Members
Become a WECF Member
Download the membership form as a word document.
Why join WECF?
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WECF supports members with their lobbying activities
- WECF informs its members about key developments in the areas of environment, health and sustainable development
- WECF finds funds to involve its members in international policy making
- WECF provides members with access to an international network of experts
- WECF finds funds to work with members on joint projects for health, environment and sustainable development
Who can join WECF?
Full members of the WECF network
Civil
non-profit organisations (NGOs) with a legal status that endorse the
mission and objectives of the WECF network can become a full member.
When NGOs with a broader mission cannot or do not want to become a
member themselves but have working groups and committees that have a
specific focus on sustainable development and environment issues and
endorse the mission and objectives of WECF, these working groups or
committees can become full member of the network with a voting right.
Individuals
such as scientists working at scientific institutions or professional
experts working for NGOs that are not a member organisation of WECF,
who endorse the WECF mission and objectives and want to contribute to
the work of WECF, can also become full members, however there is a
restriction to their voting rights in comparison with member
organisations.
The full membership is confined to organisations, working groups and committees of organisations and individuals active in the western and eastern European region, including the CIS.
Associate members
Organisations that adhere to the mission and objectives but for some reason cannot or do not (yet) want to become a full member or cannot (yet) be accepted by the Steering Committee as a full member, can become an associate member. Associate members have the right to participate in WECF meetings and activities and to receive WECF information, but have no voting rights.
Honorary members
Honorary members
are individual persons to whom the association wishes to confer this
status for their moral support or actual work they contributed. They
will have the same voting rights as other individual members.
Membership Application
Membership Contributions
WECF asks
members to contribute to the administrative costs of co-ordinating the
network activities (e.g. informing members about important events, new
research and opportunities, organising conference calls, joint actions,
etc.). Contributions can be financial or "in kind" contributions (i.e.
donation of your time to help with work, translations, events, etc.)
Full Members
| Organisations from the EU / OECD: | 50 Euros per year or "in kind" |
| Organisations from the CEE / NIS: | 25 Euros per year or "in kind" |
Individual members
Donation according to one's means
Associate Members
| Organisations from the EU / OECD: | 25 Euros per year or "in kind" |
| Organisations from the CEE / NIS: | 25 Euros per year or "in kind" |
How to become a member or associate member?
In
order to become a member, an organisation or individual will have to
sign and submit a completed membership application form, implying that
they agree with the mission and goals of the WECF Network.
The
Steering Committee will need to approve new members. In case the
application form is submitted by email, the WECF office will send a
confirmation letter back that has to be signed by a legal
representation of the organisation or - in case of an individual member
- by this person, and has to be returned to the WECF office in the
Netherlands.
Ending the membership
If a member decides to cancel the membership, this can be done by notifying the Steering Committee through the WECF office.
The
Committee (in consultation with the Board of WECF) will also be
responsible for dismissing members, if their activities are deemed to
be harmful to the objectives of WECF.
Membership rights and obligations
The General Assembly of the WECF network
The
General Assembly of WECF will be held once in every two or three years,
depending on sufficient funding being available. Members can be partly
or fully reimbursed for travel and accommodation depending on the
financial situation of their organisation. Members do not have to
attend the General Assembly.
Voting
Each
organisation (or working group or committee) that is a full member has
one vote at the General Assembly. Individual full members can also vote
but the total of their votes in any meeting cannot be more then 50 % of
the votes cast by member organisations (including committees and
working groups).
A member who cannot be present at the
assembly, can mandate its vote to a proxy in writing who has to be
representing another member. No delegate shall cast more than 5 votes.
Rules and regulations
The
membership can propose changes or additions to rules and regulations in
any and all matters in connection with the activities of the WECF
network.
The Steering Committee will then determine new or
changed rules subject to the legal authority of the Board. The rules
and regulations may not contain provisions contrary to the bylaws of
the WECF Foundation.
WECF Working Groups
The members of the network can form long term or ad hoc
working groups within the network, to collaborate on specific issues or
to prepare common visions and policy input.
The projects and
activities undertaken by each working group must be in accordance with
the mission and goals of WECF and with the policy and planned work of
the WECF network, as agreed by the Steering Committee. WECF aims to
raise funds to support the work of the working groups. Members are also
invited to help with fundraising for the activities of their working
group.
WECF coordination and support
WECF is a non-profit, non-governmental-organisation, coordinated from the Netherlands, Germany and France. WECF receives financial support from foundations and private and institutional donors.
- Join WECF and help to strengthen the position of women from environmental and health organisations in their local work and international policy making.
- Join WECF so that the network has a stronger voice at international policy meetings.
- Join WECF to facilitate funding for joint projects with members.
Download (Word): Membership Form - Membership Rules
