Everything I have written about IBLCE and NCCA/ICE is drawn from information freely available to anyone who has the time, inclination and tenacity to visit the respective websites, read and ponder the various documents that each organization has to offer, and to form opinions. I share my opinions with Lactnet because that is where I can find a whole lot of IBCLCs, whose professional interests match my own. I am currently off the Board at ILCA ... so all of my posts (since 1 Aug 2011) have been with my Liz Brooks hat on, and no other. IBLCE maintains the accreditation it has been given by NCCA, to give the IBCLC certification exam, because it fulfills all the 21 Standards required of NCCA for that privilege. Standard 21 discusses "Maintaining Accreditation." Read it at the very end of http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/portals/0/STANDARDS%20-%20Updated%20January%202010.pdf . Every year every organization that is accredited by NCCA (like IBLCE) must file an annual report with NCCA/ICE so that IBLCE may be "monitored." http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/NCCAAccreditation/ApplicationandAnnualReport/tabid/156/Default.aspx Every five years, every organization that is accredited by NCCA must be re-approved, by sending in a complete application. No "short form renewals" given. The application [and 5-year renewal] deals almost exclusively with the elements of writing, giving, and scoring a certification exam. Makes sense, and more's the pity, because I have always said: IBLCE simply cannot be beat on the manner in which it writes, conducts and scores the IBCLC exam. It is when IBLCE has unilaterally ventured into re-writing all of the many *mandatory* documents that guide our day-to-day professional practice (vs. documents that guide the writing and conducting the exam), without first notifying certificants much less seeking prior input, that I take issue. I do not know if anyone has ever written to NCCA/ICE about IBLCE. NCCA accredits other international certification exam-givers ... this is not a USA-based entity. -- Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA Wyndmoor, PA, USA *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome