Founded by
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze
WHO Expert · Accreditation Canada Representative, Georgia · UN IAP Member, UN Secretary-General Appointment
About Accréditation Sans Frontières
We believe that quality improvement in healthcare should be accessible to every facility in the world — not just those that can afford international consultants and multi-day survey teams.
Who We Are
Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF) is an international non-profit accreditation standards body, legally established in Paris in 2020, with offices in Geneva and Tbilisi. We develop, maintain, and administer healthcare accreditation and certification standards for seven facility types — from hospitals to telemedicine services to home care providers.
We are founded on one insight: the barrier to quality improvement is not knowledge — it is access. Any facility in the world already knows what good looks like. What they lack is a structured, affordable, credible way to measure where they stand, document their progress, and earn recognition for their improvement.
The PHIG and ASF team at the Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi
Accreditation Canada certificate presentation, Georgia, 2023
What Makes ASF Different
- Standards are always free. Complete standards, full guidance, assessor notes — no account, no registration, no commitment. Constitutional commitment, not policy.
- Assessment in your own language. All accreditation and certification is conducted in the national language of healthcare practice. We fund translation for ADC review at our cost.
- Local regulation comes first. When national healthcare law is more demanding than ASF standards, national law governs.
- One day of external supervision per year. Not weeks. This works because four quarters of independently verified evidence exist before the visit.
- Independent decision committee. The ADC makes all accreditation decisions with an external majority and two-thirds threshold to deny.
- Fees, always published. Two packages, billed monthly, all prices on one page.
- Seven constitutional protections. Written into our founding statutes. Cannot be changed by management decision.