Advanced Technical Training Programme on the EU Verification and Accreditation Regulation

Date: 20-23.04.2015
Place: Zagreb, Sisak, Drnis, Croatia
Organizer: ECRAN Secretariat with EC TAIEX Unit


The advanced training programme aims to provide the government authorities in Turkey with an improved technical understanding of the EU Verification and Accreditation regulation.

Objectives of the Training

The training will provide in-depth insights in the Verification and Accreditation regulation, and understanding of lessons learned. Furthermore it will provide on the job training located on an ETS installations and verifier office where lead ETS auditors perform at least two complete verification tasks to pass the practical knowledge to Turkish officials. The training will include practical examples on planning and conducting a verification task for installations that have combustion and process emissions.

The specific objectives and targeted results include:

  • Obtaining detailed knowledge on the Verification and Accreditation (AVR) regulation of the European Commission;
  • Understanding of the requirements of the verification task, relations between the verifier and the operator, verifier and the accreditation institution, internal verification; documentation and obtaining hands-on insights in how to complete the verification;
  • Understanding the requirements of the verification report and obtaining hands-on insights in how to complete such a report;
  • Competence, independence and impartiality requirements from the verifiers.