The Registered Organisation scheme is a unique quality assurance programme. It signifies a commitment to maintaining professional standards and competence.
Registered Organisations have demonstrated their ability to provide informed and reliable advice, carry out work effectively, minimise uncertainty, delays, and costs, and act ethically while adhering to professional standards. Archaeological projects are complex. Registered Organisations:
- have the skills to provide informed and reliable advice
- have the skills to execute schemes of work appropriate to the circumstances, minimising uncertainty, delay and cost
- regularly review their practices and procedures to ensure they are working to industry standards as part of the scheme’s peer review process
By using a Registered Organisation you know that your archaeologists are committed to the professional standards required by CIfA and you can be confident they will meet your needs and the needs of the public. If you have concerns about the quality of work being undertaken by a Registered Organisation in relation to the Institute's Code of conduct or regulations, you may raise a professional conduct allegation.
Interested in becoming a Registered Organisation?
The scheme is designed to operate internationally, and organisations operating in Germany may use an alternative branding ‘Gütezeichen für Archäologie / Träger des CIfA-Gütezeichens für Archäologie'.