IAF and ILAC have formally merged into Global ACI. Certificate mark requirements changed in April 2026. Audit report, branding, and document alignment deadlines run through December 2026. ISOApplication is the platform purpose-built to carry accredited Certification Bodies through this transition — and every audit cycle that follows it.
Watch the Platform Walkthrough 6 minIn April 2026, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) formally unified under a single body: Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated (Global ACI). This is not a rebrand — it is a structural reorganisation of global accreditation governance, with mandatory operational, documentary, and branding requirements on a published schedule. Each deadline below is auditable.
Every certificate issued from this date must carry the unified Global ACI MRA mark. Certificates still bearing separate IAF MLA or ILAC MRA marks are non-compliant.
Platform: the unified mark is applied automatically to all certificate outputs — compliance by default, not configuration.
Stage 1 and Stage 2 reports must explicitly reference Global ACI harmonised procedures. Updating Word templates across a freelance auditor network is a coordinated operation.
Platform: a single centrally maintained report schema — update once, every auditor submits against it automatically.
A documented submission of your transition compliance status — not an informal conversation. Missing it creates a finding in your next peer review.
Platform: the AB Assessor Portal keeps a live compliance record — the notification is generated from existing data.
Websites, letterheads, certificate templates, and email footers must remove the old IAF MLA and ILAC MRA marks. An organisation-wide change.
Platform: templates are maintained centrally — one update propagates to every document your CB issues.
Procedures and calculation methodologies must align with MD 1:2024, MD 5:2023, MD 2:2023, MD 22 and related documents — the most operationally complex deadline.
Platform: the calculation engine runs on locked, current MD logic — alignment is an outcome of running on the platform.
See how ISOApplication maps to each requirement — and why CBs waiting until Q4 will face the same transition under significantly more time pressure.
From client onboarding to certificate issuance — see how accredited CBs manage every step on one platform.
The Global ACI audit report deadline marks the first operational compliance test since unification. If your report templates still reference IAF and they are Word files distributed to a network of contract auditors, the coordinated update required is significant. The platform eliminates it — by making central template control the default architecture, not a faster manual process.
Not retrofitted. Not patched. Built to the current standard.
Purpose-built portals for each role — connected, and independently secured with role-based access control and full audit trails.
Full certification lifecycle — from client intake to certificate issuance, with complete audit trail, impartiality engine, and accreditation-ready reporting.
Secure workspace for lead auditors and technical experts to access assignments, complete audit forms, manage CPD, and submit reports.
Transparent certification progress for your clients — real-time status, NC responses, and secure access to issued certificates.
A read-only, strictly isolated view for your accreditation body's peer reviewer — verifying your compliance logic without touching client data.
The only calculation engine purpose-built for IAF Mandatory Document compliance under Global ACI. Every manday allocation runs against locked, current logic — not a spreadsheet formula a reviewer can break.
Give your contract auditor network a secure portal — without managing accounts, distributing Word templates, or chasing CPD. The July 1 reporting requirement is a compliance problem; the platform solves it structurally.
Your assessor needs to verify your compliance logic — not access client data or commercial terms. An isolated, read-only compliance view showing exactly what your peer review requires. Always current.
Every feature designed against ISO 17021-1 and the current IAF MD series — not a workaround.
Automated audit duration per IAF MD5 across all 12 ISO standards — IMS combinations, multi-site sampling (MD1), integration reductions (MD11), and complexity scoring.
IAF MD5From CIF to certificate — every form gated, sequenced, and validated. Pre-Contract Review, Contract, 3-Year Programme, Stage 1 & 2, CAR, Decision.
ISO 17021-1Automated conflict-of-interest checks, auditor independence validation, and segregation of duties at every decision point — audit-ready by design.
AccreditationISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 27001, 27701, 22000, 50001, 13485, 20000, 22301, 37001, 42001 — with standard-specific form sections and clause mapping.
Multi-StandardQR-coded PDF certificates with public verification registry, SHA-256 document hashing, and automatic 3-year surveillance scheduling.
Tamper-ProofAI-assisted NC drafting, clause mapping, department planning suggestions, and platform analytics — powered by Claude.
AI PoweredA spreadsheet error in an IAF manday calculation under MD 1:2024 is not an admin correction. It is revenue leakage, a client trust problem, and — in a Global ACI peer review — a potential finding against your accreditation. The platform removes that class of risk. Logic is locked against the current MD revision; every action is hash-verified in the audit trail; when the reviewer arrives, your evidence is already there.
No lengthy implementation projects. No consultants. Your team is operational in three days.
Create your CB profile, upload your logo, set your accreditation scope and standards. About 30 minutes.
Invite auditors, operations staff, and reviewers. Role-based access is pre-configured; your client portal goes live automatically.
Open a new certification, assign your auditor, and follow the guided 17-step workflow. Issue your first certificate digitally.
isoapplication.com has strong organic visibility across major search engines and AI platforms for ISO certification body discovery globally. When a multinational, government supplier, or financial institution searches for an accredited CB — particularly for ISO 42001, ISO 27001, and ISO 14064 — they arrive here. That traffic is real and growing.
We are building the Tier-1 Partner Routing Network: a direct-match system routing pre-qualified corporate inquiries to accredited CBs with the verified scope to serve them. No intermediary. No directory. No per-lead commission. When a qualified ISO 42001 inquiry comes from a firm in your scope and region, it goes to you.
Founding partner subscribers receive priority positioning in the routing queue at launch — and the founding subscription rate, locked for the lifetime of the account.
Slots are capped per accreditation scope to preserve lead quality. Register to secure your scope position and lock the founding rate.
Your details are used only to manage partner allocation and to contact you about the network launch. We do not share CB information with other partners.
Your scope position is reserved and your founding subscription rate is locked from today. The fastest way to move forward is to see the platform against your own deadlines.
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Built for Certification Bodies managing client AI systems. If you already run ISO 42001, you're already most of the way there — our Bridge Engine maps existing audit evidence to EU AI Act Articles automatically.
Per-system inventory with a dedicated passport for each AI model your clients operate — separate from your ISO scheme, no cross-contamination.
Branching wizard through Article 6 & Annex III, producing a formal Legal Risk Determination — Prohibited, High-Risk, or Limited Risk.
Existing audit trails, evidence vaults, and CIF data are surfaced automatically against the relevant Articles — zero double-entry.
Scans your ISO audit trail for substantial modifications (Article 3(23)). Model change detected → instant re-certification alert.
Annex IV technical documentation and the Declaration of Conformity generated in one click — market-access ready for CE marking.
Operated by Fusionpact Technologies — independently certified across information security, AI governance, and quality management.
Contract and staff auditors get a permanent, portable professional profile — independent of any single certification body.
Structured continuing-professional-development records, exportable for any scheme or registrar review.
Qualifications, witnessed audits, and technical-area codes in one verified profile.
Assignments, findings, and evidence for every certification body you audit for — in one place.
No passwords to manage. Secure, expiring links straight to your work.
A practical walkthrough of IAF MD5 audit-duration calculations — IMS reductions, multi-site sampling, and complexity scoring.
AI GovernanceHow accredited CBs can add ISO 42001 AI Management System certification to scope — and what the audit workflow looks like.
Digital TransformationWhy spreadsheets are a liability for accredited CBs — and how a purpose-built platform changes the accreditation equation.
There is no operational blackout during migration. Most CBs have a live environment running within the first week. We provide a structured onboarding template mapping your certification records, client files, auditor competence matrices, and historical IAF calculation references to the platform schema. Your team operates on the platform while historical data migrates in parallel. Migration support is included with every subscription.
Both are addressed operationally. For the audit report requirement: Field Operations enforces a centrally maintained report schema — update once, every auditor submits against it automatically. For October 1: the unified Global ACI MRA mark is applied automatically to all certificate outputs; the April 14 mark requirement is met by default. For September 1: the AB Assessor Portal maintains your transition compliance record continuously — the notification is generated from live data, not assembled from scratch.
You configure a read-only access scope for your NAB reviewer and issue a time-limited portal link. They verify your IAF calculation logic, manday traces, Global ACI transition evidence, and documentation directly in the platform — without accessing client data, commercial terms, or internal operations. This replaces the manual review-pack process that compresses your team in the two weeks before every review. The portal is always current.
For a Certification Body, data assurance is primarily about isolation and control, not geography: your data must never be reachable by another CB, and every access must be governed and auditable. ISOApplication enforces this at the database layer — Row-Level Security, encryption in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest, role-based access control, and comprehensive audit logging. No CB's data is ever commingled. For organisations with a specific in-jurisdiction residency requirement, we offer dedicated regional instances as an enterprise deployment option; contact us for a technical architecture brief.
Yes — multi-scheme operation is a core design requirement. The IAF Calculation Engine manages scheme-specific manday logic independently for each standard, including combined audit scope. Scheme Managers configure separate workflows, report templates, competence requirements, and calculation parameters per standard within a single instance. Each scheme's Global ACI MD alignment is managed independently — an MD revision affecting ISO 27001 does not cascade as a manual task across unrelated schemes.
Join the accredited ISO Certification Bodies running their operations on infrastructure built for the regulatory environment they actually operate in — not the one they operated in five years ago.
A 30-minute walkthrough mapped to your Global ACI deadlines and scheme scope.
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