Accreditation

EIAC hosted the executive committee meetings of Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) in Dubai, UAE. The meetings were held in connection with ARAC’s mid year meetings.

EIAC delegation attended APAC general assembly-2024 in Dubai, UAE. The EIAC delegation was headed by Ms. Amina Ahmed Mohammed, CEO of EIAC. Other EIAC delegates include Engr. Muhammad Shahid Rasool, Ms. Khawla Mohamed Al Zarouni, Mr. Abdulla Al Marzooqi, Engr. Yousef Ahmed AlJasmi, Mr. Mohammad AbdelMotagaly and Dr. Qasim Hamood Al Shamsi. The general assembly is […]

EIAC delegates to Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) attended the APAC MRA Council Meeting which was held during the APAC Annual Meeting-2024 in Dubai, UAE. Mr. Abdulla Mohammed Al Marzooqi and Engr. Muhammad Shahid Rasool took part in the discussions during the meeting. 1

Official Gala Dinner for the delegates of Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) annual meeting-2024 in Dubai, UAE. 1

Meetings of various working groups & technical committees held during APAC Annual Meeting-2024 in Dubai, UAE. 1

Reception for the delegates of Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) annual meeting-2024 in Dubai, UAE. 3

Meetings of various working groups conducted during annual meetings of Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) in Dubai. Meetings of Joint PTP and RMP working group, Inspection working group, Sustainability working group, Product and Food Safety working group, Artificial Intelligence working group, Biobank & Medical Testing working group, Management System working group held. 1

The annual meetings of Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) have formally inaugurated with host economy seminar. The seminar titled, “Shaping the Future: innovations & Advancements in UAE” attended by the delegates from Asia Pacific region’s accreditation bodies, affiliates, conformity assessment bodies and regulators. Welcome notes were from Ms. Amina Ahmed Mohammed, CEO of Emirates International […]

In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, issued Decree No. (40) of 2024 on the formation of the Board of Directors of the Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC). The Board is chaired by the Director General of Dubai […]

The Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) celebrated the “World Accreditation Day-2024”. In line with this year’s theme; “Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow and shaping the future”, activities were devised. Ms. Amina Ahmed Mohammed CEO of EIAC in her opening speech congratulated the accreditation community on world accreditation day. She talked about the recent national and international developments […]

The Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) conducted re-evaluation of Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) on 06-10 May 2024. The Six-member peer evaluation team was comprised of peer evaluators from Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Jordon and South Africa. The peer evaluation covered the existing scope ISO/IEC 17025 (Testing and Calibration), ISO/IEC 17020 (Inspection) and ISO 15189 (Medical […]

The Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) has conducted various trainings. ISO 15189 training was conducted for medical laboratories and assessors and experts. Dr. Venkatesh Thuppil was the resource person. The training was conducted on 26-29 February 2024. Trainings of transition to new version of ISO 15189, Biobank and Halal standards were also conducted. Dr. Venkatesh […]

ISO/IEC 17024 training was conducted for persons certification bodies. The training also covered the conformity assessment scheme requirements. The training was attended by delegates from various public and private entities including Dubai Police. Engr. Muhammad Shahid Rasool was the resource person for the training. The training was conducted on 21-22 February 2024.

The Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) participated in Arab Health Exhibition and Congress held on 29 January to 1st February 2024. Arab Health is largest exhibition and forum of medical field in the region. A large number of exhibitors of medical products including devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare service providers and medical professionals attended the exhibition and […]

The 11th annual meetings and general assembly of Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) were on 5th December to 14th December 2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The EIAC delegation headed by Ms. Amina Ahmed Ahmad CEO attended the meetings. The meetings were hosted by the Saudi Accreditation Center (SAAC).

The peer evaluation of Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) was conducted on 20-24 November 2023. The peer evaluation was jointly conducted by the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) and Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC). The eight-member peer evaluation team was comprised of peer evaluators from accreditation bodies of Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, […]

The meeting of Advisory Technical Committee of Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) was held on 30 October 2023 in EIAC office. EIAC Deputy CEO Engr. Alia Ismail Ahmed who is also the vice chairperson of the committee presided the meeting. The committee reviewed the EIAC’s risk analysis for maintaining impartiality and managing potential conflicts of […]

The latest edition of ILAC Newsletter has published on 23rd October 2023. The newsletter is available on following link; https://ilac.org/latest_ilac_news/    

The Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) has launched new accreditation scheme for management systems certification bodies according to ISO 17021-1 main accreditation criteria for UAE S. 5037: 2021 “Tolerance and Coexistence management systems. A meeting with management systems certification bodies was held to Introduce the accreditation scheme. Representatives of various certification bodies attended the meeting. […]

In 2022, the UAE has seen growth in the travel and tourism sector that has contributed to 9% of the total GDP, while Dubai alone has seen a growth of 53.8% compared to 2021. According to “Euromonitor’s Top 10 City Destinations Index 2022”, Dubai was ranked second most visited city in the world. Addressing a […]

The Health and Safety Department of Dubai Municipality (DM) intends to launch the certification scheme for Health and Safety officers for labor accommodations. The Health and Safety officers (HSO) would be required to get certification from EIAC accredited persons certification bodies.  As per the scheme all large labor accommodations would be required to designate two […]

The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has issued a mandatory document IAF MD 27:2023 containing transition requirements for ISO 22003-1:2022. All Food Safety Management Systems (ISMS ISO 22000) Certification Bodies are required to implement the IAF MD document according to the defined dates.  The first edition of ISO 22003-1:2022 was released in June last year. IAF […]

The concepts of tolerance and coexistence in UAE are considered as fundamental to maintain social harmony and peace based on cultural pluralism, accepting others, and rejecting discrimination, hatred and intolerance in society. The UAE has issued UAE Standard UAE.S 5037: 2021 “Tolerance and Coexistence” for promotion of tolerance and coexistence. The Emirates International Accreditation Centre […]

Assessment Assessment is a process undertaken by an accreditation body such as EIAC to determine the competence of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, laboratory, inspection body), based on standard(s) and/or other normative documents and for a defined scope of accreditation. Document Review Once your application for accreditation is accepted by the EIAC, […]

Halal certification has been in the news from time to time for reasons more than one. While food has been the primary area of discussion world-over for many years, beauty products with Halal certification is an idea that has been in news during the recent times. Not just that, Halal envelopes various other segments like […]

The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) is an organisation that develops international standards for products, systems, services & business processes. However, this organisation neither undertakes certification of businesses nor issues certificates to them. There are several independent (third party) certification bodies/registrars all around the world that can grant ISO certification to your company for various […]