The Australian Pilates Method Association (APMA) established in 1995, is Australia's leading Pilates representative body. All members have completed the full teacher training program and a rigorous examination process.

Its vision is to communicate the power and the passion of Pilates. Its primary goal is to achieve recognition of the method at government and health fund level and accreditation for qualified practitioners. It also makes a major contribution to the Pilates education and training curriculum and is a keen and active proponent of professional ethics and standards.

http://www.australianpilates.asn.au

The Body Control Pilates Association (BCPA) is Europe's foremost professional Pilates organisation. Itwas launched in February 1997 as a successor organisation to The Association of Pilates Teachers, which had been in existence since 1993. The BCPA currently comprises 700 teaching members in the UK and abroad. It is a non-profit making body.  

http://www.bodycontrol.co.uk

To promote the Pilates Method, and to disseminate information relating to the Pilates Method to other professionals and to the community at large;

To encourage pilates instructors to adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards;

To promote continuing education relating to ongoing practices and new developments in the Pilates Method by offering educational opportunities to members and the general public.

The Pilates Association of Canada is committed to work with other organizations such as: The Pilates Method Alliance and the British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association to draw up standards and procedures to regulate the certification of professionals in the teaching of the Pilates Method.

http://www.canadianpilatesassociation.ca