Membership Categories
Member Association: a national association which is the largest association of firms providing technology-based intellectual consulting services for the built and natural environment in a country. |
Associate Member: any organisation, association, firm or groups of firms which is based in a country not having a Member Association, and which has a major part of its activity in the engineering consulting industry. This membership category is aimed at organizations that has as objective to become a FIDIC national Member Association. |
Affiliate Member: any individual, association, organisation, firm or groups of firms which is based in a country having or not having a Member Association, and which supports the objectives of the Federation. This membership category is aimed at commercial organisations who wish to maintain a close contact with FIDIC and to support the federation's activities at the local and international level. |
FIDIC principles for the selection of FIDIC membership categories
There can only be one national member organisation per country. If a Member Association exists in a country and a company or organisation qualifies to join this Member Association, then the company or organisation cannot become an Associate Member of FIDIC. To access the list of FIDIC Member Associations & Associates per country please click here.
An individual, company or organisation can apply for membership directly with FIDIC (usually as an Affiliate, but possibly as an Associate member in a special case), if:
- there is no national Member Association in the country; or
- the individual, company or organisation is not eligible to join a national Member Association, but qualifies for membership in FIDIC (e.g. an international law firm that works extensively with the consulting engineering industry internationally); or
- the individual, company or organisation is a full member or affiliate member of the National Member Association; or
- the individual, company or organisation has obtained approval from the national Member Association to seek membership in FIDIC even if not a member of the MA.
