Within the activities of the Environmental Research Center and the activities of the cultural season, Asst prof Dr. Rana Riyad Khalil gave a lecture entitled (Reliability of the Environmental Research Center’s laboratories), as she touched on the Iraqi standards for the quality of the laboratories of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the reliability of laboratories according to the international specification ISO/IEC 17025:2005. The adoption of these standards in Iraq aims to raise the level of confidence in the results of tests and calibration. Produced by laboratories, and promoting the international exchange of goods and services by ensuring their compliance with international standards.