Training and academic documentation
Evidence of learning, attendance or an academic activity. It does not by itself certify professional competence or grant a licence to practise.
IAC · International Accreditation Center
Institutional infrastructure
Understanding institutional relationships.
A logo, a course document and a register entry can describe very different things. Read who is responsible, what is granted and which document supports the claim before relying on it.
Nine questions to ask.
- IssuerWho is responsible for the result and named on the document?
- ProviderWho delivers the service, training or assessment? The provider may not be the issuer.
- Granting authorityWho grants the claimed powers, and under which documented authority?
- DocumentWhich original agreement, decision or source supports the claim? A promotional statement is not the granting instrument.
- ScopeWhich activity, standard or specific power is covered?
- TerritoryWhere do the granted powers apply? Do not infer global authority.
- TermWhen does the relationship begin and end? Where no end date is evidenced, do not invent one.
- StatusIs it a proposal, a documented relationship or an issued result? Check suspension, withdrawal or correction.
- ConsultationWhere can the original source and current status be consulted, and on what date was it checked?
Four activities that must not be confused.
Certification of a person’s competence
A defined assessment and decision concerning a person under identified requirements. ISO/IEC 17024 may be studied as a reference; no IAC accreditation or operational conformity to it is asserted here.
ISO/IEC 17024 referenceManagement system certification
A result concerning an organisation’s management system within the identified scope. G-CERTI’s IAS and KAB references relate to this activity, not automatic certification of its learners.
Consult the attributed sourcesPrivate affiliation
A relationship or listing under private membership rules. Registration in a private roster is not legal professional registration, a statutory licence or certification of competence.
Communicating names and logos responsibly.
Use IAC and G-CERTI names only to describe their actual, documented functions. A logo may be used only within the holder’s permission, its scope and its term. Do not place logos together to imply accreditation, reciprocal recognition, partnership or delegated powers that the document does not grant.
An external accreditation must identify G-CERTI Co., Ltd. as its subject and IAS or KAB as its issuer. It is not accreditation received by IAC and cannot be transferred to courses or persons.
Alianza Educativa’s status as an official G-CERTI programme does not establish its specific agreement with IAC. A proposed integration is not permission to publish joint credentials.
When information changes.
Consult the original issuer for the current scope and status. Keep a correction separate from the original decision; a suspended or withdrawn result must not continue to be described as current. Do not rely on a private affiliation as legal registration.