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The ITIL Accreditation Scheme
The APM Group Limited as the Official Accreditor are authorized to licence other Examination Institutes (EIs) to administer ITIL qualification and accreditation activities.
The EIs are: APMG, Dansk IT, DF Certifiering AB, EXIN, ISEB and LCS. Check the Examination Institutes Listing for further details.
Click on the image to see how the ITIL Accreditation Scheme is structured.
Examination Institute Accreditation
All organisations approved by APM Group as EIs will be audited by independent auditors appointed by APM Group in accordance with the principles of international best practice standards. If the systems used by the applicant organizations are found to be in line with these guidelines, they will be granted permission to administer the scheme for ITIL accreditation and qualifications and will also be offered a place on the Qualifications Board.
Under the contracts signed with APM Group, EIs are allowed to undertake the following activities -
- Approve training organizations through the standards and mechanisms audited and agreed by APM Group.
- Administer examinations via those organisations they have approved using the standards and mechanisms agreed by APM Group.
Under the contracts signed with APM Group, EIs are not permitted to undertake any of the following activities -
- Amend approved ITIL syllabuses
- Develop their own ITIL examinations
- Develop products which may be perceived as competition to those within the ITIL scheme
- Offer training or consulting in ITIL in competition with those organisations they approve to do this
- Make any amendments to the pass mark agreed by the qualification board
- Issue trademark licences to their approved organisations directly
- Outsource the running of their ITIL activities to any third party, except where those agreements are already in place for older (version 2) qualifications. In this case, these activities may be continued until the introduction of version 3 qualifications.
Any Examination Institute can operate internationally.
For further informtion on becoming an EI, please read about ITIL EI Certification (pdf - 226KB).
