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In 2022 we mark World Accreditation Day on June 9th, with this year’s theme of “Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment”. This year, we explain how proficiency testing helps to support laboratory acceditation, and hence support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Ecosystem restoration depends fundamentally on a sufficiently effective measurement of the current state of the ecosystem. Such measurements enable both the design of an effective method of restoration and also the monitoring of the extent to which the restoration has been effective. Contaminated land measurements often show large uncertainties arising from sampling effects, and a good understanding of the uncertainty is important for properly informed risk analysis.
Read more: Eurachem's sampling uncertainty guidance supports land land remediation and regeneration
Con el motivo de celebrar el Día de la Lengua Española de las Naciones Unidas, hemos recopilado todas nuestras guías y folletos informativos en español. | In celebration of UN Spanish Language Day, we've collected together all our Spanish-language Guides and Information Leaflets.
March 22 is World Water Day. Read about how Eurachem guidance can support the implementation of the new EU directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption
June 9 has been designated by the International Accreditation Organizations ILAC and IAF as World Accreditation Day. This symbolic day gives the opportunity for a worldwide campaign to highlight the importance of accreditation as the highest level of reliability assessment of a laboratory’s quality infrastructure. The theme of World Accreditation Day 2020 is “Accreditation: Improving Food Safety”.
Eurachem joins the celebration of the second World Food Safety Day (7 June 2020), promoted by the UN Agencies FAO and WHO, aimed, under the theme "Food safety, everyone’s business!", to promote global food safety awareness and to inspire actions at all levels to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks.
Read more: Food Safety: everyone’s business and Eurachem’s business as usual!
