For starting your membership application process, please fill in your membership application form and follow the steps for making your payment.
If you would like to learn more about the benefits offered for Category A members, the following grid lists the membership advantages depending on the status of your membership.
An institutional member (category A, B or C) can be:
- In good standing: dues of the year paid
- In good standing with a 9-month grace period (1 January – 30 September)
- In arrears (1 October of the current year to 31 December of the following year)
- Lapse
In good standing
Vote at General Assemblies and applicable elections
Stand for election or appointment to any office of the ICA
Receive the hard copy of Comma when dispatched and access issues online
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Apply for funding or other programmes
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
Join the Forum of National Archivists (FAN)
Vote at General Assemblies and applicable elections
Stand for election or appointment to any office of the ICA
Receive the hard copy of Comma when dispatched and access issues online
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Apply for funding or other programmes
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
Join the Forum of National Archivists (FAN)
In good standing with a 9- month grace period (1 January – 30 September)
Vote at General Assemblies and applicable elections
Stand for election or appointment to any office of the ICA
Receive the hard copy of Comma when dispatched and access issues online
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Apply for funding or other programmes (payment needs to be received at the time the application is examined)
Benefit from special rates to access events
Benefit from special rates to access online courses (Only for rights-holders)
Become a member(**) of up to 3 sections for each rights holder
Join the Forum of National Archivists (FAN)
Vote at General Assemblies and applicable elections
Stand for election or appointment to any office of the ICA
Receive the hard copy of Comma when dispatched and access issues online
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Apply for funding or other programmes (payment needs to be received at the time the application is examined)
Benefit from special rates to access events
Benefit from special rates to access online courses (Only for rights-holders)
Become a member(**) of up to 3 sections for each rights holder
Join the Forum of National Archivists (FAN)
In arrears (1 October of the current year to 31 December of the following year)
Access Comma issues online
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Access Comma issues online
Use resources that are limited to members (resource center)
Lapsed
Institutional members are considered lapsed after 2 years without payment.
They will not have access to members benefits unless they renew their membership and settle their arrears.
They regain access to the full membership benefits package as soon as the membership is renewed and the arrears settled.
Institutional members are considered lapsed after 2 years without payment.
They will not have access to members benefits unless they renew their membership and settle their arrears.
They regain access to the full membership benefits package as soon as the membership is renewed and the arrears settled.
(**) 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.