Certification Criteria

The Certification Criteria for the Community Inclusion Standard (CIS) provides the technical standards that a project would be audited against, to achieve an NFCA CIS certification, either at a Basic or Enhanced level.

Basic level certification provides assurances on community inclusion and engagement.

Enhanced level certification provides assurances on the management of community benefits.

The intended audience of the certification criteria are professional auditors, trained in the validation and verification of projects against specified standards.

For anyone outside of this profession, we encourage you to focus on our best practice guide, which provides practical and plain English guidance on how to achieve these levels of certification.