The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) is organising a session on “International Equivalence of Accreditation and its benefits to the Industry” here on November 19.
The session aims to empower SMEs to pursue global quality through accreditation. Identify the technical and financial difficulties that wish to be certified, facilitate domestic trade, regulatory compliance and export competitiveness and enhance Performance and increase in bottom line profit.
The PHD chamber claims that those attending the daylong session would be benefited by learning the importance of international accreditation, would get to know the various standards and how each will benefit SMEs, understand the difference between ISO systems and product standards and gain knowledge on how to apply and receive international standards.
The session is though paid and the chamber is charging a fee of `600 per participant and ahs also fixed the number of attendants to just 45 and would fill the seats on first come first serve basis.
The venue for the session on Wednesday November 19, would be Hotel Palash Residency of the state capital and the session would start from 10 am and would last at 5 pm.
In an official statement, the chamber informed that the need for the session was felt because international trade has grown, so too has the number of national and international regulations including voluntary and mandatory ones, standards, testing, inspection and certification procedures across all market sectors which apply to samples, products, services, management systems or personnel.