AWARENESS-RAISING CAMPAIGN ON ACCREDITATION

Beneficiary: Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK)

Project Start Date: 09/2006

Duration: 9 Months

Project Objectives and Results:

This project aims at facilitating the process of technical harmonisation in Turkey with the acquis communautaire covering the free movement of industrial and consumer goods by the activities aiming to create awareness in Turkey on the implications of the adoption of European Commission legislation related to the accreditation part of Quality Infrastructure for Turkey’s private sector, public sector and consumers.

The achieved results of the project are as follows:

Result 1: Increased level of information and awareness on accreditation amongst industry, conformity assessment bodies and related public authorities

Result 2: Increased knowledge and understanding amongst public and private laboratories on accreditation mechanisms and their requirements (on the basis of ex-ante and ex-post surveys conducted among trained laboratories)

Result 3: TÜRKAK equipped with communication tools for its continued use after the project

Target Groups:

• Public and private Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs): laboratories (testing & calibration), certification bodies (product, system, personnel), inspection bodies
• Industry and SMEs
• Technical ministries and public authorities which implement and/or benefit from conformity assessment services

Reference Number: EuropeAid/122939/C/SER/TR