Accredited Membership is available to individuals who want to demonstrate their training and experience with an internationally recognised coaching standard.

As a motivated coach wanting to attract more clients, the ECI has an independently established accreditation level to suit your requirements.

The ECI provides six levels of accreditation for individual Coaches. Each level of accreditation demonstrates the training and coaching experience you have as a coach, by showing the number of hours of coach specific training and a coaching log showing the number of hours of coaching experience that you have.

Accredited Coaches come from a variety of backgrounds and practice in a large range of professions. So you may be a life, corporate, executive, business, work/life balance, parent, relationship, sports, retirement, health, and list continues, coach - who ever you are and however you coach, there are a whole host of benefits just waiting for you.

For full details of the benefits available for Accredited Membership, click here.

As part of your accreditation ECI accredited coaches agree to abide by the ECI's Standards and Ethics, which adds to the professionalism of the coaching industry. The six levels of Individual Coach Accreditation are:

WECI - Accredited at Work Coach (ECI)
Application fee	25 €uros
Accreditation fee	70 €uros
Annual fee (applicable from one year after application)	170 €uros
Requirements	Explanatory notes Accreditation process
100 hours of specific coach training Copy of Coaching Log, showing 50 hours of coaching experience and the benefits of using coaching at work, of which at least 80% is coaching within your work environment. Copy of Training Certificate(s) Copy of Continuing Professional Development log Testimonials from 5 individuals at work Tape or CD recording of 2 coaching sessions Successful completion of interview with a member of the ECI Accreditation Team Completion of Declaration of Integrity Payment of one-off registration fee and application fee.
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PECI - Accredited Practitioner Coach (ECI)
Application fee	25 €uros
Accreditation fee	70 €uros
Annual fee (applicable from one year after application)	170 €uros
Requirements	Explanatory notes Accreditation process
150 hours of specific coach training Copy of Coaching Log, showing 50 hours of coaching experience, of which at least 80% is paid Copy of Training Certificate(s) Copy of Continuing Professional Development log Testimonials from 5 paying clients Tape or CD recording of 2 coaching sessions Successful completion of interview with a member of the ECI Accreditation Team Completion of Declaration of Integrity Payment of one-off registration fee and application fee.
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CECI - Accredited Corporate Coach (ECI)
Application fee	25 €uros
Accreditation fee	210 €uros
Annual fee (applicable from one year after application)	170 €uros
Requirements	Explanatory notes Accreditation process
300 hours of specific coach training (This is an additional 150 hours over Accredited Practitioner Coach training.) Copy of Coaching Log, showing 750 hours of coaching experience, of which at least 80% is paid Copy of Training Certificate(s) Copy of Continuing Professional Development log Testimonials from 5 paying clients Tape or CD recording of 2 coaching sessions Successful completion of interview with a member of the ECI Accreditation Team Completion of Declaration of Integrity Payment of one-off registration fee and application fee.
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SECI - Accredited Senior Coach (ECI)
Application fee	25 €uros
Accreditation fee	210 €uros
Annual fee (applicable from one year after application)	170 €uros
Requirements	Explanatory notes Accreditation process
300 hours of specific coach training (This is an additional 150 hours over Accredited Practitioner Coach training.) Copy of Coaching Log, showing 750 hours of coaching experience, of which at least 80% is paid Copy of Training Certificate(s) Copy of Continuing Professional Development log Testimonials from 5 paying clients Tape or CD recording of 2 coaching sessions Successful completion of interview with a member of the ECI Accreditation Team Completion of Declaration of Integrity Payment of one-off registration fee and application fee.
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MECI - Accredited Master Coach (ECI)
Application fee	25 €uros
Accreditation fee	210 €uros
Annual fee (applicable from one year after application)	170 €uros
Requirements	Explanatory notes Accreditation process
450 hours of specific coach training (This is an additional 300 hours over Accredited Practitioner Coach training, or an additional 150 hours over Accredited Corporate Coach or or Accredited Senior Coach training.) Copy of Coaching Log, showing 4,000 hours of coaching experience, of which at least 80% is paid Copy of Training Certificate(s) Copy of Continuing Professional Development log Testimonials from 5 paying clients Tape or CD recording of 2 coaching sessions Successful completion of interview with a member of the ECI Accreditation Team Completion of Declaration of Integrity Payment of one-off registration fee and application fee.
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FECI - Accredited Fellow Coach (ECI)
Application fee	25 €uros
Accreditation fee	210 €uros
Annual fee (applicable from one year after application)	170 €uros
Requirements	Explanatory notes Accreditation process
600 hours of specific coach training (This is an additional 450 hours over Accredited Practitioner Coach training, or an additional 300 hours over Accredited Corporate Coach or Accredited Senior Coach training, or an additional 150 hours over Accredited Master Coach training.) Copy of Coaching Log, showing 8,000 hours of coaching experience, of which at least 80% is paid Copy of Training Certificate(s) Copy of Continuing Professional Development log Testimonials from 5 paying clients Tape or CD recording of 2 coaching sessions Successful completion of interview with a member of the ECI Accreditation Team Completion of Declaration of Integrity Payment of one-off registration fee and application fee.
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Selecting the correct level of accreditation is an important step in your career. This provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to reach the highest standards you can attain in the coaching profession.

The purpose of Accreditation is to:

1. reinforce coaching as a professional industry.
2. demonstration that, as an industry, coaching is able to demonstrate it's professionalism through the independent requirements defined in each accreditation status above.
3. assure the individuals and organisations that are hiring coaches, that accredited coaches and those listed in the Coach Referral Programme, have met or exceed the accreditation requirements defined for the selected accreditation level.

Accreditation with the ECI, once granted, remains with the coach for the length of their career. To demonstrate continuing professional development, the ECI requests that all accredited coaches do a minimum of 25 hours CPD per annum. This will be evidenced by their CPD log. Each accredited coach is required to submit updated copies of their Coaching Hours log and CPD log every 3 years; to demonstrate their continuing professional experience and career development. Coaches are encouraged to continue to upgrade their accreditation status in line with their experience and training.

The ECI does not work in competition with other international accreditation organisations, but co-operates and supports other organisations that have the same purpose in mind. For this reason, the ECI recognises the accreditation/credentials awarded by these organisations. For further information on how to transfer your accreditation to the ECI, please email accreditation@the-eci.org.

Where you have trained through an accredited ECI course, the course content will be known by the ECI and as such a simplified accreditation process is available to you. You can either apply for your accreditation through the links above, or through those provided to your Training Organisation. For further information, please do not hesitate to email accreditation@the-eci.org.