The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to professional coaching.
[4] ICF is an accrediting and credentialing body for both training programs and coaches.
[4] ICF has over 50,000 members in over 150 countries and territories worldwide as of January 2022.
[6] Founded in 1995,[2] ICF campaigns for professional standards within the coaching profession, and provides independent certification for professional coaches (through three ICF credentials) and coach training programs (through ICF Training Program Accreditation).
[7][8][9] In 2011, the ICF and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) led in the lodging with the European Union a charter which lays out how the coaching and mentoring profession across Europe can remain a self-regulated profession.