Become a full member - ECOS - European Environmental Citizens Organisation for Standardisation

Become a full member

Are you part of an NGO working to protect the environment? Does your organisation share our mission to defend environmental interests in the development of standards and product policies? Would you like to gain access to a range of exclusive benefits and opportunities? Have a look at what the ECOS full membership package entails:

In addition to networking and visibility opportunities and access to updates on standardisation developments, full members benefit from exclusive trainings, tailor-made workshops and the possibility to shape the ECOS work programme through the right to vote at the General Assembly. We also cover travel and accommodation costs when our full members come to ECOS events and trainings. For a detailed list of membership benefits, see below!

The membership application process is easy and quick. If you meet our eligibility criteria you can simply send us the application form together with the documents requested below. Your application will then be considered by our Executive Committee.

Our Membership Officer will be happy to answer any questions concerning our membership packages (in English, French, German and Italian). Get in touch with Pia Cencig at pia.cencig@ecostandard.org.

Full Membership Package - what's in it?

INVITATIONS TO ECOS EVENTS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY With travel and accommodation expenses covered by ECOS.

FREE ACCESS TO ECOS ANNUAL STANDARDISATION TRAINING & A TAILOR-MADE NATIONAL WORKSHOP ECOS can cover travel and accommodation expenses for the ECOS annual training & help co-organise and fund a national workshop on standardisation in your country.

SHAPING THE ORGANISATION & WORK PROGRAMME The right to vote at the General Assembly & the possibility to join one of our task forces.

INFORMATION UPDATES FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE ECOS Secretariat will update members on developments in European and international standardisation on a regular basis via the monthly Newsletter, direct mailings, social media and website, including a Members Area.

EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO MEMBERS AREA ON ECOS WEBSITE & PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO OUR FREE WEBINARS A Virtual Library of resources and tools supporting work in standardisation & webinars organised in line with Member's needs and possibly in cooperation with them.

VISIBILITY OPPORTUNITIES Promoting Members’ activities through various channels: our monthly Newsletter, dedicated news items on our website, social media.

POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS & PROFESSIONAL NETWORK Identify potential project partners and form alliances through exculsive access to an international network of experts and stakeholders in standardisation and product policy. ECOS can also help members establish relationships with their National Standards Body or other civil society stakeholders.

Can I become a member of ECOS?

A non-governmental organisation can become a full member if:

it is a legal entity or a consortium of legal entities in their own right, registered in a member state of the European Union (EU), of the European Economic Area (EEA) or of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), or in a country which is considered by the European Union as a candidate member.
it carries out its activities on a continuous basis, independent of any commercial, industrial or political influence or interest.
it demonstrates through its statutes and practice that: its main objective is to preserve, promote, defend and/or study environmental interests, with, in the latter case, the goal of advancing environmental protection; it has a national or regional outreach; and it works in one or more areas of environmental interests.

How do I apply?

Please send the documents listed below to ECOS Membership Officer, Pia Cencig: pia.cencig@ecostandard.org

The membership application form
The legal statutes of your association
The names of the current members of the Board of Directors
The most recent financial report
The most recent activity report

All applications must be approved by the ECOS Executive Committee.

Is there a membership fee?

The membership fee is adapted to geographical coverage of the member organisation and its annual income as described in the grid below.

APPLICATION FORM FOR FULL MEMBERSHIP

NAME OF ORGANISATION AND ACRONYM

In original language*

In English

YEAR OF FOUNDATION*

BODIES AND INTERNAL ORGANISATION*

You can upload an image or a graph describing internal organisation here:

STATUS AND TYPE & LEGAL BASIS

STATUTORY OBJECTIVES OF ORGANISATION*

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHERE THE ORGANISATION IS OPERATIVE

MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE

FINANCING*

PAID STAFF

AREAS OF ACTIVITY*

EXPERIENCE WITH STANDARDISATION WORK

RELATIONS WITH NATIONAL STANDARDISATION BODY

EXPERIENCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES

MEMBERSHIP IN OTHER INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL (E.G. EUROPEAN) NGOS

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN ECOS? WHY DO YOU WANT TO JOIN? WHICH MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE BENEFITS ARE YOU MOST INTERESTED IN?*

WHAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE BY ECOS DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO START CONTRIBUTING TO THE WORK

NAME OF PRESIDENT/ CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD MEMBERS*

NAME OF SECRETARY GENERAL/ CEO*

NAME AND EMAIL OF ORGANISATION’S CONTACT PERSON FOR RELATIONS WITH ECOS

For the ECOS website*

For the ECOS members mailing list*

ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, FAX, E-MAIL AND WEBSITE*

ACCOUNT FOR REIMBURSEMENTS

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

Please upload your legal statutes

Please upload your most recent activity report

Please upload your most recent financial report

Please upload your logo in high resolution

Name*

First

Last

Email*

With this membership application, our organisation wishes to become an ECOS member and commits to promoting and defending environmental interests in standardisation and technical product policies. Through our statutes and practice, we demonstrate that our main objective is to study, promote and defend the environmental interests and that we carry out our activities by accomplishments of a continuous nature, independent of any commercial, industrial or political party influence or interest. We know and accept ECOS' objectives, principles and by-laws. We further confirm that we are able to pay the ECOS annual membership fee and commit to doing so on a continuous basis.*

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ECOS is co-funded by the European Commission and EFTA

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