• the management of the Network.• to submit a summary of activities to the EA Executive Board.Communications Network (EA CN)• to discuss matters related to the communication activities of EA Members, IAF/ILAC, and Stakeholders,• to exchange and cascade information on communication activities,• to exchange communication strategies and exchange best practices,• to support EA members in communication issues,• to benchmark communication activities between EA Members with the purpose of transferringmarketing and communication knowledge and best practices between EA Members,• to support and provide input into the development of communication and promotional material aimingto support EA Member activities;• to support EA members in raising awareness regarding the value of accreditation to all interestedparties;• to generate materials and case studies that demonstrate the value of accreditation;• to adapt materials produced by the Quality Infrastructure and accreditation partners to promote accreditation in EA Member economies.

EA, the European co-operation for Accreditation, is a not-for-profit association, registered in the Netherlands. It is formally appointed by the European Commission in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 to develop and maintain a multilateral agreement of mutual recognition, the EA MLA, based on a harmonized accreditation infrastructure.The EA MLA exists to facilitate fair trade, ensure product and service quality and reduce technical barriers to trade.EA currently has 50 Members. The EA Members are National Accreditation Bodies (NAB) that are officially recognized by their national governments to assess and verify – against international standards – organizations that carry out conformity assessment activities such as certification, verification, inspection, testing and calibration.Consumers, businesses and regulators all over the world want to be able to trust and have confidence in the goods and services they buy and use. As a consequence, there has been a growth in specified national and international standards for products, processes and services. When applied correctly, these can make life safer, healthier and easier for everyone and can enable communication and trade, while enabling resources to be used more efficiently.Organizations that check conformity and compliance against standards must have the technical competence and integrity to carry out these assessment services. EA evaluates its National Accreditation Body (NAB) Members which assess certification and inspection bodies, testing, medical and calibration laboratories as well as validation and verification bodies .If a Conformity Assessment Body is accredited by one of the Members in the EA network, its customers can have confidence in the competence, independence and impartiality of its conformity assessment work.Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 and the standards of the ISO/IEC 17000 series provide the set of rules to be used by EA and its National Accreditation Bodies.

Being the sole accreditation body in Turkey, TURKAK is subject to private law provisions and is a legal entity having administrative and financial autonomy. The objective of TURKAK is to facilitate the free movement of goods in the Turkish Market by assuring the reliability of reports and certifications granted by (CABs) in the direction of international agreements and criteria.A global acceptance of the services provided with an accreditation is also subject to some questions, as to establish a confidence for the quality of the accreditation service itself. The trusting mechanism between accreditation bodies is constructed on the multilateral agreements at the international and regional accreditation body organisations, like IAF (International Accreditation Forum), ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), EA (Europen Cooperation for Accreditation), etc.TURKAK established in 1999, started to provide accrediation services in 2001. became a signatory of MLA with EA for all the available accreditation schemes at 2008. TURKAK is a full member of EA, IAF and ILAC and one of the first national accreditation bodies in Europe with EA MLA in all schemes of accreditation subject to multilateral agreements.

Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) is a public institution founded with the Law no: 132 which was adopted on 18 November 1960 and having legal entity with exclusive competence, managed according to special law provisions. For execution of the duties given it by the law, a structuring exists between all units in a way so as to ensure financial and administrative independence.TSE, the sole authorized body for standardization in Turkey, operates in diverse fields of the quality infrastructure that includes certification, testing, training as well as surveillance and inspection activities. TSE is an active member of the world standardization community; with its full membership of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) since 1956, Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC) since 2010, European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) since 2012.TSE, as a standardization body, provides the standards aimed at enabling industrialists to produce goods and services in compliance with rules, laws, codes and standards applicable in global markets, as well as being a notified body, enables clients to gain access into the European and Gulf market by ensuring their products meets all CE mark requirements according to European Directives/Regulations and G mark requirements according to GSO regulations.TSE, with its capabilities, is ready to share its experiences and to cooperate with other standardization and conformity assessment bodies in the world.