International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) | Canada's Association of Information Technology Professionals

IP3 - Leading the Development of the Global IT Profession

"IT is now a global industry that has a direct impact on all facets of society. The time has come to define and create the standards for a global IT profession. A profession that has a much greater business focus and has the appropriate set of competencies to play a full part in all stages of effective IT exploitation. There is a clear need for increased joint action and engagement of all key IT industry stakeholders, and for partnerships at the highest level. In a spirit of dialogue and cooperation, IP3 provides a global platform that will help shape and implement relevant policies to foster professionalism in IT worldwide."

Brenda Aynsley, FACS, CPP
Chair, IP3 Board of Directors

The International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) is a global initiative that was adopted by the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), a United Nations founded/UNESCO association, 60+ Member Societies at the IFIP General Assembly (GA) in 2006. IP3 consists of the leading professional IT associations across the globe that share a common vision to establish IT as a profession that is recognized and valued globally and has the same key strategic features that are common to most established professions.

CIPS has had a longstanding commitment to promoting professionalism in IT and has made good progress on its vision for the IT profession. CIPS is Canada’s representative to IFIP and is a founding member of IP3. In 2008, CIPS became the second association in the world to achieve IP3P accreditation status for its ITCP designation. Holders of the ITCP designation are now recognized globally under the IP3P standard.

Significant support for the IP3 initiative has been received from Canada’s leading IT organizations:

CATA
CACS/AIC
ICTC
ITAC