To start the membership application process, please fill in the application form and follow the steps indicated for making your payment.
If you would like to learn more about the benefits offered for Category D members, the following grid lists the membership advantages depending on the status of your membership.
An individual member (Category D) can be:
- In good standing
- In good standing with a 3-month grace period (1 January – 30 March)
- Lapsed
Vote at General Assemblies and applicable elections
Stand for election or appointment to any office of the ICA
Access Comma issues online and if hard-copy subscriber, receive the hard copy of Comma when dispatched
Apply for funding or other programmes
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Benefit from special rates to access events
Benefit from special rates to access online courses
Become a member(**) of up to 3 sections for each rights holder
with a 3-months grace period (1 January – 31 March)
Vote at General Assemblies and applicable elections
Stand for election or appointment to any office of the ICA
Access Comma issues online and if hard-copy subscriber, receive the hard copy of Comma when dispatched
Apply for funding or other programmes (payment needs to be received at the time the application is examined)
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Benefit from special rates to access events
Benefit from special rates to access online courses
Become a member(**) of up to 3 sections for each rights holder
Individual members are considered lapsed following the 3-month grace period allowed to all individual members at the beginning of the year.
They will not have access to members benefits unless they renew their membership.
This is to prevent them from having to pay arrears and to lessen the administrative burden.
They regain access to the full membership benefits package as soon as the membership is renewed.
(**) ICA members can take part in the activities of different sections and branches as appropriate but they must be affiliated to a section to have certain privileges such as holding office in that section (for example as a bureau member) or voting at an annual general meeting of that section.
The ICA Membership Benefits Grid is a reference document developed and updated by the ICA Secretariat and validated by the Executive Board (EB 13-14/03/2023). The Membership benefits package will be regularly updated depending on the strategic orientations of the organisation and will be added as an appendix to the Membership scale of dues presented at the governance meetings.
The definition of the right holders, learners, and other details are included in the ICA Membership Benefits Grid – May 2024.