In addition to the issues discussed in "Autonomy in Accreditation Access" there are a number of additional matters which developing countries need to consider when establishing a national accreditation body.

• Does the new body have access to all the information needed to develop an accreditation body? Usually this is facilitated if it can join one of the regional or international accreditation body forums such as ILAC, IAF, APLAC, EA, IAAC, PAC or SADCA. Normally these organisations have lower fees for developing country members and have classes of membership for bodies which are not yet fully established;

• Does the new body have access to training for its staff and assessors?
• Is the new body fully supported and its functions recognized by its own government? This is a key question for membership of some of the MRAs of bodies such as ILAC.
• Will the new body be providing accreditation for both calibration and testing laboratories? Testing laboratories rely on competent calibration laboratories for the calibration of many items of equipment which will need to demonstrate appropriate traceability to international standards of measurement. In many cases, accredited calibration laboratories may have to be accessed in neighboring countries.
• Will the new body concentrate on priority areas for accreditation or attempt to be comprehensive and cover all types of laboratories?
• Will the new body have access to domesticor international proficiency testing programs?

Normally the answers to these questions will follow a needs analysis in the country to identify priority areas for attention and the sources of the personnel and finance needed to establish a new body.