About Us

Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is the national authority with responsibility of the accreditation in Bangladesh. It offers accreditation programs for various types of conformity assessment bodies, such as laboratories, certification bodies, inspection bodies, training institutions or persons in accordance with the relevant International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electro technical Commission (IEC), and other regulatory standards and national standards.

BAB is the statutory body established in 2006 as an autonomous organization responsible for upgrading the quality assurance infrastructure and conformity assessment procedures in Bangladesh and enhancing the recognition and acceptance of products and services in international, regional and domestic markets.

Our Functions:

• Accreditation of Testing & Calibration and Medical Laboratories accrediting to ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 15189
• Accreditation of Certification Bodies IS0/IEC 17021, IS0/IEC 17024, ISO/IEC 17065
• Accreditation of Inspection Bodies ISO/IEC 17020
• Establishing MRA and MLA with Regional and International Forums, and cooperate with relevant national, regional and international organizations in accreditation.
• Arrange Training Programs, seminar-symposium, and Proficiency Testing
• Harmonization of Standards & Requirements and Exchange of Information

Our Vision:
To assist the overall development of Bangladesh by improving its national capacity in testing and measurement, certification, inspection i.e. conformity assessments that strengthens production capability, competition, consumer protection and trade facilitation.

Our Missions:

• Contribute to national economic development by encouraging best practices and improving technical competence in testing and measurement.
• Increase confidence in conformity assessment, and
• Promote the national conformity assessment system at home and abroad.

Our Objectives:

• To strive for the objective of one certificate/testing and calibration report accepted worldwide.
• To provide confidence for customers, regulators in the market to the conformity assessment bodies (CABs).
• To support the globalization process and prosperity of business in Bangladesh.

Our Roles:

• To identify centers of competence in all areas of conformity assessment, minimize unnecessary duplication and gives users confidence in the results of that conformity assessment.
• To make arrangements at the national level to increase the acceptance of nationally manufactured products, to promote product safety and efficiency and to ensure product/service quality.
• To improve the competitiveness of products and services.
• To enhance the protection of consumers, manufactures and the broad community in terms of security, safety, health and environment.
• To formulate its criteria, standards, policies and practices, based on inputs from relevant academia and institutions.