Accreditation - iRAP | Road Safety Assessment Accreditation

iRAP accreditation helps ensure that iRAP assessments are performed to the same consistently high level of quality worldwide. Practitioners that are accredited can become part of a market of practitioners/suppliers that are able to bid competitively to provide iRAP-specification services.

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Benefits of iRAP accreditation

Formal acknowledgement that a practitioner can perform iRAP-specification activities.
Formal acknowledgement that an inspection system is capable of being used to perform iRAP specifications.
Listing on the iRAP website as an accredited practitioner. This listing is used regularly by organisations procuring iRAP-specification services, such as the World Bank.
Join a community that is guided by the iRAP Accreditation Code of Conduct.
License to use the iRAP Accredited logo.

Four categories of iRAP accreditation

Activity accreditation is for individual practitioners who perform iRAP assessment activities.
Inspection system accreditation is for equipment and software used to perform iRAP surveys and road attribute coding.
AiRAP attribute accreditation is for data suppliers capable of automatically producing road attribute data for use in iRAP assessments.
AiRAP enabled inspection system accreditation, is for equipment and software that meets requirements for inspection system accreditation and AiRAP attribute accreditation.

Type of Accreditation available

Activity accreditation is for individual practitioners who perform iRAP assessment activities.

Activity Accreditation

Four types of activity accreditation are available to individual practitioners:

Road survey (described in the iRAP Survey Manual).
Road Attribute Coding (described in the iRAP Coding Manual).
Analysis and Reporting (described in the iRAP Star Rating and Investment Plan Manual).
SR4S Quality Review (only by invitation)

Practitioners that hold activity accreditation have completed training and successfully completed a test and have demonstrated experience. They have also signed the iRAP Accredited Supplier Code of Conduct. Activity accreditation is renewed annually based on demonstrated experience and may include refresher training and consideration of client feedback. Practitioners may hold one or more category of accreditation at a time.

The process activity accreditation is shown in the graphic below.

Accreditation of Inspection Systems

An accredited inspection system is capable of being used in the performance of survey activities described in iRAP Survey Manual and road attribute coding activities described in the iRAP Coding Manual.

The requirements for system accreditation are described in the iRAP Inspection System Accreditation Specification.

The process for accreditation of an inspection system is shown in the graphic below.

AiRAP attribute accreditation

AiRAP attribute accreditation is for the conversion (using AI or machine learning methods) of source data into iRAP attributes. It is compulsory for AiRAP attributes to be accredited before use in local and regional KPI reporting and iRAP assessments, unless the data is collected in a project is designated as a ‘pilot’ (and in which accreditation will be attained as part of the pilot project).

For more information about the AiRAP attribute accreditation process, see the document titled, AiRAP Attribute Accreditation Process.

AiRAP -enabled inspection systems

AiRAP-enabled inspection systems meet requirements for inspection system accreditation and AiRAP attribute accreditation.

They must be capable of automatically integrating AiRAP attribute data into the inspection system.

Apply for accreditation

To apply for iRAP activity or inspection system accreditation, please complete the standard application form.

The time required to achieve accreditation varies. The process may take months if extensive training or development work is required, or just a couple of weeks for experienced practitioners and well-developed systems.

Fees

As a charity, our lifesaving work is only made possible through the generosity of our donors. We also benefit greatly from the goodwill of many individuals and research organisations around the world who are committed to saving lives through safer roads. Fees for accreditation are vitally important in ensuring that these activities are sustainable and remain accessible to every country.

Type	Country	Fee (USD)	Renewal period	Renewal fee (USD)
Individual practitioners *	High income	300	1 year	300
Individual practitioners *	Not high income	150	1 year	150
Inspection system (survey and coding)	All	9,750	3 years	4,875
AiRAP ≤10 / >10 attributes	All	9,600 / 14,400	3 years	4,800 / 7,200
AiRAP-enabled inspection system ≤10 / >10 attributes	All	13,550 / 15,950	3 years	6,775 / 7,975