What is Accreditation?

Who Seeks Accreditation?

Why Accreditation Matters?

What is the Accreditation Process?

Welcome to the SADCAS Website!!

The Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service (SADCAS) a subsidiarity organization of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), is a non-profit, multi-economy accreditation body whose mission is to provide internationally recognized, cost-effective regional accreditation services for SADC member states aimed at:

• Supporting regional and international trade;
• Enhance the protection of consumers and the environment; and
• Improve the competitiveness of SADC products and services in both the voluntary and regulatory areas.

SADCAS offers programmes for the accreditation of testing/calibration laboratories, certification bodies (management systems/product/personnel) and inspection bodies.