1. Conformity Assessment Activitiesin
Myanmar

2. National Quality Policy Law on Standardization
Legal Framework
National Quality Policy
Law on Standardization
Laws
Law on
Metrology
Final draft

3. Proposed Organization Structure of MNAB
Department of Research and Innovation (DRI), National Standards and Quality Department(NSQD)
Accreditation Advisory Committee
Myanmar National Accreditation Body (MNAB)
Quality Manager
Testing and Calibration
Inspection
Management System Certification
Product Certification System
Personnel Certification System
Technical Committee
Pool of Assessors and Experts

4. Roadmap for Myanmar National Accreditation Body (MNAB)
Prepare development plan for the accreditation function in Myanmar.
Long Term Plan to articulate the criteria and methodologies for development and sustainability based on the results of a survey that interested Conformity Assessment in Myanmar.
Workshop for Public and Private Sectors to develop “Roadmap for Myanmar National Accreditation Body”

5. Roadmap for MNAB Myanmar National Accreditation Body (MNAB) Assessor
Pool
MRA
Joint Assessment
Training
Cooperation with SAC
MOU
Policies
International Accreditation
National Accreditation

6. Capacity Building
Trained ISO/IEC 17011, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC and ISO/IEC with the assistance of UNIDO and PTB(Germany).
Trained Quality Manager to develop and implement a conformant accreditation body quality system
Trained Assessors to develop Assessor Pool by the assistance of UNIDO.
observed APLAC-PAC Joint General Assembly meetings.

7. Awareness Workshops on Accreditation
By the assistance of PTB (Germany), Accreditation division held on awareness workshop on Accreditation for high ranking officials at Nay Pyi Taw and also workshops for Regulators and Laboratories at DRI.

8. PT programs for Laboratories
For Laboratories development, Accreditation division conducted (1st-7th ) Proficiency Testing Program with Indonesia Institute of Science by the assistance of PTB (Germany).
Accreditation division organized laboratories to participate Joint APMP-APLAC Proficiency Testing Programme in Food Supplement and Organochlorine Pesticides.

9. BUILDING ASSESSOR POOL
To develop competent assessors, Accreditation division organized 1st Lead Assessor Course in and 2nd Lead Assessor Course in 2017 by the assistance of UNIDO.
1st Lead Assessor Training
22-26 August 2016
2nd Lead Assessor Training
11-15 June 2017

10. MNAB Assessment
Accreditation Assessment Team conducted mock assessment at Microbiological Laboratory of FDA (Yangon)in 2017.

11. MNAB Assessment
Accreditation Assessment Team conducted mock assessment :
Microbiological Laboratory of FDA (Naypyitaw)
Food Inspection Development Support Laboratory from UMFCCI.

12. MNAB Assessment
Accreditation Assessment Team conducted mock assessment :
Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratories of FDA (Naypyitaw).
Microbiology Laboratory under Fisheries Inspection and Quality Control Department.
Food Inspection Development Support Laboratory from UMFCCI.

13. Accreditation Assessment Team conducted Pre- assessment :
MNAB Assessment
Accreditation Assessment Team conducted Pre- assessment :
Plant Protection Laboratory under Ministry of Agriculture , Livestock and Irrigation.
National Analytical Laboratory from Department of Research and Innovation under Ministry of Education.

14. ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Laboratory
Fisheries Department from Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and irrigation achieved ISO /IEC Accreditation certificate in 2014.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory from Ministry of Health achieved ISO /IEC Accreditation certificate in 2016.

15. Joint Accreditation
DRI has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) on 8th June, 2017 to perform joint accreditation with MNAB to be internationally recognized.

16. Cooperate with CNCA
Currently, Department of Research and Innovation (DRI) negotiates to sign MoU with Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA)
to strengthen cooperation on certification and accreditation within their respective scopes of competence and establish cooperation mechanism;
to promote technical capacity in the fields of certification and accreditation between the Parties.

17. Participation of DRI in the International and Regional Organization
International / Regional Organization
Status
Date
ISO
Correspondence member
2005
IEC
Affiliate member
2007
WTO-TBT
Enquire Point
2008
ACCSQ
WG1
WG2
WG3
Focal Point
1997

18. 24th ACCSQ WG2 Meeting in Myanmar
(26-28 February, 2013)
The Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality Working Group on Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (ACCSQ WG 2)
Myanmar February, 2013

19. MNAB Future Plan
cooperate with other accreditation bodies to enhance the national quality infrastructure for accreditation of conformity assessment activities and to promote technical capacity in the fields of certification and accreditation.
become a member of APLAC and PAC to exchange of information among Regional Accreditation Bodies and to cooperate with these bodies for similar objectives.
become ILAC and IAF member to recognize as an international Accreditation Body.

20. THANK YOU