ARAB Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC)

ARAC is the Regional Accreditation Cooperation for the ARAB Region, ARAC was established by the Ministerial Decree of the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) in June 2008 and its Bylaws were approved by the Ministerial Council on May 2010. The Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) is an association of national accreditation bodies (ABs). The accreditation bodies are officially recognised by their national governments to assess organisations that carry out conformity assessment services against international standards. ARAC is therefore one of the main pillars of the Pan Arab quality infrastructure system in supporting intra-regional trade and the Arab Customs Union requirements. ARAC coordinates and leads the Arab accreditation infrastructure to allow the results of conformity assessment services in one country, to be accepted by regulators and the market place in another country without further examination, for the benefit of the Arab community and the global economy. ARAC has been a Regional Cooperation Body (RCB) member of ILAC and IAF since 2012 and obtained the formal recognition under the ILAC MRA and IAF MLA October 2017. In particular, the recognition of the ARAC MLA to the ILAC MRA was granted for calibration and testing (ISO/IEC 17025), medical testing (ISO 15189) and laboratory and inspection body accreditation programs (ISO/IEC 17020), and the recognition of the ARAC MLA to the IAF MLA for the main scope of Management system certification (ISO/IEC 17021-1)