‏ ‏The Sudanese Accreditation Council (SDAC) participated in the annual Meetings of the Arab ‎Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) Committee (ARAC Multilateral Recognition Arrangements ‎‎(MLA), Technical and communication and marketing Committees) were held in Amman, ‎Jordan‏ ‏during the period 22-26 February 2020.‎
‏ ‏During the meetings, the Executive Committee held its sixteenth meeting in which the ‎reports of the technical committees and the‏ ‏membership fees for members were discussed, and ‎the strategy to influence internationally. Also, the Authority’s policies for good governance, ‎gender, and the non-discrimination among members were reviewed.‎
‏ ‏The ARAC Multilateral Recognition Arrangements (MLA)held its thirteenth meeting, headed ‎by Eng. Lana Marashdah, and during the meeting the committee’s work plan was reviewed, and ‎the results of the questionnaire on the transition to ISO / IEC 17011: 2017 were reviewed, also ‎the report on the participation of the agency representatives in the annual meetings of the ILAC ‎and IAF 2019 was‏ ‏review.‎
‏ ‏During the‏ ‏current meeting‏ ‏the MLA committee discussed amendments of the committee’s ‎documents and brochures for the‏ ‏importance and benefits of signing the mutual recognition ‎agreement also,‎‏ ‏the latest preparations for the reassessment‏ ‏by ILAC / IAF on the Arab ‎Accreditation and reviewed the updates of Arab accreditation bodies that are not signed to the ‎mutual recognition agreement and applying to join the agreement.‎
During the meetings, members of the technical committee of the Arab Accreditation body ‎headed by‏ ‏Eng. Talal Harafsheh were met and during this meeting, several topics were ‎discussed, including:‎
‎• review Policies under the International Laboratory Accreditation cooperation. And discussing ‎new versions of IEF documents.‎
‎• Update the training plan for the Arab Accreditation body.‎
‎• Review of transition questionnaires for the new version of ISO / IEC17025: 2017.‎
In addition to, reconfiguring the subcommittees for the technical committee.‎
During the meetings, members of the Communication and Media Committee of the Arab ‎Accreditation body headed by Eng. Ibrahim Al Houla‏ ‏were met and during this meeting the ‎final review‏ ‏of the new website, which will be open during the International Day of ‎Accreditation (June 9, 2020).In addition to, the preparing of‏ ‏the initial‏ ‏script video for the Arab ‎Accreditation and Imaging Program in the Arab countries.‎