Context: Accreditation and the SDGs

17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 associated targets constitute the core of the UNIDO 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  These provide a new development framework that seeks to transform the world and guide all global, regional and national development endeavours for the next 15 years.

Accreditation is an attestation of the competence and impartiality and plays an important role in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. Accreditation increases transparency and acceptance of conformity assessment procedures in areas such as health and well-being, water and sanitation, food safety, energy, industry and manufacturing.

International trade relies on the formal recognition world-wide of credible and trustworthy conformity assessment results.