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Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO)
By virtue of Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 04:2006 signed by the DTI Secretary, the PAO was created and mandated to handle the accreditation of certification bodies, inspection bodies, testing, and calibration laboratories.
PAO operates under the supervision of the DTI-Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Group (CWTRG).
Other DTI-attached offices considered related bodies to PAO:
PAO operates under the supervision of the DTI-Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Group (CWTRG).
Other DTI-attached offices considered related bodies to PAO:
- Bureau of Product Standards (BPS)
- Bureau of Import Services (BIS)
- Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection (BTRCP)
- Philippine Shippers' Bureau (PSB)
- Construction Industry Association of the Philippines (CIAP)
- Center for Industrial Competitiveness (CIC)
- Bureau of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development (BMSMED)
- Board of Investments (BOI)
- Regional Operations and Development Group (RODG)
To ensure the credibility of accreditation process, PAO engages the services of Technical Assessors/Experts from various industries and specialized agencies.
The established quality management system of PAO revolves on its total commitment to provide confidence to results of certification, inspection, testing, calibration, and other conformity assessment activities, simultaneously ensuring measures to safeguard impartiality and objectivity of its accreditation process.
To keep abreast with current trends in international conformity assessment practices, PAO accreditation schemes conform to ISO/IEC 17011:2004 - General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (CABs) and other relevant ISO and international guidance documents.
Contact Information
Philippine Accreditation Office
3/F Trade and Industry Bldg.
361 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
Tel. No.: (+632) 751.3127 to 28
Fax No.: (+632) 751.3262
E-mail: pao@dti.gov.ph
The established quality management system of PAO revolves on its total commitment to provide confidence to results of certification, inspection, testing, calibration, and other conformity assessment activities, simultaneously ensuring measures to safeguard impartiality and objectivity of its accreditation process.
To keep abreast with current trends in international conformity assessment practices, PAO accreditation schemes conform to ISO/IEC 17011:2004 - General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (CABs) and other relevant ISO and international guidance documents.
Contact Information
Philippine Accreditation Office
3/F Trade and Industry Bldg.
361 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
Tel. No.: (+632) 751.3127 to 28
Fax No.: (+632) 751.3262
E-mail: pao@dti.gov.ph
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