The membership of the network is open to those organisations, primarily
public ones, but also from the civil socity that share the objectives of
network.
As the statute points those eligible to apply are:
1. In Sweden: regions, county councils, municipalities, associations of
local and regional authorities;
2. In Italy: the regional government, the provinces, the municipalities,
the local authorities in their associated forms in Emilia-Romagna, as well
as the same institutions of other Italian regions;
3. In Italy and Sweden: subjects from the civil society who agree to the
aims and purpose of the Network, including educational institutions at all
levels.
Following in the increasing number of contacts with organisations from other
countries in the European Union the General Assembly of the Network has
decided, as from the spring of 2009, to give the opportunity to those that
want to establish more structured relations with the network and its members
to become Partners of the Network. This will allow regions, counties, provinces,
municipalities, associations of local and regional authorities, as well
as subjects from the civil society, from EU countries who agree to the aims
and purpose of the Network, including educational institutions at all levels,
to participate on a regular basis to all the activities of SERN and contribute
to its development.
In order to apply one has to download the membership application (for Italian and Swedish actors)form or the partnership application form (for actors from other countries) and send it together with a letter of presentation to the Chair of the Executive Board Roberta Mori (SERN - Po Box 6141 - 40138 Bologna). An e-version of the application form and of the letter shall be also sent to the Secretariat to the attention of manager of the Secretariat Nicola Catellani nicola.catellani@sern.eu.
The SERN executive Board meets normally three times a year, in January/February, April/May, and October/November. When in session the Board will discuss the membership application.
Following the approval of the request, the process the payment of the membership fee shall be carried out within 60 days. If submitted in the second half of the year, the first membership fees are paid for the number of months equivalent to the period between the application date and the end of the year.
| REGIONS, COUNTIES AND PROVINCES | Between 2 MLN and 5 MLN inhabitants (inh.) Between 1 MLN. and 2 MLN. inh. Between 500.000 and 1 MLN inh. Up to 500.000 inh. |
€ 8.700,00 € 8.000,00 € 6.000,00 € 4.500,00 |
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| MUNICIPALITIES ASSOCIATIONS OF MUNICIPALITIES |
Between 300.000 and 1 MLN inh. Between 150.000 and 300.000 inh. Between 75.000 and 150.000 inh. |
400,00 € + 9,00 € per 1000 inh. 400,00 € + 14,00 € per 1000 inh. 400,00 € + 15,00 € per 1000 inh. 400,00 € + 20,00 € per 1000 inh. |
| OTHERS | On the basis of the number of employed and financial capacity. | Between € 200,00 and € 1.500,00 |
| PARTNERS |
Partnership fees are equal to 70% of the membership fees. |
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