International Accreditation for Continuing Education and Training
IABCET — the International Accreditation Board for Continuing Education and Training — is an international accreditation organization providing accreditation to educational institutions, programs, continuing education providers, and professional training organizations worldwide.
The IABCET accreditation system brings together standards, criteria, institutional evidence, assessment, professional evaluation, accreditation decisions, continuing quality requirements, and verification within a structured international framework.
A Structured Framework for Educational Quality
IABCET accreditation connects defined expectations with institutional practice, documented evidence, professional evaluation, formal decisions, and continuing improvement.
- Accreditation Standards & Criteria
- Eligibility & Application
- Evidence-Based Assessment
- Professional Evaluation
- Accreditation Decisions
- Continuing Quality Requirements
- Accreditation Verification
Advancing Quality Across Continuing Education and Training
IABCET provides a structured accreditation framework for organizations committed to educational quality, professional learning, effective systems, responsible educational practice, and continuous improvement.
Operating across an international education and training environment, IABCET works with institutions and providers representing different professional fields, educational models, learner populations, and forms of continuing and professional education.
The accreditation framework examines how educational purpose, governance, program development, instructional practice, learner support, assessment, personnel, resources, records, quality assurance, and improvement operate within the applicable accreditation scope.
Standards. Evidence. Evaluation. Improvement.
A strong accreditation system connects clearly defined expectations with evidence of educational and organizational practice.
- 01 Defined Accreditation Standards
- 02 Documented Institutional Evidence
- 03 Structured Assessment
- 04 Professional Evaluation
- 05 Formal Accreditation Decisions
- 06 Continuous Improvement
Accreditation Designed for Different Educational Environments
IABCET provides accreditation pathways addressing institutions, educational programs, and continuing education providers. Each pathway applies standards, criteria, evidence requirements, and evaluation appropriate to its defined scope.
Institutional Accreditation
Institutional accreditation examines the organization as an educational system, including its governance, educational responsibilities, operational capacity, learner support, resources, quality assurance, and continuing improvement.
Explore Institutional AccreditationProgram Accreditation
Program accreditation examines a defined educational program through its objectives, structure, curriculum, instructional processes, assessment, resources, learner experience, outcomes, and quality-assurance arrangements.
Explore Program AccreditationContinuing Education Provider Accreditation
Provider accreditation examines organizations delivering continuing and professional education through structured educational planning, delivery, assessment, learner records, evaluation, and quality-management processes.
Explore Provider AccreditationA Defined Path From Preparation to Accreditation
The IABCET accreditation pathway moves organizations through a connected sequence of preparation, evidence, assessment, evaluation, decision-making, and continuing quality responsibility.
Eligibility
The organization establishes the appropriate accreditation pathway and its readiness to proceed within the applicable requirements.
Review EligibilityStandards & Criteria
The applicable standards and criteria establish the expectations against which educational and organizational practice will be examined.
Review Accreditation StandardsApplication & Evidence
The organization presents the required information and develops an evidence base demonstrating its educational systems, practices, resources, and quality arrangements.
Application RequirementsAssessment & Evaluation
Institutional and educational evidence is examined against the applicable accreditation expectations through the defined assessment and evaluation process.
Assessment & EvaluationAccreditation Decision
The completed accreditation record proceeds through the applicable decision process to determine the accreditation outcome and scope.
Accreditation DecisionsContinuing Quality
Accreditation continues through ongoing quality responsibilities, monitoring, improvement, applicable reporting, and future accreditation review.
ReaccreditationFrom Expectations to Evidence-Based Evaluation
Accreditation becomes meaningful when standards are connected with actual educational practice. The IABCET framework brings together the principal elements required for structured quality assurance.
Standards
Accreditation standards establish the principal expectations that shape the quality framework and guide institutional and educational review.
Review StandardsCriteria
Accreditation criteria translate broader standards into specific points of examination for educational and organizational practice.
Review CriteriaEvidence
Policies, records, educational materials, data, processes, outcomes, and other documentation demonstrate how requirements operate in practice.
Evidence RequirementsEvaluation
Professional evaluation considers relevant evidence within the applicable accreditation framework and contributes to the accreditation record.
Explore EvaluationQuality Across the Educational System
The applicable accreditation pathway determines the precise requirements of review. Across the IABCET framework, accreditation connects educational purpose with the systems and practices responsible for delivering and improving learning.
Governance & Leadership
Responsibilities, oversight, educational direction, decision-making, accountability, and the organizational arrangements supporting quality.
Educational Design
Educational objectives, curriculum or program structure, learning activities, instructional methods, and alignment with the intended educational purpose.
Faculty & Personnel
Qualifications, responsibilities, professional capacity, instructional roles, and the personnel required to support educational delivery.
Learner Support
Information, guidance, access, communication, educational support, and other arrangements contributing to the learner experience.
Assessment & Outcomes
Approaches used to assess learning, evaluate educational effectiveness, interpret results, and understand achievement.
Quality & Improvement
Processes for monitoring performance, reviewing evidence, identifying priorities, implementing improvements, and evaluating their effectiveness.
Quality Assurance for Professional and Continuing Learning
Continuing education serves professionals and learners across industries, occupations, disciplines, and jurisdictions. Strong educational practice requires more than delivering content: it requires clear objectives, appropriate learning design, qualified personnel, meaningful assessment, reliable records, evaluation, and continuing improvement.
Professional Education
Structured education that supports professional knowledge, competence, development, and continuing learning across different fields and occupations.
Professional Education & TrainingCPE & CEU
Continuing professional education and continuing education units form part of the wider professional-learning environment and require clear approaches to educational activity and documentation.
Explore CPE & CEUCredit-Hour Framework
Structured approaches to learning time, participation, educational activity, records, and credit calculation support consistent administration of continuing education.
Credit-Hour FrameworkSupporting Quality Across Diverse Fields of Education and Training
IABCET's international framework supports accreditation across educational and professional-learning environments in which structured education, documented quality systems, and continuing development are central responsibilities.
Universities & Higher Education
Continuing education departments, universities, colleges, and higher education organizations can connect professional and lifelong learning with structured quality-assurance practices.
Higher EducationProfessional Training Organizations
Professional education providers, training organizations, associations, institutes, and corporate learning functions can demonstrate structured approaches to educational quality.
Professional Education & TrainingHealthcare & Specialized Education
Healthcare, medical, technical, occupational, and specialized education environments can connect field-specific learning with disciplined educational and quality systems.
Healthcare Education & TrainingAccreditation as a Framework for Continuous Improvement
Accreditation provides organizations with a structured opportunity to examine how their educational systems operate, how effectively responsibilities are implemented, what evidence demonstrates performance, and where further development can strengthen educational quality.
Quality assurance becomes most effective when evidence and evaluation contribute directly to institutional decision-making. Findings can help organizations identify priorities, assign responsibility, implement action, monitor progress, and evaluate whether improvements are producing the intended results.
This creates a continuing quality cycle in which accreditation supports institutional learning as well as external evaluation.
Evidence Becomes More Valuable When It Leads to Action
- 01 Examine Practice
- 02 Gather Evidence
- 03 Evaluate Effectiveness
- 04 Identify Priorities
- 05 Implement Improvement
- 06 Review Progress
Accreditation Status Should Be Clear and Verifiable
IABCET accreditation records provide a reference point for understanding the accreditation status and scope associated with an organization or educational activity.
Accreditation Directory
Search available IABCET accreditation information and identify organizations associated with an accreditation record.
Search DirectoryAccredited Organizations
Explore information relating to organizations holding accreditation within the applicable IABCET accreditation framework.
View Accredited OrganizationsVerification Center
Use IABCET verification resources when confirmation of available accreditation or credential information is required.
Open Verification CenterQuality Assurance Depends on Responsible Educational Practice
Accreditation operates through the combined strength of institutional responsibility, professional evaluation, documented processes, appropriate governance, and continuing attention to educational effectiveness.
Leadership & Governance
Effective educational organizations establish clear responsibilities, oversight, decision-making arrangements, and accountability for educational quality.
Leadership & GovernanceEthics & Integrity
Professional conduct, evidence-based judgment, responsible participation, appropriate independence, and accurate representation support the integrity of accreditation.
Ethics & IntegrityPolicies & Procedures
Defined policies and procedures provide structure for accreditation activities, institutional responsibilities, evaluation, decisions, appeals, complaints, and continuing requirements.
Policies & DocumentsBegin With the Standards and Build From Evidence
Organizations considering IABCET accreditation should begin by identifying the appropriate accreditation pathway and understanding the requirements that will guide evaluation.
Preparation should connect the applicable standards and criteria with actual organizational and educational practice. Policies, procedures, records, learning materials, assessment information, quality data, and other evidence should collectively explain how the organization operates and how it evaluates its effectiveness.
This approach makes accreditation preparation part of institutional quality development rather than a separate documentation exercise.
Prepare the Organization, Not Just the Application
- 01 Identify the Accreditation Pathway
- 02 Understand Eligibility
- 03 Review Standards & Criteria
- 04 Map Institutional Evidence
- 05 Evaluate Current Practice
- 06 Prepare for Assessment
Explore the Accreditation System
Use the IABCET resource library to move from general accreditation information to the standards, requirements, processes, and institutional resources relevant to your enquiry.
Accreditation Standards
Review the standards that establish the principal expectations within the IABCET accreditation framework.
Review StandardsAccreditation Process
Understand how organizations progress through preparation, application, assessment, evaluation, decision, and continuing accreditation.
Review the ProcessResources
Access accreditation, educational, continuing-education, professional-development, and quality-assurance resources.
Explore ResourcesFrequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about IABCET accreditation, requirements, applications, continuing education, and verification.
View Frequently Asked QuestionsBuild Quality Through a Structured Accreditation Framework
Explore the IABCET accreditation pathways, review the applicable standards and requirements, and identify the accreditation route appropriate to your educational organization or program.