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 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 EES, you will therefore have the opportunity to take part in the Society's efforts to build bridges between different institutions and specialists and facilitate exchanges between different cultural and national traditions (Renew or apply for membership) As an EES member you will be entitled to several benefits:
Individual membership benefits
- Subscription to Evaluation, the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
- The biannual EES conferences (reduced membership rate, priority to receiving advance information about the forthcoming conference)
- 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 thinking about various aspects of evaluation, and access to related information and resources
- News mails to members about forthcoming events, other information of special interest, and about new information posted to 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 information sharing with colleagues across Europe sharing similar interest
Institutional membership benefits:
- All the above, that can benefit the entire institution
- Five subscriptions to Evaluation, the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
- Reduced rates for the biannual 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 to the EES website, e.g. about 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 that can be discussed (e.g. links on the EES website to your own organisation and/or resources)
Membership fees:
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 per January 1st. 2009. The individual membership fee has not been adjusted since more than five years, so raising the fee was inevitable.
- 125 EUR Individual membership
- 1200 EUR Institutional membership