The certification

In an extensively globalised and highly competitive trade fair system, those who participate both as exhibitors and visitors have an increasing need to compare, evaluate and choose suitable and optimal trade fair events for their business activities, documented through reliable and comparable data.

Certification certifies that a service or product complies with a specific standard that establishes its requirements.

The ISFCERT certification system, developed in compliance with regional regulations pertaining to the national trade fair system and international UFI and ISO protocols, makes use of a rigorous data collection methodology that allows for the most reliable transparency in trade fairs.

The ISFCERT mark thus becomes synonymous with transparency and guarantee.

Certified data

The ISO25639:2008 certification is a product certification that certifies the size of the event and the origin of its operators, i.e. the number of exhibitors, visitors, their origin, conference events and exhibition space.

For exhibitors:

  • the number of direct exhibitors
  • the number of indirect exhibitors
  • their origin
  • the type (optional)

For visitors:

  • the number of visitors
  • the number of visits
  • their origin
  • their typology (optional)

For exhibition surfaces:

  • the measurement of the net exhibition area

For conference activity:

  • the number of conferences and similar events (optional)

ISFCERT Objectives

ISFCERT certifies basic information on trade fairs in order to:

  • obtain the attribution of the qualification of events by the competent bodies and contribute to the formation of the Italian Exhibition Calendar;
  • protect the right to correct information of those who participate as users in trade fairs;
  • verify the consistency of Italian regulations with international ones by participating in the institutional activity of UFI (The Global Association of The Exhibition Industry);
  • to ensure the presence of Italian trade fairs in world trade fair rankings.