- Membership of a Federation of more than 40 national and international ICT societies from all parts of the world.
- Membership of the Federation offers member organisations the opportunity and support to:
- Network for the purpose of sharing ICT knowledge and expertise with representatives of more than 40 national and international ICT organisations
- Increase professionalism and professional standards both locally and globally
- Educate and enhance the public and governments’ understanding of ICT
- Enable ICT practitioners’ skills to be recognised/transferrable globally
- Promote digital equity locally and globally
- Influence developments in ICT through IFIP’s involvement with the United Nations and other international bodies
- Access and contribute to a wealth of information held in IFIP’s digital library.
- Each member organisation may:
- Nominate members to any of the Federation’s 13 Technical Committees composed of experts in fields ranging from Communication Systems, through Security and Privacy to Artificial Intelligence. Through a network of over 120 Working Groups the Technical Committees are responsible for approximately 100 conferences and other events each year in a wide range of areas.
- Appoint a representative to InterYIT, the International Young IT Group, which represents the youth of national IT societies from more than 40 countries.
- Apply for accreditation from IP3, the International Professional Practice Partnership, which defines international standards of professionalism in ICT worldwide.
- Host or contribute to the IFIP flagship World Computer Congress (WCC). Promote your society/country to a worldwide audience of ICT Professsionals from business, industry and academe.
- Our policy that all IFIP-approved events worldwide (approximately 100 a year) must offer a discount of at least 10% on registration fees for all individual members of every IFIP member society will help you retain your current members and recruit new ones.
Membership Benefits