ALTE Associate Membership is open to institutions or consortia which are involved in the development, application, administration or research in the field of Language Assessment. These may be companies, chains of language schools, independent language schools, universities, research institutions, public sector or government bodies, ministries, technology providers, NGOs, etc.* They are not full members, and if they produce tests, ALTE does not support the recognition of the quality of their tests and their related uses. However, Associate Members are encouraged to meet high standards of quality in language assessment. Associate Membership status was known as ‘Institutional Affiliation’ before 2021.

* Organisations which only administer tests or facilitate testing on behalf of other organisations are not eligible to become Associate Members.

Benefits of becoming an Associate Member include:

• Ús del logotip de membre associat d'ALTE
• Aparèixer a la llista del web d'ALTE
• Oportunitat de col·laborar en projectes
• Accés a seccions del web d'ALTE
• Invitació a assistir a les conferències bianuals d'ALTE i a altres esdeveniments organitzats per als socis
• Tarifes reduïdes per a delegats en esdeveniments i seminaris de formació (cursos) d'ALTE especificats
• The opportunity to receive ALTE communications 
• L'oportunitat de figurar als esdeveniments adequats d'ALTE
• L'oportunitat de treballar en Grups d'Interès Especial d'ALTE
• Opportunities to build international links through the ALTE network
• The opportunity to upgrade to Full Membership at a later date, if certain conditions are met. (See 'Fes-te membre associat d'ALTE')

In order to be an Associate Member, institutions must:

a) be a legal entity which is legally registered**

b) have read and agreed to the terms of the ALTE constitution

c) have an active involvement in Language Assessment (LA) in one or more of the following areas:

d) aspire to meet high standards of quality and service in language testing and adhere to ALTE’s Principles of Good Practice  

The ALTE Board of Trustees reserves the right to change the criteria for membership. Associate Members will be informed at least 4 months in advance of any such changes.

** Applicants for Associate Membership should be able to provide valid evidence of their legal status, if required by the Board of Trustees. In case of legal registrations in different countries,  Applicants must communicate to ALTE the country they decide to refer on among the ones where they are legally registered.

Please note we are temporarily unable to process applications from organisations based in the Russian Federation, Belarus or Iran. 

Procediment per fer-se membre associat

1. Complete the online ALTE Associate Member application form (see link at the bottom of the page), which asks you for information about your institution, its history and current interests, its work in relation to language testing, and the areas you hope to develop in the future through to your participation in ALTE.  Incomplete application forms will not be processed.

2. La Secretaria d'ALTE i els representants del Patronat d'ALTE revisen trimestralment els formularis de sol·licitud d'adhesió a l'associació. Si us plau, envieu la vostra sol·licitud abans de la "Data de tancament de les sol·licituds" que hi ha a continuació perquè us notifiquin si la vostra sol·licitud ha tingut èxit dins de la "Data de notificació" corresponent. Si la vostra sol·licitud té èxit, hauríeu de signar l'Acord de membre associat abans del "Termini per retornar l'acord", a la tercera columna. També es mostra la data i l'import (complet o meitat - vegeu el punt 4 a continuació) de la primera factura de la quota de subscripció. 

Data límit de presentació de sol·licituds	Data de notificació	Data límit per retornar l'acord	Mes de la primera factura	Import de la primera factura
30 June 2023	11 August 2023	8 September 2023	September 2023	Half amount for 2023
30 September 2023	17 November 2023	15 December 2023	January 2024	Full amount for 2024
31 December 2023	9 February 2024	8 March 2024	March 2024	Full amount for 2024
31 March 2024	13 May 2024	10 June 2024	June 202	Half amount for 2024
30 June 2024	12 August 2024	9 September 2024	September 2024	Half amount for 2024
30 September 2024	18 November 2024	16 December 2024	January 2025	Full amount for 2025
31 December 2024	10 February 2025	10 March 2025	March 2025	Full amount for 2025

3. Si la Junta accepta la vostra sol·licitud, se us demanarà que completeu i signeu l'acord de membre associat d'ALTE. Això s'ha de fer dins de les 4 setmanes posteriors a la notificació que la institució ha estat acceptada com a membre associat, d'acord amb el termini anterior (tercera columna). La manca d'enviament de l'Acord d'afiliació signat a temps, implicarà que es reiniciï el procediment de sol·licitud d'adhesió. Si abans voleu consultar l'Acord d'afiliació, contacteu amb la Secretaria d'ALTE.

4. Upon receipt of the Associate Membership Agreement, duly completed and signed by the legal representative of the institution, the Secretariat will issue an invoice during the "Month of first invoice" (fourth column above) to pay the annual subscription fee. For Associate Members who are invoiced in June or later, a 'half amount' will be invoiced. Thereafter, the full subscription fee is payable at the beginning of each calendar year. The current subscription fees for Associate Members (2023) depend on which payment tier your organisation falls into:

Regular	€500
Small-scale	€200
National Developmental	€200
Regular (Half amount - new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only)	€250
Small-scale (Half amount – new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only)	€100
National Developmental (Half amount – new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only)	€100

 

There are three payment tiers for Associate Members:

Regular: Most institutions will fall within the Regular payment tier.

Small-scale: ALTE wishes to encourage smaller institutions to take part in the life of the association, and thus has a reduced rate for institutions that fall into one of these categories:

• you are a small independent language school (not part of a chain) in one location, OR
• you are a small business that produces in-house assessments only for a limited number of test-takers in one location, OR
• you are another sort of institution with a similar small scale remit

If you feel your institution should be considered in the Small-scale tier, please state this in the relevant place on the Associate Member application form, and the Board of Trustees will work with you to determine if this is the case. The Board's decision on whether you fall into the Small-scale tier is final.

National Developmental: ALTE wishes to encourage multilingualism in language testing organisations from less established public sector and governmental institutions, and thus has a reduced rate for institutions that fall into all of these categories:

• you are a national or regional governmental Ministry of Education, or a national or regional government appointed testing body/commission (evidence should be presented) AND
• you provide language tests for (a) national or regional language(s) of that country/region as a second or additional language AND
• you carry out regular language testing within that country/region (at least, if not elsewhere) AND
• you do not come from a ‘High income’ economy as defined in the most recently available World Bank Development Indicators

If you feel your institution should be considered in the National Developmental tier, please state this in the relevant place on the Associate Member application form, email secretariat@alte.org with supporting documentation, and the Board of Trustees will work with you to determine if this is the case. The Board's decision on whether you fall into the National Developmental tier is final.

5. La quota anual s'ha de pagar puntualment segons els termes de la factura. Els retards en el pagament poden afectar la vostra subscripció a ALTE i/o les vostres possibilitats de tornar a acceptar-vos en el futur. 

Nota: normalment no es permet la transferència de membres, però consulteu les Normes sobre la transferència de membres.

Empleneu la sol·licitud de membre associat d'ALTE

Tingueu en compte que en omplir el formulari de sol·licitud d'afiliació a ALTE, accepteu que ALTE vegi, utilitzi i processi totes les dades que introduïu, que poden incloure dades personals, i que ALTE emmagatzemi aquestes dades per processar la sol·licitud i, si la vostra sol·licitud és acceptada, que mantingui els fitxers durant el temps que sigueu membres de l'associació.