criteria for membership

A member of FoEI should meet the following criteria:

• Independence from political parties, economic interests, state, religious and ethnic organizations;
• Working on both the national and the grassroots levels;
• Working on the main environmental issues in their countries (that means, they should not be single-issue groups) and participating in international campaigns of FoEI whenever relevant;
• Open and democratic structures; non-sexist;
• Considering environmental issues in their social, political and human rights contexts;
• Working as pressure group (as far as possible within the national context), they should campaign, educate and do research.
• Seeing cooperation with other organizations as crucial for mobilizing the broadest possible range of resources and views to focus on the same goals.

If your group is interested in becoming a member of the Friends of the Earth international network and meets these critieria, and there is not already a FoEI member group in your country, please contact us at foei@foei.org for a membership application form.