The SDD Certification Body is a UNIT operating under Future Worlds Center. It is responsible for the supervision and implementation of an international SDD Certification Scheme that serves the certification of expert individuals across the globe who wish to practice the Structured Dialogic Design Process as Certified SDD Facilitators.
The certification scheme is implemented by the Future Worlds Center, who is also the only body legally responsible for this process. The certification scheme is however conducted in collaboration with, and it is recognized by the Institute for 21st Century Agoras.
The SDD Certification Body implements its Policies and Procedures though the work of three Committees:
- An International Supervising Board, which appoints members to the other two committees and supervises the whole process,
- An Examination Committee, which is in charge of planning and implementing examinations and
- An Certification Committee, which receives and processes applications for certification to the various levels and awards certifications.
The separate constitutions and different and distinct responsibilities of the above three committees are regulated through the Separation of Committee Responsibilities Policy and serve the deontological and transparent implementation of all processes.