EuroGentest NoE intends to harmonize and improve the overall quality of genetic testing services in Europe. A part of the project focuses on accreditation and quality management and more in particular on training and continuous education of personnel.A series of training workshops had been organized since 2005 in different European countries with the aim to aid laboratories in the process of developing quality systems and working towards accreditation. Besides this, the workshops also contribute to the harmonization of the approaches to accreditation of genetic testing services in Europe.Different topics were already tackled, like accreditation, IT support in medical laboratories and internal audit. The ISO 15189 standard is the basis of all workshops.The workshops are meant to be very interactive, with brief formal presentations. The specific objectives are to compare and share experiences of implementing and working with quality systems and to examine cases of concrete situations related to quality processes that may arise in laboratories, like non-conformities, reporting, training etc. Furthermore the common deficiencies in a quality management system and the ways to proceed for accreditation will be discussed during expert-led interactive sessions in small groups. ISO 15189 will be used as the reference standard during the workshop.