VERIFIN is actively involved in the work of the OPCW as well as other national and international organisations in the field of chemical disarmament and CWC-related analysis.
Partners
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force in 1997. As of today OPCW has 192 Member States, who are working together to achieve a world free of chemical weapons.
Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS) is the national accreditation body in Finland. FINAS accredits laboratories, certification bodies, inspection bodies, providers of proficiency testing and environmental and greenhouse gas verifiers. VERIFIN was accreditated by FINAS for the first time in 1996.
Spiez Laboratory, the Federal Office for Civil Protection of the Swiss Federal Institute for NBC-Protection