International accreditation organizations. Trends of development

The article examines international accreditation organizations, their development trends and the perspectives of domestic accreditation bodies participation in international agreements on mutual recognition of conformity assessment results. The review of the Agreement on Mutual Recognition of APAC and strategic development goals is made. The process of merge of ILAC and IAF has been reviewed, and an overview of common documents and merger activities has been made. The results of the participation of the first Russian accreditation body recognized in APAC and ILAC, the Association of Analytical Centers Analitica, which is the only accreditation body in the Russian Federation with international recognition in terms of accreditation of manufacturers of reference materials, as well as a recognized participant in the APAC and ILAC Mutual Recognition Agreements in the accreditation of testing laboratories and providers of proficiency testing.