Understand the responsibility

A technical result must be read with its object, criteria, scope, issuing body and date. Public information should make those elements identifiable. An institutional name, membership statement or visual mark cannot substitute for them.

Governance and impartiality

Governance defines authority and oversight. Impartiality arrangements address relationships and interests affecting specific work. The appropriate control depends on the activity, rather than a general statement of independence.

Governance · Impartiality

Assessment rules

Programme rules set out eligibility, evidence requirements, evaluation, decisions and continuing obligations. The rules and applicable edition should be established before an application is commissioned.

Assessment and recognition rules

Records, claims and marks

An issued result may support only the claim and use allowed by its scope and conditions. A change of status can affect those rights. Record verification is concerned with the information held for the identified issue.

Claims and marks · Verify a record

Complaints and appeals

A complaint concerns dissatisfaction with conduct or service. An appeal concerns an eligible decision under the relevant procedure. Separate routes help identify the issue and the appropriate review.

Complaints · Appeals

Questionable claims or marks

Report a claim or mark that appears inconsistent with an issued result or authorised use. Identify the location and reason for concern. A report initiates consideration; it is not itself a finding of misuse.

Report misuse

Institutional information

The legal notice and contact information identify the responsible operator and relevant channels. References to other institutions should be read as described, rather than as an unstated endorsement.

Legal notice · Contact

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