SDEWES
MEMBERSHIP

According the Statute of SDEWES centre every physical and legal person can, under the same circumstances apply for the membership.

The members shall sign a membership admittance form. Membership admittance form obliges the signee to honor the provisions of the Statute and other SDEWES center by-laws and documents, as well as the decisions of the SDEWES center bodies.

Members of the SDEWES centre are:

  1. Regular members,
  2. Supporting members,
  3. Honorary members.

Regular members

Regular member of the SDEWES centre can be a physical or a legal person who is participating in performing activities of the center.
Regular membership application is submitted to the Management Board and is gained upon approval of the Management Board.

Regular members of the SDEWES centre pay a membership fee:
  • Full membership fee for two years: 450 EUR
  • Student membership fee for two years: 250 EUR
  • SDEWES Conference membership fee:
    • Members who are attending Conference and paid Conference fee are considered as they have paid full or student membership for period of two years so they just need to sign a membership admittance form.
  • Corporate membership fee for two years:
    • Would mostly depend on the type of sponsorship package that a certain member would choose. For more info on the sponsorship possibilities click here.

Supporting members

The status of a supporting member of the SDEWES centre can be granted to a physical and a legal person which is regularly supporting the development and advancement of the Centre and realization of the Center’s program by significant financial and other contributions. The status of a supporting member of the SDEWES centre is gained upon the invitation of the Management Board.

Honorary members

The status of an honorary member of the SDEWES centre can be bestowed upon the person with outstanding merit for the work, development and realization of the objectives and tasks of the SDEWES centre.

Honorary members and supporting members are exempt from paying the membership fee.

Regular members shall be entitled:

  • to elect and be elected into the governing bodies of the SDEWES centre,
  • to take part in the activities of the SDEWES centre,
  • to propose and initiate discussion on the topics relevant to the activity of the SDEWES centre,
  • to have insight into all activities of the SDEWES centre and into the information materiel that the SDEWES centre has collected and prepared,
  • to participate in the sessions of the SDEWES Center Assembly.

Supporting members and honorary members have the same rights as regular members, yet without the decision-making power and cannot elect and be elected in the governing bodies of the Association.

Benefits for the members:

Full and student members will have right to participate in SDEWES conference in period covered by their membership without or just by paying symbolic fee.

SDEWES Conference members have a right to discount on next SDEWES conference fee.

Corporate members have various promotional and scientific benefits. Depending on the sponsorship package corporate members can have certain number of person fee waived at the SDEWES conference. Also from promotional point of view all SDEWES promo materials can contain corporate member s logo, corporate member s promotional materials can be distributed to other SDEWES members and there is a possibility for corporate members to present themselves on SDEWES conference (depending on the sponsorship package).

The members who are also SDEWES centre Management Board members, Local Organizing Committee members, Supervisory Board members and International Scientific Committee members, as well as the Scientific Advisory Board chairman are exempt from paying the membership fee during their mandate.

Members of the Association are obliged:

  • to act in the cause of realizing and advancing the objectives of the SDEWES Center,
  • to give proposals, opinions and observations concerning the SDEWES Center and governing bodies activities,
  • to warn the Management Board in written form in case of discontinuities in Statute implementation,
  • to propose appointment and relieving of duty to the Assembly concerning Chairman of the SDEWES Center, Management Board members and Supervisory Board members,
  • to regularly pay the membership fee.

Membership in the SDEWES centre shall cease by:

  • resigning from the membership,
  • expulsion; in case a member has, through his acting to the contrary of the provisions of this Statute and other documents, caused serious harm to the interests and reputation of the SDEWES centre,
  • lapsing; in case a member has within a certain period failed to fulfill his financial obligations towards the SDEWES Center, as defined by the Management Board.

Membership fee payment:

Bank transfer
Note that the above amount does not include the bank transfer fee!

From Croatia:
Account number: 2340009-1110379384

From outside Croatia:
Beneficiary (Name): Centar za odrzivi razvoj energetike, voda i okolisa
Address: Ivana Lucica 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
IBAN: HR82 2340 0091 1103 7938 4
PRIVREDNA BANKA ZAGREB D.D.
10000 Zagreb, Rackoga 6, Croatia
SWIFT CODE: PBZGHR2X
Please include your name, surname and "membership" when paying.

After the transfer, please send Ms Nevena Grubelic a scanned SWIFT or transfer form. Only after the form will be checked to the bank balance, will the registration be deemed fully accomplished.