IRCA and NABAT announce bi-lateral agreement in India

IRCA and NABAT are pleased to announce a partnership that will benefit auditors, students, Training Organizations and Indian business and industry. Both organizations have agreed to cooperate by offering dual auditor training course certification and by accepting certificates from the each other's certified training courses.

The bi-lateral agreement will:

•  Reduce cost for training organizations.
•  Enable NABAT and IRCA to work together to control and improve auditor training.
•  Provide auditors with the choice of NABAT certification, IRCA certification or both.
•  Increase user confidence in certified auditor training.
•  Provide users of certified auditors with increased confidence

IRCA Director, Simon Feary, says, "We believe that this relationship provides our customers in India with improved choice and value-for-money, and in the long term working in partnership with NABAT will enhance auditor training and auditor certification in India ."

Vipin Sahni, Deputy Director of NABAT, comments that, "We are delighted to be working with IRCA. Both organizations are committed to improving auditor competence and we look forward to developing our relationship in the future."

The agreement commences from June 2004 and includes in its scope QMS, EMS, OH&S and Food Safety auditor training courses.

For more information about NABAT (National Accreditation Board for Auditors and Training), please visit the NABAT website.