ICMA Standards & Accreditation

Standards-led professional accreditation for institution-ready learning

ICMA provides independent professional accreditation for programmes designed for organisational and institutional use — focused on credibility, consistency, and scalable delivery.

Outcome-led Professionally aligned Quality assured Built for scale

What ICMA accreditation confirms

  • Clear learning outcomes and purpose
  • Coherent structure and progression
  • Relevance to real-world professional practice
  • Consistency across cohorts and delivery contexts
  • Appropriate assessment or reflective checkpoints

Who it’s for

Organisations

For internal training, workforce development, and programmes delivered across teams, sites, or cohorts.

Experts & providers

For programme owners seeking professional credibility, standards alignment, and institution-ready delivery.

A structured review process

  1. 1 Define scope and intended outcomes
  2. 2 Map to ICMA professional standards
  3. 3 Review structure, progression, and learning design
  4. 4 Evaluate assessment or reflective components
  5. 5 Confirm status and usage terms
  6. 6 Set review / renewal period