SEETB Amitted to ISTQB

  • 01 Oct 2005
The ISTQB (International Testing Qualifications Board - http://www.istqb.org/) has been officially founded in Edinburgh in November 2002. The organisation has certified until now more 25,000 specialists all over the world.

The South East European Testing Board (SEETB - http://www.seetb.org/) was founded in February 2005 in Sofia. Different companies and countries from the region are members of the organization. President of SEETB is Mitko Mitev - Managing Director of Quality House

Quality House is the first and so far the only accredited ISTQB training provider in South East Europe. It works in close partnership with ISTQB and offers specialized Foundation Level courses. Quality House will be accredited soon for Advanced Level courses which will be offered to the Testing audience as possibility for contemporary professional development.

The ISTQB is responsible for the "ISTQB Certified Tester", which is an international qualification scheme. Qualifications in the scheme are based on a syllabus, and there shall be a hierarchy of qualifications and guidelines for accreditation and examination.

It is the ISTQBs role to support a single, universally accepted, international qualification scheme, aimed at software and system testing professionals, by providing the core syllabi and by setting guidelines for accreditation and examination for national boards.

The content of each syllabus is given in form of courses by training providers, which have been accredited by national boards. They are globally marketed under the brand name "ISTQB-Certified-Tester".

Each course is concluded by an examination covering the content of the syllabus. After the examination, each successful participant receives the "ISTQB-Certified-Tester" certificate.

The accreditation process and certification are regulated by accreditation and certification regulations of the national boards in their various valid versions.

SEETB as a full member of ISTQB will take care of the international certification scheme "ISTQB" in South East Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro), with accrediting companies and certifying people.

SEETB Mission:
To provide professional certification according to international testing standards led by ISTQB

* Accreditation of training providers
* Certification of test professionals
* To promote testing as a profession in South East Europe Develop testing profession certifications - based on ISTQB certification
* Develop Professional Testing Certificates, based on ISTQB
* Introduce ISTQB in the region

After the meeting in London the President of the SEETB, Mitko Mitev (Bulgaria), expressed the eagerness of the board members to make the certification successful all over South East Europe


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