MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
FULL MEMBERS
Full Members are those members living in Europe, in Countries bordering Europe as well as Countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Included in their annual membership fee is a free online and/or print subscription to NDT (Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation) and CKJ (Clinical Kidney Journal – former NDT-Plus) – not given/sent to members who pay the “Reduced Fee”; access to the protected libraries of the ERA-EDTA website (including ERA-EDTA CME Course Presentations); 25% discount OUP books; vote and being elected for office in ERA-EDTA Council and vote during the General Assembly.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Associate Members are those members living in all the other Countries. They are entitled to the same benefits and discounts as the Full members except to vote and being elected for office in the ERA-EDTA Council or vote during the General Assembly (even if they are entitled to have voice during the General Assembly). They pay the same annual membership fees as Full Members.
JUNIOR MEMBERS
Both Associate and Full members who are 40 years old or younger can apply for Junior membership status. This allows them to receive all the advantages described above, including a free online subscription to NDT and CKJ, by paying a special annual membership fee of EUR 50.00. See more details at the "Membership Fees" webpage.
REDUCED FEE
This is a special paying category of ERA-EDTA membership. All those members who, for one reason or another, do NOT wish to receive a subscription to the NDT and CKJ Journals (print and/or online), can pay the “Reduced Fee” (= EUR 50.00). They will receive all the membership benefits except the subscription to the NDT and CKJ Journals.
NEW! SPECIAL DISCOUNTED FEES
IMPORTANT! The ERA-EDTA Council has decided to extend the “Special Discounted Membership Fees” to members living in all Countries in the world whose Gross Domestic Product per capita income is less than USD 10,000 a year (calculated on the 2011 data of the International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database 2012). This discount will be valid for the 2013-2014 and 2015 annual ERA-EDTA membership fees. If you live and work in one of the Countries listed below you are entitled to pay these special discounted fees (EUR 35.00 – special discounted online fee; EUR 85.00 – special discounted full fee – for more details click here).
LIST OF COUNTRIES WHOSE MEMBERS PAY THE SPECIAL DISCOUNTED ANNUAL ERA-EDTA MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR THE YEARS 2013-2014-2015.
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo*, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, P.R. of China, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, S. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
SENIOR MEMBERS
Both Associate and Full members who have been so for more than 15 consecutive years, who have reached 60 years of age and who have retired from practice, can become a Senior Member of the ERA-EDTA. To see the full list of the Senior Members benefits as well as the instructions on how to apply, click here. Please notice that Senior Membership status is NOT given automatically, but must be requested by each member if he/she is interested. To view all the ERA-EDTA Senior Members click here.
HONORARY MEMBERS
Honorary membership may be conferred on individuals whom the Council considers worthy of this privilege on the ground of outstanding contributions to the field of interest of the Association.
Click here to see the ERA-EDTA Honorary Members