Verification and recognition of qualifications

For nearly fifty years, TruMerit has served global health systems and supported patient safety by validating the education, skills, and job-readiness of foreign-educated nurses and other healthcare workers seeking education or entry to practice in their country of choice through credential assessment. We support authoritative bodies across health sectors in making informed decisions about the professional status of their candidates by providing reliable credential verification and assessment data – useful tools in determining candidate eligibility according to the respective standards for academic admission, immigration, licensure, or professional practice.

As the world seeks new strategies to address ongoing health workforce shortages, TruMerit recognizes the need for streamlined, trustworthy systems for validating the credentials of migrant health professionals. By leveraging data-driven tools, comparability frameworks, and competency-based certifications, countries can accelerate recognition processes, safeguard against fraud, and maintain high standards for care. Other vital innovations include testing tools for foreign-educated nationals, enabling the assessment and benchmarking of nursing competencies before migration.

Read more about this approach in the context of the European Union: Verifying and Benchmarking Non-EU Nursing Qualifications Against EU Standards: Advanced tools and support mechanisms

Global certifications

TruMerit advances global certifications as practical tools to support a trusted and mobile health workforce. Our frameworks establish clear, internationally relevant benchmarks that help stakeholders’ readiness for practice while maintaining high standards of care across diverse systems. Through our global affairs work, we engage governments, regulators, international organizations, and professional bodies to promote awareness, understanding, and appropriate use of these certifications.

We focus on building partnerships that ensure global certifications complement national systems and respond to real workforce needs. This includes engagement with regional organizations, professional associations, and public authorities exploring approaches to strengthen transparency, comparability, and trust in qualifications. TruMerit remains committed to enhance confidence in credentials, enable informed decision-making, and expand access to opportunity without compromising quality in local contexts.

Our efforts are closely aligned with our broader portfolio:

• Global certifications
  • Certified Global Nurse (CGN)
  • Global rehabilitation certifications
• Digital credentials and verification

Ethical recruitment

With rising demand for health professionals across the globe and a marked increase in migration to fill gaps in the healthcare workforce, it is imperative that migrating health professionals are recruited fairly, ethically, and with transparency for employment across borders. Their professional journey should be free of coercive practices, undue financial burdens, and discrimination as they bring their education and experience to health systems in need.

The Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices

To address concerns about the treatment of foreign-educated healthcare professionals by international recruitment and staffing firms, TruMerit worked with other stakeholders to establish the Health Care Code for Ethical International Recruitment and Employment Practices and the Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices, with an independent Advisory Board, to oversee the implementation of the Code and Certified Ethical Recruiter (CER) program. Through ongoing commitment and rigor, the Alliance Code and Certification has become the global industry standard for ensuring fair treatment for migrating workers and maintaining accountability in the recruitment process.

Bilateral Agreements

Ensuring ethical international healthcare recruitment also requires engagement at the government level. Bilateral agreements between countries can strengthen protections for health personnel while helping ensure that receiving countries contribute to, and support, the health systems of origin countries.

Read more on the use of bilateral agreements in the space of health worker migration: Bilateral agreements on health worker migration and mobility (WHO, OECD, and ILO)

Sustainable Development Goals

TruMerit’s global affairs work is grounded in a strong commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. While our core focus is on strengthening the global health workforce, we recognize that health outcomes are deeply interconnected with broader social, economic, and development priorities. Our work directly contributes to advancing health and well-being, but it also supports progress across multiple goals, including quality education, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, and partnerships for sustainable development.

A key component of this effort is our engagement with the global civil society community through our membership in the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). Through this platform, we collaborate with a diverse network of non-governmental organizations working across sectors and regions. This engagement enables us to contribute to collective advocacy, share expertise, and support coordinated approaches to advancing the SDGs.

By working alongside other NGOs within CoNGO, we are able to connect health workforce priorities with broader development agendas, ensuring that our contributions are part of a more integrated and inclusive global response. This collective approach strengthens our ability to support sustainable systems, promote equity, and advance shared goals.