Certification Costs

The Certified Master Facilitator/Provisional CMF assessments require a program fee of $1200. Credit cards are accepted. Click here to pay securely online. Checks should be made payable to the International Institute for Facilitation and mailed with your Stage 1 Packet information. The program fee includes:

  1. Analysis of your Experience and verification of a sample subset

  2. Verification of your Client References

  3. Review and assessment of your Written Submission

  4. Review and assessment of your video Session and Detailed Facilitation Guide

As a result of the certification program, you will receive:

Written feedback on your written submission

Written feedback on your video submission

Detailed breakdown of your certification scores

Overall assessment rating:

  • Advanced: Score 4.0 or higher (out of 5.0) in each competency area in the knowledge and performance assessment.

  • Accomplished: Score 3.0 or higher in each competency area

  • Associate: Score 2.0 or higher in each competency area

  • Apprentice: Score under 2.0 on one or more of the competency areas

Successful candidates will also receive a certificate and will be listed on the INIFAC website as long their certification is maintained.

Certification Refunds, Resubmissions & Cancellation Policy

  1. For a candidate who fails in Stage-1 due to disqualified sessions, the facilitator may, on a one-time basis, submit up to 10 additional sessions for verification within 30 days of notification by the INIFAC office. The fee for the additional submission is $100.

  2. For a candidate who receives the Provisional CMF, who resubmits the experience form with additional sessions, the fee for verifying the additional sessions is $100.

  3. For candidates completing Stage-2 without qualifying for CMF or Provisional CMF status, they can resubmit within 3 years of the prior submittal. The resubmission fee is one-half of the standard fee. The Stage-1 documentation does not need to be resubmitted.

  4. Cancellation Policy: $75 non-refundable application fee. Balance of fee is fully refundable within 30 days upon written request. 50% of application fee is refundable up to 6 months of the date of your application. The application fee is good for 3 years from the date of application. After 3 years, you will have to reapply and pay the application fee.