Global ACI

Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated, using the name Global ACI, began full operations on 1 January 2026, bringing together functions previously carried out through IAF and ILAC. Its current Q&As explain the organization and transition. The present framework and historical IAF or ILAC documents must be identified accurately. This change in international accreditation cooperation should not be represented as conversion of every existing certificate into a new universal product approval.

Global ACI publishes documents governing its cooperation and Mutual Recognition Arrangement, together with guidance. Its documents collection provides the route for current status and transition relationships. Some legacy material continues under the arrangements explained by Global ACI. An older acronym does not by itself prove withdrawal. Record the actual identifier, status and replacement relationship so the technical basis of an earlier accreditation or assessment decision remains traceable through the institutional transition.

Participation operates through defined membership and evaluation arrangements. The site distinguishes members, recognized accreditation bodies, recognized regions and MRA scopes. Membership and recognition for a particular scope are different facts. Consult the current Recognised ABs directory when reviewing a claim. Save the body's name, recognized activity and date checked. An undated statement of international recognition is weaker evidence than a current official record tied to the specific activity relied upon.

Global ACI does not directly accredit laboratories, inspection bodies or certification bodies. Accreditation bodies perform those activities within their scopes. A regulator or purchaser may impose additional acceptance conditions. Follow the chain from the recognized AB record to its official directory and then to the conformity assessment body's scope. This establishes the relevant recognition evidence while leaving the receiving party's legal or purchasing requirements visible as a separate part of the decision.

For a supplier report or certificate, identify the issuer, site, accreditation and actual activity. Check whether the scope covers the method, product category or programme involved, and note status limitations. Laboratory, inspection and certification references in the Center explain these distinctions. A broad symbol does not prove every reported activity is accredited. Keep subcontracted work and activities outside scope explicit where they affect how the report or certificate can be relied upon.

Accreditation, certification and testing concern different objects. Cooperation among accreditation bodies also differs from the CIPM MRA for national measurement capabilities and the OIML-CS for instrument evaluation evidence. These systems can support one supply chain through distinct functions. Name the arrangement relied upon and its recognized scope. Do not turn an institutional recognition relationship into a claim that a product is approved worldwide or that any receiving authority must accept every associated document.

Use Global ACI's current directory and governing documents for present claims, retaining IAF or ILAC sources for historical decisions or continuing documents. Recheck status before a new decision. The Center records this framework as independent research context. It does not present NCQM as a Global ACI member, MRA signatory, recognized accreditation body or accredited conformity assessment body. The profile supplies a verification route rather than an attestation of any individual provider's status.