Becoming a member: a few easy steps
All you have to do to become an ACR+ member is to follow these easy steps:
- Fill in the online membership form or ask the Secretariat (Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.) a Word version. Please note that Invited members have to fill in a different form.
- Upon receipt of the membership form, we will send you an invoice.
- Upon payment of the invoice, you will receive your new member package.
- Enjoy your membership!
Membership categories
- Effective members: local, regional or national public authorities dealing with sustainable resources management. Effective members take part in the General Assembly with voting rights.
- Partner members: any organisation which is not a local, regional or national authority. This includes: NGO's, academic institute or scientific body, consultancy firms, professional federation, national authorities or agencies, private companies and network of local authorities. Partner members participate to ACR+ activities the same way as effective members, and support its objectives by the payment of a membership fee, but they do not have any voting right in the General Assembly.
- Invited members: public authorities from specific countries of the South / East Mediterranean region1 invited to join ACR+ for a limited period of 3 years and benefits from all the services to the members pro-bono. Invited members would not have any voting right in the General Assembly. Interested public authorities are requested to fill in an online form or contact ACR+ Secretariat to become an Invited member.
1 Countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, Syria and Tunisia and to the East: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) and countries of the Enlargement Policy (Albania, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo**) - Supportive members: ACR+ members who would like to take an active role in the development of ACR+ and push forward the services and benefits offered by the network can become Supportive members and contribute to the network with a 10,000 € fee (yearly membership fee included). If you are interested, please contact Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
Membership fees (2023)
Effective members:
- Less than 50,000 inh.: 690 €
- Between 50,000 and 100,000 inh.: 1,380 €
- Between 100,000 and 500,000 inh.: 2,070 €
- Between 500,000 and 2 M° inh.: 2,770 €
- More than 2 M° inh.: 3,460 €
- National authorities or agencies: 4,150 €
- Networks of local authorities less than 2 million inh.: 3,460 €
- Networks of local authorities over 2 million inh.: 6,930 €
Partner members:
- NGO's: 275 €
- Academic institute or scientific body: 275 €
- Social utility companies: 275 €
- Consultancy firms - micro-sized***: 1,380 €
- Consultancy firms - small-sized***: 3,460 €
- Consultancy firms - medium-sized***: 6,600 €
- Professional Federation: 4,150 €
- Private companies: 6,930 €
* This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the European Union Member States on this issue.
**This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
***according to the terminology for SMEs developed by the European Union:
Company category | Staff headcount | Turnover | or | Balance sheet total | |
Medium-sized | < 250 | ≤ € 50 m | ≤ € 43 m | ||
Small | < 50 | ≤ € 10 m | ≤ € 10 m | ||
Micro | < 10 | ≤ € 2 m | ≤ € 2 m |