JOIN FEDIT

Advantages

Currently Fedit has 67 associated Technology Centers. Among the advantages for a centre of being a member of Fedit are complete and updated information on all the programmes and financial assistance available at both national and European level; attendance at workshops, congresses and seminars; and participation in internationalization programmes.

Requirements for forming part of Fedit

There are a number of requirements for forming part of Fedit. Every year, the governing council assesses the applications for membership.

Any entity with its own private legal personality, which is non-profit in character and operates without any geographical restrictions, whether national or international, can apply to join Fedit. The entity should own its assets or have the rights to their use assigned for 15 years (useful life). There should be a minimum of 15 graduates on its workforce; it should have been in operation for at least two years; and have a minimum of 20 clients a year. Public strategic financing may not be over 30%, and private contracting should be at least 40%. Minimum R&D&I revenues should be 25%. It should be possible to liquidate all the assets applied to R&D&I. In addition, management manuals should be available with systems of review, functions and responsibilities.

The application for membership to enter Fedit should be made by the organization in question. Applications are decided by the governing board of the Federation, which gathers any information it deems necessary from the applicant, and makes its decision as objectively as possible.
Presentation of the application for admission to the Federation implies express acceptance by the applicant of any legally valid decision which may be taken by the governing bodies of the Federation.

Do you want to be part of Fedit?

To check if you can be part of Fedit, please fill in the following questionnaire:

FULL MEMBERS

Private not-profit entities may be full members of Fedit, if they have no geographical restriction in terms of their activities and sufficient organization of media and materials to carry out their work on innovation, research and technological innovation on an independent basis. These conditions are regulated through the internal rules.

Entities that are private or whose activities are subject to the rules of private law may not be full members in any of the following circumstances:

• If the cost of the assets normally used in their activities is mainly supported by the public sector.
• If they are mainly financed by public authorities through subsidies for direct operations and with no free competition.
• If their bodies governing administration, management or supervision include members of whom more than half are appointed by the public authorities or other entities subject to public law.

Not included among the entities subject to public law mentioned above are the professional associations and official Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Shipping.

Commercial companies may also not be full members, even if they have decided not to distribute profits.

TEMPORARY MEMBERS

All those newly incorporated enterprises or those resulting from abolished categories may be temporary members, even though they do not meet the conditions established for full members, if they demonstrate their intention to meet them within a year, as established in the internal rules.

Such temporary members may include recently created enterprises that comply with the qualifications for full members qualitatively, but do not reach the quantitative requirements set out in the internal rules.

COLLABORATING MEMBERS

Legal persons whose main activity is not among those specified for full members but who provide or could provide a significant collaborative input to the Federation may become collaborating members if they clearly demonstrate their importance for the Federation and their objectives and strategies coincide to a significant extent with those of the Federation.

HONORARY MEMBERS

Natural or legal persons may be honorary members if they provide or could provide a useful service to the Federation and clearly demonstrate they are of interest to it, through a proposal by the Governing Council and subsequent approval by the General Assembly by a two-thirds majority of its members.