The Saudi Accreditation Centre, in cooperation with the General Directorate of Laboratories of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, held a workshop entitled "Laboratory accreditation services and inspection bodies" at the Ministry's headquarters in Riyadh. The workshop began with an opening speech, followed by an introduction about Saudi Accreditation Centre and the accreditation services: accreditation of laboratories, accreditation of inspection bodies and explanation of accreditation steps. The workshop concluded with open discussion. A number of laboratories and private companies were attended the workshop. The cooperation of the Saudi Accreditation Center with the General Administration of Laboratories at the Agency for Agriculture comes as the only national authority authorized to grant accreditation to conformity assessment bodies and out of its keenness to cooperate with the competent authorities to support its important role in raising the level and quality of services and products and their adequacy and increasing consumer confidence in them.