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The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the training "TAIEX Expert Mission on ISO/IEC 17029 and ISO/IEC 14065" , which was held from September 4 to 8, 2023, at the premises of the Ministry of Economy, Resavska 24 in Belgrade.

The training was attended by representatives of ATS, as well as technical experts in the field of greenhouse gases (GHG). Experts in front of TAIEX gave the training: Casper van Erp and Harmke Immink, who are widely recognized experts in the field of accreditation in the context of ISO/IEC 17029 and ISO/IEC 14065 standards.

You can view it in detail HERE

The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) conducted a successful study visit to the Turkish Accreditation Body (TURKAK), in Ankara, Turkey (07.08.2023), in order to achieve better cooperation between the two countries in the field of application of digital systems in the accreditation processes. This visit marked an essential step towards the improvement of accreditation and standardization in Serbia through the exchange of experiences and visions.

The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) conducted a successful study visit to the Turkish Accreditation The meetings were attended by the Director of the Accreditation Body of Serbia, Dragan Pušara, M.Sc. and the Secretary General of TURKAK, Mrs. Banu Müderrisoğlu.

You can view it in detail: HERE

This year's session of the General Assembly of the European Committee for Standardization, CEN and CENELEC was held from June 19th to 22nd, 2023 in Belgrade. This meeting was hosted for the first time by the Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS). 

During this period of the General Assembly session, numerous meetings were held: meetings of the administrative boards of these organizations, then joint and individual assemblies of CEN (59th) and CENELEC (65th), as well as several bilateral talks. More than 200 representatives of national standardization bodies from 34 countries around the world participated in the meetings, where further directions for the development of European standardization were decided.

You can view it in detail: HERE

European co-operation for accreditation (EA) published on its website decisions that were made at the 48th EA MAC MEETING.

We remind you, that the Council’s meeting was held in Belgrade from 26-27 April 2023, where 61 participants from 43 National Accreditation Bodies and the representative of the EA Advisory Board participated.

You can view it in detail: HERE

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►

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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►

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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►

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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

A bilateral meeting between ATS and the Accreditation Body of the Hellenic Republic (ESYD) was held in Belgrade on May 20th, 2022 on the premises of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS).

On behalf of ATS, Mr. Konstantinos Kourtalis, Chairman of ESYD, was hosted by Prof. Aco Janjićijević, PhD, Acting Director of ATS, with his associates.

During the bilateral meeting of Prof. Aco Janjićijević, PhD introduced Mr. Konstantinos Kourtalis with the work, activities and future plans of ATS. Representative of accreditation bodies were reminded of their successful cooperation that they have nurtured in previous years, participating in the work of international accreditation organizations EA, IAF and ILAC, as well as participation in international projects. 

                            Prof.  Aco Janjićijević, Acting Director of ATS with Mr. Konstantinos Kourtalis, Chairman of ESYD

The full text can be read: HERE►

Sincerely,
Your ATS

The NAH and ATS bilateral meetings

In the period from November 23 to 27, 2020, ATS is a host to a dear guest from the region, Mr. Miklós Devecz,  the NAH (National Accreditation Body of Hungary) Director and on that occasion bilateral meetings of the two accreditation bodies, NAH and ATS were held. The most important activity of the first two days of the meetings is the harmonization and signing of the Action Plan for 2021 for the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between NAH and ATS, signed in December 2017.


prof. Aco Janićijević, PhD, the ATS Acting Director and Mr. Miklós Devecz, the NAH Director after signing the Action Plan

For more information please visit: HERE►

Sincerely, your ATS

The Joint Commission (JC) for Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and Hungary 10th meeting of was held in Budapest from 12 to 13 November 2019. On that occasion, the 2020 Action Plan between the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) and the National Accreditation Body of Hungary (NAH) was signed, among other things. Co-presidents Goran Knezevic, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Serbia, and Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary were the chairmenof the delegations.

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The Memorandum of Cooperation between the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) and the Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS) was signed at the ATS premises on 7th June 2013. The purpose of the cooperation between ISS and ATS is to contribute ...

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On 8th October 2012, Jelena Popović MSc, Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, visited the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) in order to be introduced to the activities of the new ATS management. The aim of this meeting was to...

On 23rd February, a joint meeting of the representatives of the Accreditation Body of Montenegro (ATCG), Institute for Accreditation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BATA), Accreditation Institute of the FYR of Macedonia (IARM) and ATS was held at the ATS pr...

On 14th February 2012, Thomas Schluter and Tilman Denkler, German experts, visited the ATS as part of the GIZ-ACCESS bilateral support project implemented by the German Government (“Governmental Development Strategy for Quality Infrastructure”). In add...

Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management and German Organisation for Internationl Cooperation (GIZ) started reviewing the National Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production in Serbia. The first workshop was held in Zren...

On Wednesday, 26th January a joint meeting of the representatives of the ABs from Montenegro (ATCG), Bosnia & Herzegovina (BATA), FYR of Macedonia (IARM) and ATS was held at the ATS premises as laid down in the previously signed the Accreditation C...

On Friday, 17th December 2010, a closing conference of the EU funded project entitled “Technical Assistance to Quality Infrastructure Institutions in Serbia“ was held at the premises of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. The Project is focused on foster...

In the period between 8th November and 12th November 2010 a Post-PT training was delivered as the final training for laboratories and national accreditation bodies within the regional IPA 2008 Proficiency Testing Project. The training took place in Ble...