Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (SADCAS)
The Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (SADCAS) is a multi-economy accreditation body serving the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Established to ensure that conformity assessment bodies such as testing and calibration laboratories, certification bodies, and inspection bodies within the SADC region meet international standards of competence and reliability, SADCAS plays a critical role in enhancing trade, improving product quality and safety, and promoting economic development across Southern African nations.
Within the SADC region only South Africa and Mauritius have national accreditation bodies. The remaining 13 countries namely: Angola; Botswana; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; Eswatini (ex Swaziland); Tanzania; Zambia; and Zimbabwe do not have national accreditation bodies hence serviced by SADCAS.
SADCAS's mission revolves around providing accreditation services that are impartial and of international standard. This accreditation facilitates the mutual recognition of test results and certifications across national borders, reducing technical barriers to trade and enabling SADC member states to access wider markets both regionally and globally. The services provided by SADCAS are essential for ensuring that products conform to acceptable standards, thus protecting the health and safety of the public and the environment.
Operating under the framework of international accreditation cooperation, SADCAS is a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), ILAC and IAF. This membership ensures that SADCAS’s accreditation processes align with global best practices, enhancing the international credibility of certificates and test results issued within the SADC region.
For businesses and stakeholders seeking to understand more about SADCAS’s accreditation services and its impact on trade and industry within the Southern African region, detailed information can be found on their official website.
Institutions
- ASQ - American Society for QualityIEC - International Electrotechnical CommissionISO - International Organization for StandardizationInternational Accreditation Forum (IAF)International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC)GFSI & The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)
- CEN CENELECAssociation Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)Comité Français d'Accréditation (COFRAC)Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS)Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)Italian Accreditation Body - AccrediaNederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NEN)Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA)Asociación Española de Normalización (UNE)Entidad Nacional de Acreditación (ENAC)Swedish Standards Institute (SIS)Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (SWEDAC)Swiss Association for Standardization (SNV)Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS)British Standards Institution (BSI)United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)Austrian Standards (AS)Akkreditierung AustriaBureau de Normalisation (NBN)Belgian Accreditation Body (BELAC)Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing (ÚNMZ)Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI)Danish Standards (DS)Danish Accreditation Fund (DANAK)Finnish Standards Association (SFS)Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS)Hungarian Standards Institution (MSZT)National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)National Accreditation Body of Hungary (NAH)Romanian Accreditation Association (RENAR)Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN)Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA)Instituto Português da Qualidade (IPQ)Portuguese Institute for Accreditation (IPAC)Romanian Standards Association (ASRO)Federal Accreditation Service (RusAccreditation)Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart)Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST)Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS)Bulgarian Accreditation Service (BAS)Croatian Standards Institute (HZN)Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA)Cyprus Organization for Standardization (CYS)Icelandic Standards (IST)Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS)Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS)Belarusian State Centre for Accreditation (BSCA)Belarusian State Committee for Standardization (BELST)Icelandic Accreditation (ISAC)Latvian Standard (LVS)Latvian National Accreditation Bureau (LATAK)European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
- Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia (INMETRO)Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM)Organismo Argentino de Acreditación (OAA)Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN)Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC)Organismo Nacional de Acreditación de Colombia (ONAC)Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad (FONDONORMA)Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT)Organismo Uruguayo de Acreditación (OUA)
- South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC)Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)Institut Algérien de Normalisation (IANOR)Algerian Accreditation Body (ALGERAC)Ethiopian Standards Institute (IES)Ethiopian Accreditation Service (EAS)Ghana Standards Authority (GSA)Ghana National Accreditation Service (GhaNAS)Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS)Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS)Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS)Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS)Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle (INNORPI) - TunisiaTunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC)Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (SADCAS)
- National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN)Standardization Administration of China (SAC)China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS)Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)Japan Accreditation Board (JAB)Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)Saudi Accreditation Committee (SAC)National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (KAN)Standards Institution of Israel (SII)Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC)Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM)Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC)Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS)Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB)Singapore Standards Council (SSC)Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC)Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)Korea Accreditation Board (KAB)Turkish Standards Institution (TSE)Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK)Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA)Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC)Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI)Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB)Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS)Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC)Iraqi Accreditation System (IQAS)Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO)Jordan Accreditation Unit (JAC)National Standards And Quality Department (NSQD) MyanmarSri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI)Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB)Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology (MASM)Mongolian National Accreditation System (MNAS)Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC)Cambodia Accreditation Council (CAC)Iran National Standards Organization (INSO)National Accreditation Center of Iran (NACI)GCC Standardization Organization - GSO