Membership

Anyone who is interested in evaluation will benefit from an EES membership, including those commissioning, managing, conducting, and using evaluations.

EES members come from many different communities of evaluation practice and research, including national and local public administrations, universities and research institutions, professional and sectoral organisations, international agencies, European institutions, and NGOs.

As a member of the EES, you will therefore have the opportunity to take part in the Society's efforts to build bridges between different institutions and specialists, and to facilitate exchanges between different cultural and national traditions, more over you will be entitled to several benefits.

EES membership benefits:

Individual membership benefits

Subscription to Evaluation, the International Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice.
The biennial EES conferences (reduced membership rate, priority to receive advanced information about forthcoming conferences).
Professional development events organised or co-organised by EES, including residential schools and other events: reduced rates for participation, advanced information about the events that respond to membership interest and sometimes priority for participation.
Access to the EES website with information about coming events, various resources, employment opportunities, information about the society, links to other evaluation organisations in Europe and beyond, the latest advances in the various aspects of evaluation, and access to related information and resources.
Electronic newsletters sent exclusively to members regarding forthcoming events, information of special interest, and the latest updates posted on the website.
Ability to participate in the only European association of evaluators, with opportunities to influence the direction and the activities of EES (e.g. through participation in various workgroups).
Access to a directory of members.
Being part of the European community of people with a common interest in evaluation.
Greater awareness of what is going on in evaluation across Europe.
Opportunities for networking and sharing information with colleagues across Europe with similar interests.

Institutional membership benefits:

All of the above, that can benefit the entire institution.
Five subscriptions to Evaluation, the International Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice.
Reduced rates for the biennial EES conference.
Reduced rates for professional development events.
Access as an organisation to the latest practices and thinking about evaluation in Europe.
Opportunity to post information on the EES website, e.g. regarding contracts and job offers, other events and resources.
Being seen and recognised as a leader in evaluation in Europe – you will be identified and recognised as an institutional member of EES.
Potential to contribute to the development of evaluation culture across Europe.
Potential of joint activities with EES.
Other potential benefits can be discussed (e.g. links on the EES website to your own organisation and/or resources).

Membership fees and categories:

In the Annual General Meeting, held in October 2008 in Lisbon, the resolution was passed to raise the annual fee for individual membership to 125,00 Euro from January 1, 2009. The individual membership fee has not been adjusted for more than five years, so raising the fee was inevitable.

Individual membership		Fee
	Regular membership fee	125 EUR
	Student membership fee*)	62,50 EUR
Institutional membership fee		1 200 EUR

*) Student membership fee conditions

The applicants interested in the Student membership category are kindly asked to provide the EES Secretariat (secretariat@europeanevaluation.org) with following information and documentation before subscribing the Student membership:

Name and contact details of the applicant
Name of the University
Type and name of Study Program
Start of the Study Program
Duration of the Study Program
Contact person from the University, who can vouch for the student's status (reference)
Letter of recommendation or proof/certificate of the student status from the University (e.g. pdf copy of original inscription at a University or attestation by a professor)

Once all the conditions are met (the documentation is reviewed and approved by the EES) the applicant will be contacted by the EES Secretariat. If the application process was successful, the applicant will be asked to proceed with the online Student membership subscription. The Student members are entitled to the same benefits as the Individual members. The Student membership category can be applied for a period of maximum 3 years.