1. Presentation of the Head of Federal Accreditation Service Savva Shipov

2. There was no unified accreditation system in Russia until 2011 2  A lot of accreditation systems are supervised by different state bodies  Different requirements and procedures are not corresponding with standards of the series 17000  The need for simultaneous accreditation in multiple systems It is impossible to guarantee the competence during the conformity assessment

3. RusAccreditation has been created in 2011 3  RusAccreditation has unified different accreditation systems  More than 100 people are employed in the Central office in Moscow  The were established 7 territorial representations that have 80 employees  More than 500 external experts are being certified and involved by RusAccreditation into the accreditation process  There are more than 10 000 accredited bodies in the unified system

4. Stages of formation and objectives up to 2017 4 Stages: 1 st stage: 1 November 2011 – 1 July 2012 “Organization” 2 nd stage: 1 July 2012 – 31 December 2012 “Formation of the intermediate model” 3 rd stage: 1 January 2013 – 1 July 2014 “Implementation of the intermediate model and formation of the final model” 4 th stage: 1 July 2014 – 31 December 2016 “Implementation of the final model and international recognition” Goal:  Creation of a professional, convenient, effective, stable and independent accreditation system corresponding to international standards in Russia

5. 5 To know how to work, to work properly, to have the opportunity to perform the work in the proper way Competent specialists Professional accreditation system Qualitative legal and methodical documents

6. 6 Ensuring the competence and integrity of conformity assessment bodies Detailed and clear system requirements Effective accreditation system Detection and prevention of violations

7. 7 Interaction should be comfortable Information Technology Convenient accreditation system Waiver of paper documents Electronic reporting Service orientation Services for the consumer Services for business Services for foreign partners Services for the bodies “Online” evaluation Distance Learning System

8. 8 Business must be confident in the future Institutional stability Stable and independent accreditation system The law «in details» Association of accreditation system’s participants Public control Appeals commission Public Council Working and expert groups Attestation commission "One window" for accreditation and notification Government financing

9. 9 Results of accreditation should be recognized in all countries ILAC and IAF membership Compliance with international standards Direct application of international standards Management system implementation Interaction with other international organizations The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Customs Union WTO OECD Associate membership of ILAC is obtained Joint project with the EU

10. 10 Thank you for your attention! Head of Federal Accreditation Service Savva Shipov ShipovSV@fsa.gov.ru htpp://fsa.gov.ru