المركز السعودي للاعتماد ينظّم ملتقى اليوم العالمي للاعتماد 2026
SAAC Organizes World Accreditation Day Forum 2026
The Saudi Accreditation Center organized the World Accreditation Day Forum 2026, which is celebrated annually on 9 June. This year’s forum was held under the theme: “Accreditation: Empowering Innovation, Trust, and Sustainability” , at the SAAC’s headquarters in Riyadh, with the participation of a number of government and private entities, as well as specialists and stakeholders in the fields of quality, accreditation, and conformity assessment. The forum was held as part of the SAAC’s efforts to highlight the role of accreditation and raise awareness of its importance and impact in supporting the quality infrastructure, enhancing the competence of conformity assessment bodies, and contributing to improving the quality of products and services provided to beneficiaries locally and internationally. The forum was inaugurated by His Excellency the CEO of the Saudi Accreditation Center, Dr. Adel Alkeaid, who delivered a speech addressing the role of accreditation in supporting the Kingdom’s quality infrastructure. He emphasized its contribution to enabling conformity assessment bodies to perform their activities in accordance with international requirements, thereby enhancing the quality of products and services and supporting the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030. His Excellency thanked the participating entities, commending the integration of their roles with SAAC in developing and enhancing the efficiency of the conformity assessment sector. He affirmed that such integration represents a key pillar in strengthening the impact of accreditation across vital sectors and in embedding the concepts of innovation, trust, and sustainability within the quality ecosystem. The forum featured a number of presentations delivered by government entities concerned with the quality ecosystem, including the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization; the Saudi Building Code National Committee; the National Measurement and Calibration Center; and the National Committee for Conformity Assessment Bodies at the Federation of Saudi Chambers. The presentations addressed the role of Saudi accreditation in supporting the Kingdom’s quality infrastructure, inspection under the Saudi Building Code, the role of measurement and calibration in enabling conformity assessment bodies, the impact of accreditation on developing the conformity assessment sector, and the importance of regulating heavy equipment. At the conclusion of the forum, His Excellency the CEO honored the participating entities in recognition of their contributions to the success of the forum and to enriching the participants’ experience.