Who We Are
Welcome to the International Management Assessment Board (IMAB). We are an independent, international accreditation and evaluation body operating under established rules, regulations, and our Memorandum of Association. As a self-funding, non-profit organization, IMAB is committed to upholding rigorous standards of quality, competence, and impartiality across global industries.
We provide formal, third-party recognition—accreditation—to conformity assessment bodies worldwide, ensuring that organizations performing testing, inspection, certification, and verification operate at the highest levels of technical competence and integrity.
Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission: To promote global quality and trust by accrediting competent conformity assessment bodies in accordance with internationally recognized standards and benchmarks.
Our Vision: To be a trusted international leader in evaluation and accreditation, fostering transparency, reliability, and continuous improvement across diverse industrial and service sectors.
What We Do
IMAB evaluates and accredits organizations that demonstrate the required expertise, personnel, and infrastructure to carry out conformity assessments. Our comprehensive accreditation and evaluation scopes include:
Certification Bodies for Management Systems: Assessing organizations qualified to audit and certify various management system standards, giving clients confidence in their conformity verification processes.
Certification Bodies for Persons: Evaluating programs designed to assess and certify individual competence and professional qualifications in alignment with international standards like ISO/IEC 17024.
Product Certification Bodies: Verifying that product-certifying organizations possess the necessary technical expertise, testing equipment, and qualified personnel.
Inspection Bodies & Testing/Calibration Laboratories: Ensuring technical precision, reliability, and accuracy in measurement and inspection services.
Greenhouse Gas Validation & Verification: Supporting sustainability frameworks by accrediting bodies qualified to validate environmental and carbon management claims.
Specialized Training Programs: Delivering tailored capacity-building programs for regulators, conformity assessment bodies, and industry stakeholders.
Our Core Principles
Impartiality & Non-Discrimination: IMAB operates as an open, non-discriminatory organization, welcoming applications from qualified conformity assessment bodies operating anywhere in the world.
Global Recognition: Our accreditation frameworks are benchmarked against internationally recognized guides and standards, ensuring cross-border acceptance and credibility.
Excellence & Quality Assurance: We maintain strict evaluation protocols to ensure that accredited entities consistently deliver dependable and authoritative results.