A quick recap of 2019…

Upon the occasion of Jan van der Poel’s departure as Director/Chief Executive of the RvA, we organised a symposium for our contacts: The value of confidence.

Since 22 June 2019, Roeland Nieuweboer (l) and Joep de Haas (r) have formed the RvA’s new Executive Board. You can find out more about them in the introduction to this report.

We also welcomed several international parties this year. This included two delegations from China and representatives of the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The RDW Testcentre gave RvA employees a look behind the scenes…

The RvA became a signatory of the ILAC-MRA for the accreditation of organisers of proficiency testing according to ISO/IEC 17043. Roeland Nieuweboer received a certificate for this at the IAF and ILAC annual general meeting.

For the first time, the RvA organised a number of client meetings, where we discussed the collaboration with and service provided by the RvA. These meetings provided a lot of concrete feedback and advice.

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) and the RvA signed an information protocol. This protocol contributes to more efficient and effective supervision of GDPR certification.

This year we celebrated the successful completion of a large-scale transition project: around 250 medical laboratories moved from CCKL to RvA accreditation.