The Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated (Global ACI) (Global ACI) is an international association of conformity assessment accreditation bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in fields like management systems, products, services, personnel, processes, and validation and verification. Global ACI succeeds International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and is operating in effect from 01 Jan 2026. IAF and ILAC decided to merge into one global accreditation organization, Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated (Global ACI), a decision that was first taken in joint meetings in 2019 and confirmed in 2025. Both IAF and ILAC ceased operations on 01 January 2026.
Meetings The member accreditation bodies of Global ACI meet twice yearly in Annual General Body Meeting and Mid term meeting. The first mid term meetings of 2026 were held in Prague .
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External links Official website Accreditation Auditing Practices Group IAF Newsletter


