Did you know that the average income in some European countries is less than 10% of that in some other countries? To cope with that, our General Assembly decided on a fairer system for membership fees.
From 1 January 2018, all countries will be assigned to one of four different fee groups, aligned to their 2015 GDP PPP (i.e. the 2015 gross domestic product per capita in international dollars regarding purchasing power parity). These four groups will include the following fees for members from the following countries:
Membership category |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
Group 4 |
Individual membership |
€10 |
€20 |
€30 |
€40 |
Professional membership |
€20 |
€40 |
€60 |
€80 |
Corporate membership C |
€40 |
€80 |
€120 |
€160 |
Corporate membership B |
€80 |
€160 |
€240 |
€320 |
Corporate membership A |
€160 |
€320 |
€480 |
€640 |
Organisation membership |
€50 |
€100 |
€150 |
€200 |
European countries |
Albania Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Kosovo Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Serbia Ukraine |
Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia |
Belgium Finland France Italy Malta Spain United Kingdom |
Austria Denmark Germany Iceland Ireland Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland |
Countries with IE members from outside Europe |
Colombia Costa Rica Egypt Mexico Philippines Turkey Zimbabwe |
Israel |
Australia Bahrain Canada New Zealand Puerto Rico |
United States of America |
Towards the end of the year, the new system will be introduced on our website. We also intend to align our general fee policy with it.
In general, the assignment of countries to single groups should change according to changes in the GDP PPP. However, all changes in membership fees are subject to the meeting of the General Assembly.
