Association of Certified Commercial Diplomats (ACCD), which focuses on the protection, promotion, strengthening and safeguarding of the commercial diplomatic integrity, professionalism and standards, provides a wide range of professional membership options that are tailored to recognize seasoned career practitioners, including appropriately accredited commercial diplomats and new prospective practitioners alike.

ACCD is the first ever extraterritorial rules-based representative body and regulatory authority for commercial diplomats, commercial diplomatic profession, system-wide practices, and commercial diplomatic institutions.

The organisation is independent of government and does not owe allegiance to any political party. As an extraterritorial rules-based representative body and commercial diplomatic regulatory authority, ACCD's activities include advocating 'Responsible Commercial Diplomacy' [RCD], ensuring, enhancing and advancing professionalism, standardization and better impactful regulation of 'Accredited Commercial Diplomats' and 'Commercial Diplomatic Practice'.

As the mainstream of foreign policy, commercial diplomacy is a critical field that shapes how governments, multinational corporations and multilateral organizations formulate policies and strategies, and operate within legal frameworks, mechanisms and standards. 

Advanced research in this area is incredibly of significant importance, as it not only deepens our understanding of how commercial diplomacy navigate complex regulatory environments but also provides valuable insights into ethical and integrity-focused decision-making and long-term strategic success. 

Contributing to this body of skills-specific knowledge through publication is a meaningful opportunity to influence real-world practices and drive innovation in both policy development and legal compliance.

Umbrella of the Extraterritorial Rules-based Regulatory Body
The umbrella of ACCD covers international trade and investment, commerce and industry, agriculture and natural resources, maritime services and industry, arbitration and mediation, and others.

Qualification and Certification of Commercial Diplomatists
The ACCD-CDRA offers various qualifications, certifications and accreditations for practitioners and institutions involved in commercial diplomacy and value-added function of commercial diplomats.

Accreditation and Standardization Enforcement Oversight
The body focuses, principally, on the standardization, harmonization, liberalization, modernization, internationalization, institutionalization, professionalization, awareness raising, public advocacy, coalition-building, extraterritorialization and better impactful regulation of the commercial diplomatic sector-specific profession, system-wide practice, practice-oriented specialisms, skills-specific knowledge and practice-specific field.

The Presidium convenes as the Court Assembly to deal with accreditation and standardization enforcement oversight matters and disputes in accreditation procedures, especially between practitioner-candidates and the ACCD-CDRA. 

The Presidium is empowered with statutory responsibility, rights and plenipotentiary powers, as well as the authority to establish tribunals and related-relevant panels, refer matters relating to admission and accreditation procedures to the appropriately constituted 'appellate authority', and receive accreditation and admission reports, ensuring the implementation of recommendations and rulings contained in such reports, and authorization of actions, including the suspension of, and de-accreditation or expulsion of accredited commercial diplomats, especially in the event of non-compliance with recommendations and rulings contained in decisions made by any of the constituted bodies.

Becoming an Accredited Commercial Diplomat
ACCD is the first ever extraterritorial rules-based representative body with the pioneering statutory rights, and plenipotentiary regulatory powers, and authority to standardize, harmonize, modernize, liberalize, institutionalize, professionalize, extraterritorialize and impactfully regulate commercial diplomat(ist)s, the commercial diplomatic profession, system-wide practice and commercial diplomatic institutions.