ANSI Accreditation

IACET is the premier standard-setting organization for the continuing education and training industry and is an accredited Standards Developing Organization (SDO) by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Accreditation by ANSI signifies that IACET’s procedures meet the Institute’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process. IACET’s process of standards development ensures that interested individuals and organizations representing academia, industry, product users, and governments alike all have an equal vote in determining a standard’s content. Participants are welcome from anywhere in the world.

What is ANSI?

ANSI is the U.S. standards and conformity assessment organization.  It oversees the creation, distribution and use of thousands of norms and guidelines that directly impact business in nearly every sector in the economy. 

ANSI is the U.S. representative of ISO—the International Organization for Standards—and is a founding member of the International Accreditation Forum. 

A non-profit, member-driven organization, ANSI relies on volunteers and industry experts to improve the global competitiveness of U.S. business by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and accreditation systems, and safeguarding their integrity. 

Setting and Maintaining a Globally Recognized Standard

IACET publishes the ANSI/IACET Standard and accredits users of its standard. Accreditation verifies that Authorized Providers (APs) are capable of developing continuing education and training programs that meet the standard.

IACET APs can be identified by the Authorized Provider logo, which IACET makes available for APs to place on their collateral. This logo indicates that an AP’s program was developed according to the globally recognized and approved standard.