BICSI Continuing Education and
Recertification Policies

Supporting ICT professionals with clarity, flexibility, and high standards

To better serve credential holders, providers, and event organizers, BICSI has restructured our continuing education credit (CEC) policies.

What once was a single CEC Policy is now three dedicated policies:

• Recertification Policy – For credential holders maintaining their BICSI certification.
• CEC Provider Policy – For organizations offering BICSI-recognized training.
• CEC Event Policy – For BICSI conferences, affiliate events, and endorsed events.

This change ensures consistency, quality, and transparency while giving professionals and partners more flexibility in how they earn and deliver CECs.

Recertification Policy
(For Credential Holders)

Maintaining your BICSI credential has never been easier or more flexible.

What’s New:

• Recognition for Expertise: Receive CECs for serving as a subject matter expert.
• Leadership & Service: Earn CECs for speaking at BICSI events, mentoring, volunteering, or serving on committees.
• Membership Matters: Your active BICSI individual membership now earns one (1) CEC
  per year.
• Ethics Training: One (1) BICSI ethics course per recertification cycle is now required (fulfilled for free through BICSI).
• Nano-learning: Earn CECs in focused increments as short as 15 minutes.

What’s Not Changing: The number of CECs required to recertify stays the same.

📄 Download the Recertification Policy
🔗 Log into BICSI Navigator to Review Your CECs

CEC Provider Program Policy
(For Training Providers)

Strengthening standards for organizations delivering BICSI-recognized training.

What to Know:

• Dedicated Policy: Now a stand-alone guide for corporate and industry CEC providers.
• Eligibility Standards: Must be ICT related, vendor neutral, interactive, and non-promotional.
• CEC Calculation Rules: One (1) CEC per 60 minutes, with clear rounding and break requirements.
• Provider Responsibilities: Issue accurate certificates, maintain current content, comply with audits, and remove expired references from marketing. Final presentation content must be submitted for review.
• Expanded Formats: Instructor-led training, webinars, blended and online courses, and nano-learning are recognized.
• Fee Schedule & Timelines: Standard review up to 45 business days; expedited review available; late fees may apply.

📄 Download the CEC Provider Policy

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Questions? Contact CECProviderApp@bicsi.org.

CEC Event Policy
(For BICSI Conferences & Affiliates)

Ensuring consistency and transparency for CECs awarded at events conducted by BICSI or its affiliates.

What to Know:

• Dedicated Event Policy: Applies only to BICSI conferences, affiliate events, and endorsed events.
• Clear Definitions: Distinguishes between conferences and events; defines RCDD^® conference credit requirements.
• Expanded Content Recognition: Includes nano-learning, technical, and non-technical content (e.g., safety, project management, business operations, leadership).
• Planning & Timelines: Submission deadlines, attendance reporting, and calculation rules fully defined.
• Fee Schedule: Additional review fees may apply if deadlines are not met.

📄 Download the CEC Event Policy
✉️ Questions? Contact: meetingservices@bicsi.org

Effective Date

All three policies go into effect on 1 September 2025.