Accreditation Process
IA-CB grant accreditation as per requirement of ISO 17011. IA-CB invite application from agencies looking for accredaition of IA-CB. Accredaition is recognition of the certification to ensure the independence and it increase the credibillity of the CAB.
Agencies intrested to apply to IA-CB may write a mail to IA-CB at info@ia-cb.org or may directly register and apply on the portal on get accredited link or directly may be access at following link:
Registration Link: https://ia-cb.org/portal/
Application Link: to be avaialable after registration is complete.
Once you register as intended CAB, CAB shall have access to the docuemnts & application form. CAB may apply to IA-CB by filling the application form and necessary action shall be taken by the IA-CB.
CAB may choose to opt for preassessment audit before final assessment. It is to be noted that Pre Assessment is optional and CAB may choose to opt for preassessment or not. Preassessment help the CAB to avoid major failure as during the assessment, readiness of the CAB is checked. No consultency shall be given, but formal report of finding of the preassessment shall be given to CAB.
IA-CB do charges USD 1000 for the preassessment and need to be paid in advance, all the travel and accomodation shall be provided by the CAB only. Plesae note that preassessment report shall be confidential and shall not for public use. CAB shall abide to maintain the confidentiality of the preassessment of report. Furhter Preassessment report cant be criteria or guarantee for successfull completion of the office assessment.
For more detials, please write to info@ia-cb.org
ACCREDITATION PROCESS
The accreditation process consists of various steps. We make a distinction between the application for a new accreditation, the maintenance of an existing accreditation and extending the scope of an existing accreditation.
OVERVIEW
A general overview is given below. You will be given a detailed process description when you select one of the steps. The entire process is described in policy document IA-CB.
New accreditation applications
There are four steps when applying for a new accreditation or standard:
Step 1: Application
Step 2: Preliminary assessment
Step 3: Initial assessment
Step 4: Initial decision
Please complete the relevant application form to apply for a new accreditation or standard.
Maintenance of existing accreditation
There are four steps for maintaining an existing accreditation:
Step 1: Surveillance assessment (yearly)
Step 2: Decision surveillance assessment
Step 3: Reassessment (once every four years)
Step 4: Decision reassessment
The audit assessments and re-assessments are undertaken on the initiative of the IA-CB in order that we can ensure ongoing supervision of existing accreditations.
Extending the scope of an existing accreditation
There are three steps for extending the scope of an existing accreditation:
Step 1: Application
Step 2: Assessment
Step 3: Extension decision
If you wish to extend the scope of an existing accreditation please complete the relevant application form. To extend the scope under a new standard you must submit a new application.