ENAO conducted an awareness program on accreditation and related issues in January 2012 in Mekele in Tigray and in Bahir Dar in Amara. The awareness focused on the themes quality infrastructure, accreditation and WTO agreement, steps towards accreditation, WHO/AFRO accreditation…
The new assessor training program
Ethiopian National Accreditation Office (ENAO) Invitation to Laboratory Personnel to apply for training as part-time ENAO Accreditation Assessors CLOSING DATE 5 March 2012 The Ethiopian National Accreditation Office (ENAO) is now inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates who wish to…
ENAO’s new offices
We have moved to our new offices in Addis Ababa. We are now located opposite the German Beer Garden Hotel on the first floor above Bunna International Bank.
ENAO newsletter Vol. 1 issue 1
ENAO’s first Newsletter is published in the Publications section of the website. Please download and read at your leisure.
Invitation to laboratories to register for updates
ENAO invites you to register your laboratory so that we can keep you informed of the latest developments in accreditation and quality issues relating to conformity assessment bodies in general. A short one-page Laboratory Registration form has been posted under…
Trainer course for ENAO trainers 26 sept-3 Oct 2011
ENAO hosted an eight-day intensive training course for 5 external candidate trainers at the Debre Zeit Management Institute. The candidates spent considerable time developing and evaluating various methodologies for effective skills transfer and, in particular, developing scenarios that can be…
Lead assessor training course 25-29 July 2011
ENAO continued its first program of training candidate-assessors when it held the first Lead Assessor training course in which 10 candidates, who were selected from the previous technical assessor course, participated. This course consisted of a highly interactive and participative…
World accreditation day workshop at the Hilton hotel, 9 June 2011
ENAO hosted a highly successful World Accreditation Day Workshop at the Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa on Thursday 9 June 2011. The event was attended by over 100 stakeholders and attracted significant media coverage. His Excellency, Minister of Science and Technology,…
World accreditation day, 9 June 2011 supporting the work of regulators
World Accreditation Day is a joint initiative started in 2008 by the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), the two global accreditation networks that represent laboratories and inspection bodies; and certification bodies respectively. The motive…
ENAO starts its first training program for assessors
The Ethiopian National Accreditation Office (ENAO) started its first training program for Technical and Lead Assessors on the 16 May 2011. The program consists of a series of training courses and on-site mentorship and evaluation sessions to be presented over…