About Us

The International Association for Business Analytics Certification (IABAC) is a globally recognized professional association dedicated to growing and enhancing the field of applied Data Science and Business Analytics.

IABAC founding principles are based on Edison Data Science Framework (EDSF), an European commission initiative in the year 2015, to align data science skills to industry requirements. IABAC was founded in 2017 as Netherlands B.V (equivalent of English Private Limited), under the leadership of Mr. Hans Volkers.

IABAC® is the world’s first and largest registered body for global data science and business analytics certifications. IABAC® issued 20,000+ assessment-based certifications for professionals and organisations across the world as on 2020.

Our vision is to be the leading professional body, accelerating adaption of data science and related technologies by organizations, academia and individual professionals aligned with changing industry requirements

Our mission is to achieve the vision through :

• 1. Aggregating best practices from industry and publishing in Data Science Body of Knowledge
• 2. Building network of partners : Institutions, Corporates, Universities & Colleges and Government bodies across the globe
• 3. Enabling data science education institutes to provide high quality industry aligned data science coaching Authorized Training Providers program
• 4. certifying the data science competence level (fit for purpose) of individual professionals through rigorous assessment at various levels based on IABAC® Credentialing framework.