Secretariat
Contact
The Association is reached in writing. Three offices handle correspondence, and each handles only its own. Correspondence sent to the wrong office is forwarded, which takes longer.
General Secretariat
secretariat@ibsa.li
Office hours: Monday to Thursday, 09:00 to 11:30. Correspondence is answered in the order received.
The registered address of the Association is filed with the Liechtenstein commercial register and is not published. Correspondence is by electronic means. Material sent by post is not received, having nowhere to be sent.
Examinations Office
The Examinations Office does not correspond directly. All correspondence for it, including registrations and enquiries about results, is addressed to the General Secretariat, which forwards what falls outside its competence. The Association is aware that this arrangement is unusual and has retained it since 2011.
The Examinations Office handles admission, registration, results and appeals. It does not give results by telephone, does not extend deadlines, and does not confirm whether a named person has sat an examination.
Registrations must quote the Candidate Reference in full. Where an invitation admits more than one candidate, all candidates named on it register on a single form.
Press enquiries
Addressed to the General Secretariat, marked for the attention of the Board. The Association last issued a statement to the press in 2011 and does not expect to do so again.
What not to send
Material addressed to the Association is disposed of unopened. The sender is invoiced at cost. Repeat senders are invoiced in advance.
Photographs have not been accepted since 2018.
The subjects below are settled and are not answered. Enquiries about them are filed without reply and do not join the queue.
Wind. Odour as a surface characteristic. The existence of a Type 8. The designation of the Association. The orientation of the arrow in the association mark. The events of 23 August 1996, beyond what is published.
The Secretariat occupies part of a floor in Vaduz and is not open to the public. There is no laboratory and no collection. Visitors who have travelled for this purpose are given a copy of the standard.