Affiliate Member: any 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 organizations which aim to maintain a close contact with FIDIC and to support the federation's activities.

Associate Member: any individual, 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 aims to become a FIDIC national Member Association.

The general principles for FIDIC membership are that:

• there can only be one national member organization per country;
• if a Member Association exists in a country and a company or organization qualifies to join this Member Association, then the company or organization cannot be an Affiliate or Associate Member of FIDIC.

A company or organization will generally belong directly to FIDIC (usually as an Affiliate, but possibly as an Associate in a special case, if:

• there is no national Member Association in the country; or
• the 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).

Details of membership procedures are available for Member Associations and for the other membership categories (Affiliate; Associate).

FIDIC’s membership currently numbers some 78 Member Associations from all over the world.

These Member Associations represent consultants supplying technology-based intellectual services for the built and natural environment, and are representative of the industry in their respective countries.

FIDIC, as an international federation, therefore represents the interests of  some one million consulting engineers, and thereby the majority interest of the consulting engineering industry, world-wide.

National Member Associations generally have permanently staffed Secretariats. Many publish directories of companies and organizations related to the consulting engineering industry in their country. They also organize activities, so the national Member Associations are generally the best place to start with if you are seeking information about consulting engineers in a specific country.

Full contact details of the FIDIC national Member Associations are given in the Directory

FIDIC groups national Member Associations in the Asia-Pacific region and in Africa by regions. In the Americas and Europe, there are regional federations with which FIDIC cooperates closely. News and information about these regional groupings are accessed via FIDIC.org Regions. This regions area also provides a convenient entry point for locating member firms based in the various regions.

Details about the procedures to be followed for national Associations to apply for Member Association membership and to remain members, are maintained in Forums. The FIDIC Statutes provide the legal framework for membership, and FIDIC has published Guidelines for the Constitution of a National Member Association.

Any 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.

Applications for Affiliate Membership are proposed by the Member Association in whose country the organization is situated, except that international and national representative organizations may be proposed by the Executive Committee.

In practice, for organizations other than international and national representative organizations, an application is made to the FIDIC Secretariat, and FIDIC consults with the relevant Member Association.

Benefits of membership include:

• The right to use the designation “Affiliate Member of FIDIC” on stationery, with the FIDIC logo, thus enhancing the status of an organisation in the consulting engineering sphere.
• Direct reception of the regular electronic newsletter FIDIC News and the opportunity to advertise in this publication.
• Direct reception, generally by email, of reports of meetings, notably those with the multilateral development agencies.
• Special noting of the designation “Affiliate Member” in lists of attendees at FIDIC meetings or conferences.
• Listing in appropriate FIDIC publications, notably the booklet FIDIC Info and the FIDIC Annual Review.
• Advance notice of new or revised FIDIC publications including contracts, and the opportunity to purchase copies at Member rates.
• Access to a referral service whereby requests for information received by the FIDIC Secretariat are channelled at first instance to Affiliate Members where considered relevant.
• The opportunity to participate in meetings with the FIDIC President and Managing Director during visits to their country’s Member Association.
• Access to FIDIC member firms and key person mailing list if required.
• Eligibility to participate in FIDIC committee, task force and forum membership in areas of expertise and interest.
• The opportunity to propose speakers and topics for inclusion, subject to approval by the programme committee, in the FIDIC Annual Conference programme.

Details about the procedures to be followed to apply for Affiliate Membership and to remain a member, are maintained in Forums. You can also download a two-page brochure in PDF.

Before election, if appropriate, Associates will be asked to indicate that they shall do their utmost to make an association eligible for membership of FIDIC as a national member Association.

Benefits include:

• The right of the organization to use the designation “FIDIC Associate Member” on stationery, with the FIDIC logo, thus enhancing the status of an organization in the consulting engineering sphere.
• The right of the organization's  components to use the designation “Member of a FIDIC Associate Member of FIDIC” on stationery, with the FIDIC logo, thus enhancing the status of an organization in the consulting engineering sphere.
• Direct reception of the regular electronic newsletter FIDIC News and the opportunity to advertise in this publication.
• Direct reception, generally by email, of reports of meetings, notably those with the multilateral development agencies.
• Special noting of the designation “Associate Member” in lists of attendees at FIDIC meetings or conferences.
• Listing in appropriate FIDIC publications, notably the booklet FIDIC Info and the FIDIC Annual Review.
• Advance notice of new or revised FIDIC publications including contracts, and the opportunity to purchase copies at Member rates.
• Access to a referral service whereby requests for information received by the FIDIC Secretariat are channelled at first instance to Associate Members where considered relevant.
• The opportunity to participate in meetings with the FIDIC President and Managing Director during visits to their country’s Member Association.
• Access to FIDIC member firms and key person mailing list if required.
• Being entitled to attend the General Assembly Meetings of the Federation as an observer.
• Being consulted on any matters under consideration by the General Assembly.
• Direct reception of the regular electronic newsletter FIDIC News and the opportunity to advertise in this publication.
• Direct reception, generally by email, of reports of meetings, notably those with the multilateral development agencies.
• Access to FIDIC member firms and key person mailing list if required.

Details about the procedures to be followed to apply for Associate Membership and to remain a member, are maintained in Forums.

Updated: February 2008