The World Accreditation Day-2021 will be observed in the country like elsewhere in the world today.
This year, the theme of the day is ‘Accreditation: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’, said a press release.
On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages wishing success of the day.
In his message, President Abdul Hamid said accreditation, metrology, standardization, conformity assessment, and market surveillance have pivoted roles to develop the quality infrastructure of a country.
“I am very glad that all the above components exist in our country and they are playing vital roles in implementing 17 SDGs with 169 associated targets in the country and all over the world,” he added.
Through accreditation, the president said, “We can easily solve the technical and operational foundations of a critical situation. It helps and supports in areas of cross-border trade, food safety, health and environment protection, and industrial and infrastructural development for the policymakers.”
In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said BAB has been working on important activities such as ensuring the quality of goods and services, reduction of environmental pollution, ensuring a safe working environment, establishment of the safe food system, mitigation of climate change risks, production and supply of quality life-saving medicines and antidotes.
Through all these activities, she said, BAB has been playing a direct and indirect role in the implementation of ‘Sustainable Development Goals- Agenda 2030’, Quality Personal Protective Equipments (masks and others) produced in the country and tested in BAB accredited laboratories are being widely used in the country and are also being exported abroad.
This is playing a supportive role in expanding the export trade including the domestic market, she added.
The premier said this year the day is being celebrated in a different context. As a result of new variants of the corona virus, its transmission and spread around the world is taking an alarming rate, she added.
“To be protected from its terrible clutches, all the states, irrespective of developed and developing, will have to work together forgetting the differences,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina hoped that the celebration of ‘World Accreditation Day 2021’ will play an important role in developing the national quality infrastructure, achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ensuring safe food and quality medicines for all.
