b'OUR PARTNERS /Our courses are accredited or endorsed by the followinginstitutes and professional bodies:BRITISH ACCREDITATION COUNCIL (BAC)Crown Agents is accredited as a short course provider (UK courses only) by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education. This accreditation is an independent mark of quality, demonstrating that we are a genuine education provider with sound teaching practices.BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION (BSI)Crown Agents is certied by the British Standards Institution (BSI), the UKs national standards body, to ISO 9001:2015 standard, recognising the high standards achieved and maintained in the design, delivery and administration of training programmes.CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY (CIPS)Crown Agents and CIPS have signed an agreement to work together as partners on training activities, international projects and business development activities. See page 78 for more details. ICSA - THE CHARTERED GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE The Chartered Governance Institute supports Crown Agents specialist training in governance. They host study visits and offer course alumni complementary professional subscription.THE INSTITUTE OF LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT A number of our leadership and management courses are endorsed or recognised by The Institute of Leadership & Management (TILM). Using their expertise, The Institute of Leadership & Management quality assures these programmes, ensuring we provide clients with the highest standard of leadership and management development.LEARNING & PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (LPI)We hold the status of Accredited Learning Provider for our high-quality provision of learning and development services to our clients. Accreditation with the LPI represents an assurance from us to continually raise standards of workplace learning for our clients. SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY (SQA)We offer qualication courses validated and awarded by the Scottish Qualication Authority to clients who successfully complete the course assessments. These qualications are comparable to the level of a UK Higher National Diploma and provide a solid foundation for a career in procurement.CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (CIPR)CIPR hosts a visit for the delegates attending the Media Communications and Public Engagement course, all of whom also receive Affiliate Global membership of this Royal Institute. We also have MoUs and work in collaboration with further prestigious organisations to deliver our capacity building services. These include:ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS Crown Agents and the Association of Chartered Certied Accountants (ACCA) partner on selected courses in the Financial Management portfolio. By combining our training expertise with ACCAs examinations and qualications offer, we provide delegates with certications recognised around the world.CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BANKERS OF NIGERIA We have formed a partnership with the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) to deliver quality training services together in Nigeria and West Africa, focussing on capacity building in the inuential and growing banking sector within the region.ETHIOPIAN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTEIn July 2018 we signed a MoU with the Ethiopian Management Institute in Addis Ababa. This partnership forms the basis for our two organisations to explore opportunities to develop human resources and public sector management training together.PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA We nalised a MoU with the Abuja-based civil service training college in March 2019. Crown Agents international experience will complement the PSINs record of consultancy, training and research services within Nigeria. We are currently planning a programme of collaborative courses in-country. w: crownagents.com/training 17'