online event
Accreditation: what is it and why does it matter when trading overseas?
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Discover how conformity assessment and accreditation can help you ensure your products meet international standards, supporting confident and successful exports.
What you’ll learn
- How conformity assessment (e.g. testing, certification and inspection) is used
- How accreditation can support your exports
- Understand the support that is available
Description
This event is aimed at UK businesses that are looking to export their goods to countries which require confirmation that their products are safe and meet local requirements.
It will explain how conformity assessment (e.g. testing, certification and inspection) is used to demonstrate this, and how accreditation is used to provide confidence in the reports and certificates that will support your exports. We shall clarify the international infrastructure regarding conformity assessment and accreditation (including ISO, IAF and ILAC), and some of the terminology used.
This shall include clarification of misunderstandings that are commonly encountered, enabling exporters to have a better understanding of what is required of them. This webinar shall be generic in nature, covering the principles of global conformity assessment in exports, and will not cover specific requirements of individual countries.
Speakers
Kevin Belson
International Technical Manager, UKAS
Kevin Belson is currently celebrating over 22 years at UKAS, initially as an Assessment Manager, leading assessment activities for a wide range of conformity assessment bodies. He now holds the role of International Technical Manager, taking an active role in representing UKAS as well as the needs of UK Government and Stakeholders, in the international and Regional arenas. Kevin represents UKAS at the international level in several forums and technical activities and is the current chair of the IAF (International Accreditation Forum) Technical Committee, the primary global forum for discussing technical issues among accreditation bodies, conformity assessment bodies (e.g. certification bodies, inspection bodies and laboratories) and other international stakeholders. Kevin is a Lead Evaluator within the European co-operation for Accreditation peer evaluation system.