Accreditation Body Membership of IAF is open to bodies that conduct and administer programmes by which they accredit bodies for validation/verification and/or certification of management systems, products, processes, services, personnel and other programmes of conformity assessment, providing those bodies are willing to allow their accreditation systems to be used by other IAF Members.

Association Membership is open to organisations or associations representing the interests within an economy, region or internationally, of a like group of entities that engage in, are subject to, make use of, accept or rely on, conformity assessment results from bodies accredited by Accreditation Body Members of IAF, and which support the purpose of IAF.

Regional Accreditation Group Membership is open to associations of accreditation bodies, and possibly other bodies, that cooperate within an identified geographic region to establish and maintain a multilateral recognition agreement based on a peer evaluation system, and represent the interests of accredited entities, industry, users and similar organisations that engage in, are subject to, make use of, accept or rely on conformity assessment results from bodies accredited by Accreditation Body Members of IAF, and which support the purpose of IAF.

Application forms can be obtained by contacting IAF via the Contact Us page.