DPP Membership Fees

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The interest categories for membership are outlined in the table below, along with the corresponding fee structure. This overview is intended to provide clear visibility into the available membership categories and help stakeholders better understand how each category aligns with their level of engagement and organizational structure.

If you have specific questions regarding membership, please contact Jennifer Garner.

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Category Title Typically including Membership Fee Per Organization
A Industry and Commerce

manufacturers; producers; designers; service industries; distribution, warehousing and transport undertakings; retailers; insurers; banks and financial institutions; business and trade associations

 Revenue > $10M / per year $8,500
Revenue < $10M / per year $5,000
B Government international and regional treaty organizations and agencies; national government and local government departments and agencies, and all bodies that have a legally recognised regulatory function $8,500
C Consumers representation bodies, independent of any organization that would fall into the ‘industry and commerce’ category, or individual experts engaged from a consumer perspective $2,500
D Labour international, regional, national and local trades unions and federations of trades unions and similar bodies the main purpose of which is to promote or safeguard the collective interests of employees in respect of their relationship with their employers This does not include professional associations 1). $5,000
E Academic and research bodies universities and other higher educational bodies or professional educators associated with them; professional associations 1); research institutions $2,500
F Standards application testing, certification and accreditation bodies; organizations primarily devoted to promoting or assessing the use of standards 2) $5,000
G Non-governmental organization (NGO) organizations that usually operate on a charitable, not-for-profit or non-profit distributing basis and that have a public interest objective related to social or environmental concerns. This category does not include political parties or other bodies whose main purpose is to achieve representation in government or governmental bodies $2,500

Notes:

  1. Professional associations are regarded as:
    associations of individuals practicing, or being closely associated with the practice of, specific professional skills or sets of closely related skills; and having a purpose, at least in part, to advance the development of those skills and the understanding of the arts, sciences and technologies to which they relate. 

  2. ‘Accreditation’ refers to the accreditation of testing and certification bodies.



Waiver Process for Membership Fees

Any organization believing there is justification to obtain a full or partial waiver of the membership fees may apply in writing to the INCITS Secretariat (Jennifer Garner – jgarner@itic.org). The requester should provide documentation that would enable the INCITS Secretariat to make a decision. Waiver requests shall be handled in strict confidence. Results of the request are conveyed directly to the requester and are not reported to any other individual or group.