Logo of GDAC. White background with golden frame around the edge. In a large circle in the middle, we have the letters CANC in green on a pale blue map of Cambodia. Around the map are two circles with golden borders. Outside these circles, the name of the organization is written in Khmer script in dark blue. There are two gold stars on the left and right of this round border. Outside this writing is another circular gold frame. At the bottom of the image, we see: AC.No: GDAC-TLa000.

Cambodia’s Accreditation Services

Accreditation, AsiaAndrea Ulbrich

The Kingdom of Cambodia’s General Department of Accreditation of Cambodia (GDAC) has reached two significant milestones in strengthening the country’s national quality infrastructure. In April 2026, GDAC successfully maintained its status as a signatory to the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for the accreditation of testing laboratories. Building on this internationally…

But who assesses the assessor?

Sub-Saharan AfricaSaskia Andreas, Christina Foerg-Wimmer, Ruth Hearn

A bad night’s sleep, stress, a sudden change in the weather – all of these things may cause a headache. Now, many people take painkillers to get rid of a headache quickly. But who guarantees that this will really help and that it will not harm your health? Testing laboratories do by subjecting the medicine…