calibration laboratories provide laboratory medicine with measurement services that fulfil the requirement of traceability.

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Tests

Tests performed under accreditation consist of the determination of one or more product characteristics according to well-defined methodologies.

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Verifications and validations

Verification and validation activities carried out under accreditation measure the accuracy and conformity of company declarations on greenhouse gas emissions.

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News

All news

Institutional

Launch of Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated: webinars on 14 April 2026

On April 14, Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated will host two webinars of great importance to the world of conformity assessment.

21 March 2026

Institutional

Emanuele Riva Vice President of Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated

Emanuele Riva has been elected Vice President of Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated, the leading global organization of accreditation bodies and quality infrastructure stakeholders. He will serve alongside President Brahim Houla.

27 October 2025

Institutional

Annual report 2024: innovation, sustainability, and synergy with the Institutions

The 2024 Annual Report, approved together with the financial statements, confirms the growth of accredited bodies and laboratories and highlights the results achieved by Accredia in strategic sectors, serving Institutions, businesses, and consumers.

13 May 2025