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About to CGA

The Centre for Global Accreditation, CGA, is a global accreditation body founded by collaborative efforts of quality professionals across the globe. CGA objective is to contribute to global economy by providing independent accreditation services as per global standards. CGA is committed to provide impartial accreditation service in interest of public domain by setting global standards for certifications.

CGA accreditation is a trusted seal for the organizations operating certification, inspection, testing, and personnel certification services and provides assurance for competency, integrity and impartiality of third party certification and assessment bodies worldwide.

CGA works under the guidelines provided by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for Accreditation Bodies. CGA accreditation procedures are aligned with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17011 – General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies. CGA continually improves the process of evaluation of accredited assessment bodies and regularly conducts the surveillance activities for accredited assessment bodies to ensure international standards certification services complied with industry best practices.

CGA provides accreditation services against following ISO standards:

  1. ISO 17020 – Conformity Assessment – Requirements for the operations of various types of bodies performing inspections
  2. ISO 17021 – Conformity Assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems
  3. ISO 17024 – Conformity Assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons
  4. ISO 17025 – General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

CGA Policy Statement

Centre for Global Accreditation is committed to provide Impartial, Transparent Accreditation Services against International Standards/Schemes. We will ensure accountability and fairness in Accreditation process & robust application of ISO and other National/International standards by the organisations accredited through us.

Centre for Global Accreditation will ensure quality is embedded throughout our accreditation and improvement planning processes. To deliver this Quality Policy we will develop guides, processes and protocols as per relevant standards/requirements.