The International Governance Standards Board develops governance standards, evidence methodologies and controlled written assessment routes focused on how oversight, accountability, traceability and control can be evidenced in practice.
IGSB examines the documentary evidence supporting governance arrangements within defined organisational, technology and AI-enabled contexts. Its work is intended to complement - not replace - applicable law, regulation, recognised standards, internal governance arrangements or professional assurance.
Organisations may have policies, committees, accountability statements and control frameworks in place. The more difficult question is whether those arrangements can be demonstrated through current records, attributable decisions, oversight activity, escalation evidence and traceable review.
IGSB was established to develop structured methods for examining that evidence gap. Its work focuses on what can be evidenced within submitted information rather than relying only on stated intention, policy language or assumed practice.
IGSB develops and maintains the G-Series Governance Framework. G1 - Board Governance is focused on board oversight, decision authority, accountability and governance traceability.
G2 - Institutional Governance is focused on organisational governance structures, delegated authority, control ownership, oversight and institutional accountability.
G3 - Technology & AI Governance is focused on the governance evidence supporting technology, automated decision-making and AI-enabled systems.
IGSB operates through written correspondence and documentary evidence review.
Each enquiry is considered according to its defined scope, submitted information, evidence position, traceability and current institutional capacity.
Findings are limited to the evidence submitted and expressed using controlled classifications: Not submitted, Not evidenced, Partially evidenced, Evidenced within submitted information.
AI-supported tools may assist with evidence organisation, mapping and drafting. Final classifications, observations and issued outputs remain subject to human review and controlled authorisation by IGSB.
IGSB is an independent, founder-led governance standards initiative.
It is currently in a controlled development and market-validation stage, building its standards, evidence methodologies, research base, operating controls and written assessment routes through measured institutional activity.
IGSB does not claim accreditation, regulatory authority, official recognition or current certification-body status.
This founder-led structure does not reduce the requirement for methodological control. IGSB maintains controlled templates, evidence registers, quality-assurance checks, human approval gates and documented issue procedures for its written work.
IGSB does not replace legal duties, regulatory requirements, recognised management-system standards, professional assurance, technical testing or internal governance responsibility.
Existing frameworks may describe what organisations should have in place. The G-Series helps examine what can be evidenced within submitted information.
IGSB does not provide legal advice, consultancy or implementation services, audit assurance, regulatory approval, confirmation of legal or regulatory compliance, technical system certification, AI safety validation, accreditation, or current certification issuance.
Any written observation, readiness review or pre-assessment remains limited to the agreed scope and the information submitted.
Organisations may submit a written enquiry relating to the G-Series Governance Framework, governance evidence methodologies, research, institutional matters or the AI Governance Evidence Route.
The enquiry should identify the relevant organisation, AI-enabled system, vendor platform, internal use case or operational technology environment and briefly explain the evidence question being considered.
Do not submit confidential, personal, privileged or operationally sensitive information at initial contact. IGSB will confirm any controlled evidence-submission route in writing.
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