Tuesday, July 03, 2007

New professional body launched for NZ business consultants

Institute of Accredited Business Consultants

I am a professional member of the Institute of Accredited Business Consultants. I was a member of its predecessor the Australian Institute for Enterprise Facilitators.

The press release of 13 April 2007 reads:

New Zealanders using business consultants have a new organisation to look to for assurances about the standard of service they will receivefrom them.

The Institute of Accredited Business Consultants (NZ) Inc is the new name for the Australasian Institute of Enterprise Facilitators (NZ). IABC aims to be the number one professional body of business consultants in New Zealand

The new institute has a wider range of membership categories for consultants, while the accreditation process has been strengthened.

The first APEC Approved Business Consulting Course (modules 1-4) for New Zealand was organised by the institute. Completion of the course results in certification recognised in a dozen APEC countries. Further courses will be held at the Auckland University of Technology, the newly elected APEC Economy Institute.

Chairman Dr Coral Ingley said the changes to the organisation were made to better reflect members’ accreditation status and experience while ensuring membership was accessible to a wide range of people without compromising quality.

The institute’s predecessor was formed in 2002. It was recognised as an important service by the Government’s Small Business Advisory Group as they believed it was important to support a network of accredited business consultants in New Zealand.

Since then, it has provided accreditation, registration and professional development for small and medium sized business consultants in New Zealand and is supported by the Government’s economic development agency New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE).

The Institute of Accredited Business Consultants (NZ) aims to ensure New Zealand’s small businesses have the confidence to work with qualified business consultants to help them grow.

The new organisation remains affiliated to the Australasian Institute of Enterprise Facilitators and is supported by NZTE.

Dr Ingley added the new name better reflected the institute’s vision and cleared up confusion as to its country of origin.

“People kept thinking we were an Australian organisation. The new name more accurately represents and conveys the independent New Zealand focus of the Institute.”

For more information contact:

Dr Coral Ingley
info@iabc.org.nz

Read more on the Institute of Accredited Business Consultants here...



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