What is Accreditation & What is Certification?

In this episode, I look at What is Accreditation and What is Certification & how to use these terms correctly, when referring to ISO 14001:2015.

The video covers the definition of the terms: Accreditation and Certification from ISO/IEC 17000:2020 as well as the relationship between Accreditation Bodies, Certification Bodies and their Certified Clients including the use of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 as the International Standard for the accreditation of Certification Bodies issuing certification of Management System Standards (MSS), such as ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015.

Simple guidance for the use of the terms: Accreditation and Certification is given to ensure that you can use the terms correctly.

I hope that this content will promote your own use of the terms: Accreditation and Certification.

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[indiuniversity]

I love the environment and it took me 5 years to build my private university. Now I'm close to accreditation

[johnsmith]

Thank u for sharing your knowledge and experience

[shanaatkins]

This is really interesting, thank you. So if I open a project with a certification body, at the end of which I get a certificate to produce product A, however, I have to pay annual fees on the certificate as well as getting audited by the certification body on a consistent basis, would that be certification still? Since we are proving competence and consistency through audits?

[zaheernigam]

I just want to know how to take a accreditation in any standard like ISO 9001 : 2015, ISO 14001 : 2015, ISO 45001 :2015 from any accreditation body, as a new certification body of conformity assessment how can we apply for accreditation ISO 17021, what is the procedure to get accreditation, about the eligibility criteria, how can we prepare and how should we do documentation so that we can get accredited by any accreditation body , this is my humble request to make a video briefly step by step on how to get accredited . I would be very grateful to you if you kindly accept my request and make a video on it . Thank you, Have a good health : )

[mohammedthahir]

Thank you for the information.
As I'm from India ( not recognized by wfme) for suppose if I apply for ecfmg in 2022 & take usmle step 1 in 2026(within 5 years of ecfmg application).Then, can I take usmle step 2 ck, OET exams in 2027 or 2028( that is after 5 years of ecfmg application)?
Please clarify.

[DIEMLtdTV]

Another good video- and who’d have thought you could make a good video on 17021

[jumanjaydazed]

If someone opened a training school, would it be better to be fully IAO accredited or certified?

[mohammedthahir]

I am from India. My medical school is affiliated with our country's medical agency which is not recognized by wfme( now, at present my medical school is present in wdoms, but my doubt is after 2024 accreditation).


   So, will my medical school( which is not recognized by wfme) be indicated on world dictionary of medical schools (wdoms) after 2022? 

  What is the solution for this situation. I kindly request you.