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Nearly 400 guests, 17 speakers, three forums and two locations – the Accreditation Conference 2015 was the largest specialised event of its kind to date. For the fourth time already, the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) invited experts, decision makers, expert appraisers and representatives of industry and government authorities to Berlin for an exchange of views.

In future the surveillance of accreditations granted will place greater emphasis upon a consideration of the individual "performance and stability" of the Conformity Assessment Bodies. This is the heart of the new surveillance concept which the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) has now introduced in Berlin together with two further new improvements.

From 20th to 21st May 2015, the third international training for assessors of Organic Production according to ISO/IEC 17065 takes place in Berlin, organized by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS). Its aim is to achieve an effective, risk-oriented surveillance of control bodies and the overall harmonization of international accreditation of certification bodies active in organic production.

A new document from the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) provides national accreditation bodies with an important tool in future. This is intended to advance the harmonisation of the accreditation practice in the legally regulated sector in Europe.

The Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS = German accreditation body) has successfully undergone the evaluation process by the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA). The EA team visited the Berlin offices of DAkkS from 12-19 September 2014.

Comprising 32 participants from 14 countries, a two day seminar for assessors in the field of organic production was coming to a successful end on 20th June 2014. The evaluation of the participants’ feedback shows, the concept of the event worked.

Dr. Thomas Facklam takes the chair of the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA). The EA General Meeting unanimously elected the 59-year-old as their future Chairman at the meeting held in Bratislava today. He thus succeeds in the footsteps of the British Graham Talbot who steps down from the chair of EA at the end of the year after three years in office.