The team (Prof. Dr. Prakash Ghimire, ERB Chair, Namita Ghimire, Research Officer, Affiliated ERB member and SP Bhattarai Store Officer) from the Ethical Review Board (ERB), Nepal Health Council (NHRC) traveled to attend 19th Forum for Ethical Review Committees in the Asian & Western Pacific Region (FERCAP) International Conference themed Harmonizing research ethics in a global setting Annual Conference at Penang, Malaysia from 24 to 27 November, 2019. On 27 Nov 2019, ERB, NHRC was awarded international accreditation with FERCAP.