අපේ මුතුන් මිත්තන් විසින් අත්‍යලන්කාරව ගල් කුළුණු තනා සෙල්ලිපි කරවමින් එදවස අපේ රටේ පැවති ශ්‍රී විභූතිය ඒවායේ සනිටුහන් කලේ මහත් වූ අභිමානයෙන්. එහෙත් මේ දැවැන්ත ගල්කුළුණු සාක්ෂි දරන ඒ අභිමානවත් අතීත උරුමය අද අපට අමතක වෙලා. ඒ අභිමානවත් ඉතිහාසය ගොඩ නංවූ ජයග්‍රාහී මානසිකත්වය අද අඩපණ වෙලා. එදා සිංහයා අද දීර්ඝ නිද්‍රාවකට වැටිලා. පෙරදිග ධාන්‍යාගාරය අද අපරදිග පාන්පිටිගාරයක් බවට පත්වෙලා.
The main objective of the project for which the accreditation standards are formulated is to build a formidable National Economy in the country by popularizing the locally manufactured products. This is achieved by way of educating and motivating consumers to purchase locally manufactured products. In the end a consumption culture will be created where locally manufactures products are given preference over imported products and also the local industrialists will be encouraged to manufacture import substitutes.
In the process of promoting locally manufactured products, the accreditation is used as a tool to build up confidence among people over the local industries and products. Standards described in this manual are to be used in the process of accreditation which is conducted by a specialist committee. There are two types of accreditation awards – one is awarded to the organization and the other is to the product. Accredited organizations and products will be permitted to use the trade mark or the logo of the accreditation organization (AO) in their promotional campaigns, on agreed conditions.
