The value and application of accreditation as a policy instrument

This month the RvA congratulates one organization on their new accreditation.

How can the Accreditation Council assist clients in learning and improving?

How can the Accreditation Council assist clients in learning and improving?

Digitisation contributes to quality and safety

In September the RvA will launch a new application: the PRISMA Planning Tool. This tool supports us in planning the assessments.

This month the RvA congratulates one organization on their new accreditation.

On Monday, August 1, we took a new version of the PRISMA Reporting Tool into use. This version is a completely new application. With this version the RvA strives to improve a number of functionalities.

Self-assessment and streamlining the schema evaluation process are discussed in conversations between the RvA and the Association of Schema Administrators (VvS). Together we aim to optimize scheme evaluations.

This month the RvA congratulates two organizations on their new accreditation.

Once a year, participants in the RvA Impartiality Assembly meet to discuss the impartiality of the RvA and advise the RvA Board on this issue.

The Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) has published a new version of SAP-C010

This month the RvA congratulates two organizations on their new accreditation.

Good news! The Multilateral Agreement Council (MAC) of the EA (European co-operation for Accreditation) has decided, based on a positive recommendation from the EA peer review team, that the RvA meets the requirements of Regulation (EC) 765/2008 and the ISO/IEC and thus remains ES MLA signatory.

On June 7 and 9 we organized the first two of four RvA customer meetings. One for customers of laboratories ISO 17025 and a meeting for customers of medical laboratories ISO 15189. We are glad to meet our customers again after two years of Covid pandemic.

Successful meeting Strategic Advisory Forum on working information-driven

The Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) has published a new version of SAP-C010 concerning certification in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701.

This month the RvA congratulates one organization on their new accreditation.

A new director, a move or a new way of working: these are all changes that can affect the activities you carry out under accreditation. It is important that you report such changes to us as soon as possible.

This month the RvA congratulates one organization on their new accreditation.

The Dutch Accreditation Council RvA has published a new version of Specific Accreditation Protocols C015.

This month the RvA congratulates three organizations on their new accreditation.

This month the RvA congratulates three organizations on their new accreditation.

Outcome of final report of evaluation by Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate on effectiveness and efficiency of the Raad voor Accreditatie

Surveys show: remote assessment at the expense of depth

On Wednesday 12 January, the RvA organized an online meeting about the IAF CertSearch database. About thirty certifying bodies participated. Matt Gantley, CEO of UKAS and leader of the IAF Certsearch Database, gave a presentation at our request.

This month, the RvA is distributing a survey among its clients of research initiative QI-FoKuS: Research on Conformity Assessment and Safety.

It is now possible for validation and verification bodies to apply to the RvA for accreditation to EN-ISO/IEC 17029. The RvA publishes various documents for this purpose.

Last year the RvA started the further digitalization of its business processes. To this end we are gradually developing various web applications such as the reporting tool. In this message we inform you about the state of affairs.

The RvA publishes and modifies various SAP documents for the implementation of EN-ISO/IEC 17029.

The RvA has changed a number of policies. These changes were made regarding the implementation of the EN-ISO/IEC 17029 standard and our reporting tool for accreditation assessments.