In the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia in Belgrade, the 32nd traditional manifestation called: "QUALITY WEEK 2023" was held.

This gathering, which lasted from March 9th to 10th, brought together numerous experts in the field of quality, science, and business, with the aim of pointing out new trends and requirements for improving quality on the way to business excellence while exchanging experiences and socializing with business partners.

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The traditional manifestation called: ‘’QUALITY WEEK 2023’’ will be held on March 9th and 10th, for the 32nd time, at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce in Belgrade.

For many years, this event has been organized by the Foundation for the Culture of Quality and Excellence – FQCE and the magazine ‘’Quality and Excellence’’, under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and in cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.

As in previous years, the consultation gathers experts in the field of quality – experts from science and business, with the aim of pointing out new trends and requirements for improving quality on the way to business excellence, with the possibility if exchanging experiences and socializing with business partners.

You can view it in detail: HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS

The 21st International Congress of Metrology (CIM) will be held from March 7th to 10th, 2023 in Lyon, French Republic. Participants will have access to 200 conferences divided into technical sessions, oral presentations, posters and round tables.

You can view in detail HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS

The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), announced the winner of the poster design competition for this year’s WAD, on the theme: ‘’Supporting the Future of Global Trade’’, which is traditionally celebrated on June 9th annually.

Vivek Vardhan won first place among many designers and won a prize of $1,500. This colorful design is inspired by the Sanskrit phrase: ‘’Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’’ which means: ‘’The world is one family’’, highlighting the importance of accreditation in promoting quality worldwide and facilitating trade as the global economy has gone through many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

You can view it in detail HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS
 

The Management Board of the Accreditation Body of Serbia, at its 8th session, held on January 27th, 2023, made the following decisions:

- the scope of activity of ATS is extended to a new scheme/type of accreditation of conformity assessment bodies according to the standard SRPS EN ISO 20387:2021 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking;

- the decision of the Management Board on the extension of the scope of activity of the Accreditation Body of Serbia – the accreditation scheme of validation and verification bodies, according to the standard  SRPS EN ISO/IEC 17029:2020 General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies (transition of the SRPS ISO 14065:2016 to the standard SRPS ISO/IEC 17029:2020).

Sincerely,

Your ATS

On 25.10.2022 a new edition of the standard was published ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Information security, cybersecurity, and privacy protection — Information security management systems — Requirements.

On 14.12.2022 Serbian standard SRPS ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Information security, cyber security, and privacy protection – Information security management systems – Requirements, was published in 2011, with the information that it has been translated and is in the ‘’10.99 Entered into the work program’’ phase. Information regarding the relevant Serbian standard can be found on the website of the Institute for Standardization of Serbia.

When considering the activities required for the certification body to transition to certification according to ISO/IEC 27001:2022, the requirements of the mandatory document IAF MD26, Transition Requirements for ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (from 09.08.2022) shall be taken into account.

You can view it in detail: HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS

Regarding the decision on the extension of the EA MLA agreement to PT providers (EN ISO/IEC 17043) which is valid from October 15^th, 2022  during the 52^nd session of the General Assembly of the European co-operation for accreditation (EA General Assembly) held in Brussels, on November 23^rd and 24^th, 2022, ATS was honored and recognized for the results of work in the field of accreditation of PT providers, by organizing a ceremonial signing of extension of the EA MLA agreement to the field of PT providers (EN ISO/IEC 17043).

You can view it in detail: HERE►

Sincerely

Your ATS

The introductory workshop for the introduction of the CAF model of quality management in ATS was held on November 16th and 17th, 2022. The lecturers at the training (CAF support team) are Goran Paštrović, an expert in front of the EU4PAR project and Danilo Rodić, in front of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, while participants are members of the self-assessment working group from among ATS employees.

During the two days of training, in a working and pleasant atmosphere, through theoretical lectures, practical examples and the exchange of experiences and knowledge, the main goals of the workshop were achieved: to familiarize the participants with the systems and models of quality management according to the CAF model and to train them to perform self-evaluation of institution independently based for the development of an action plan/improvement plan. 

You can view it in detail: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

The EA Multilateral Agreement (EA MAC) Council has just held its 47th meeting on 4-5th October 2022. 62 participants attended the EA MAC meeting, including one EA Advisory Board representative and members from 34 National Accreditation Bodies (NABs). On behalf of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS), MSc Dragan Pušara was present as the ATS Acting Director. 

At the MAC meeting, decisions were made on the statuses of EA MLA agreements of individual EA members, participants were introduced to new EA documents, and changes in individual NABs were officially confirmed. One of the changes that was confirmed was the change of leadership in ATS through a positive evaluation of the competencies of the new director, MSc Dragan Pušara.

Detailed news you can read: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

Following modern business trends, the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) in cooperation witht the Ministry of public administration and local self-government within the framework of the European Union (EU) project for public administration reform – EU4PAR, has started activites to introduce quality management through the Common Assessment Framework  CAF). 

CAF is a quality management tool, established by the EU member states, which is used jointly by managers and employees in the form of self-assessment and thus analyze and recognize their strengths and potential for improvement.

Detailed news you can read: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

On the premises of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS), a meeting was held on September 12th, 2022 of representatives of ATS, the Ministry of Agriculture and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) with the aim of establishing renewed cooperation in the field of organic within the framework of implementation PSD (Private Sector Development in Serbia) project.

During the meeting, a project was presented, i.e. a component related to the segment of quality infrastructure in organic agriculture, i.e. accreditation of certification bodies for the certification of organic products (inspection bodies) in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 848/2018 (EU Regulation on organic production and labeling of organic products), which entered into force on January 1st, 2022.

Detailed news you can read: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

(link to the Notification on changes of the reqirements for accreditation in the field of pressure equipment published on April 20th, 2022, HERE►

Detailed news you can read: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

On July 20th, 2022 the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) made a decision to extend the scope of accreditation of the accredited conformity assessment body University Clinical Center, Center for Medical Bicohemistry (accreditation number: 03-001) for the point-of-care testing (POCT) according to the standard SRPS EN ISO 15189 and SRPS EN ISO 22870.

On this occasion, this CAB was issed a new scope of accreditation on August 1st, 2022, in the premises of ATS by MSc Dragan Pušara, ATS Acting Director, he ceremoniously handed over the certificate to prim. Sanja Stanković, PhD, director of the Center for Medical Biochemistry of the Clinical Center of Serbia.

You can read detailed news: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) on 28th June, 2022 in ‘’mts Dvorana’’, Belgrade organized a celebration on the occasion of the Accreditation Day in the Republic of Serbia, when the first certificate of accreditation was issued 22 years ago. 

This was also an opportunity to mark and celebrate WAD, which is globally celebrated on June 9th, a date jointly established by ILAS (International Organization for Laboratory Accreditation) and IAF (International Accreditation Forum).

The ceremony in ‘’mts Dvorana’’ was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, representatives of state institutions and universities, distinguished guests from the region, members of ATS organs and bodies, assessors, experts as well as decision-making experts. 

ATS employees

Detailed news about Accreditation Day in Serbia read: HERE►

Sincerely, Your ATS

Dear associates and friedns,

The Accreditation Body of Serbia encloses the programme of the ceremonial gathering: HERE►, on the occasion of marking the Accreditation Day in the Republic of Serbia.

Sincerely,

Your ATS

The Accreditation Body of Serbia congratulates all its associates, assessors and accredited conformity assessment bodies, friends and employees World Accreditation Day, which is celebrated every year on June 9th by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

World Accreditation Day is celebrated with the aim of raising awarness of the importance and significance of accreditation, as well as promotiong the value of accreditation. This year’s WAD theme is ‘’Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment’’ and aims to highlight how accreditation and conformity assessment provide global solutions to issues of general importance, such as sustainability in economic growth and environment protection.

You can read detailed text: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

 

Notification to all accredited conformity assessment bodies and CABs that are in the process of accreditation on the repetition of training related to the amended form of the List of findings (ATS-PR12-O03)

The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) informs all interested accredited CABs and CABs that are in the process of accreditation that on June 14th, 2022 starting at 10.00, repeat the training related to the amended form of the List of finding (ATS-PR12-O03).

The training will be conducted remotely, via the Cisco Webex Meetings application (for more information on Cisco Webex Meetings you can visit the page HERE► 

The repeated training was organized taking into account the expressed need of CABs that were not able to attend the previous training, with the invitation for training in the new term being sent to all accredited CABs and CABs that are in the process of accreditation and attendance at the training will be available to all who are interested, regardless of whether they have attended previous training.

Invitation e-mail with a link to access the traning will be sent to the e-mail address of the person contacting ATS (same e-mail address to which the training notice is sent) the day before the training (June 13th, 2022) by 10 am.

For all possible questions regarding the training, we are at your disposal via e-mail: office@ats.rs.

Sincerely,

Your ATS

On Tuesday, June 28th, 2022, in the hall on the ground floor of the building ''mts Dvorana“, 14 Dečanska Street, 11 000 Belgrade starting at 10 am the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) together with its clients, assessors, experts, representatives of state institutions and other associates will celebrate the World Accreditation Day as well as the Accreditation Day in the Republic of Serbia, which marks the day when the ATS issued the first certificate of accreditation in 2000. 

Check-in will be possible from 9am on the counter in front of the hall ’’mts Dvorana“. 
Invited participants can register earlier via the following link: HERE►
The agend of the meeting will be highligthed in a timely manner and available for download via the ATS website: HERE►
In case of questions and doubts, you can contact us by e-mail: office@ats.rs  or phone number: 011/ 313 03 77.

The 51st session of the EA General Assembly was held from 18th to 19th May 2022, bringing together about 90 participants from 48 national accreditation bodies, as well as representatives of the European Committee, EFTA, 14 recognized stakeholders and the EA Council.

                                                                           

The session was held ‘’remotely’’, and we signle out the following decisions: HERE►

Sincerely,
Yours ATS

World Accreditation Day is marked on June 9th, 2022 as a global initiative jointly established by International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation.

This year’s WAD theme is: ‘’Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment’’ and aims to draw attention to how accreditation and conformity assessment provide global solutions to issues of general importance. 

The IAF and ILAC will hold a virtual event to celebrate WAD on June 9th, 2022 in two different terms, 8:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, so that participants from different time zones can join.

A joint statement issed by the IAF and ILAC Chairs emphasizes the importance of accreditation in supporting the implementation of SDGs and is available via the link: HERE►, while the published promotional material on WAD can be viewed at the following link: HERE►

Detailed text read: HERE►

 

Sincerely,

Your ATS

New editions of documents ATS-UP01 List of documents containing requirements to be met by applicants for accreditation and accredited bodies and ATS-UP02 Guidelines for formulating the scope of accreditation of the CABs 

The Accreditation Body of Serbia published updated editions of guidances, as follows: Akreditaciono telo Srbije objavljuje ažurirana izdanja uputstava i to: List of documents containing requirements to be met by applicants for accreditation and accredited bodies, ATS-UP01, issue 9/1 and Guidelines for formulating the scope of accreditation of the CABs, ATS-UP02, issue 2/1. The application of the new editions of the guidances begins on the day of publication.

The above-mentioned guidances ATS-UP01 and ATS-Up02 can be downloaded form the ATS website: HERE►

Sincerely,
Yours ATS