ALTE Associate Membership is open to institutions (or consortia) which are involved in the development, application, administration or research of language testing. These may be companies, chains of language schools, independent language schools, universities, research institutions, public sector or government bodies, ministries of education, technology providers, etc. They are not full members, and if they produce tests, the quality of their tests cannot be guaranteed. However, they aspire to meet high standards of quality in language assessment.
La condición de Membresía asociada se conocía como 'Afiliación institucional' antes de 2021.
Algunos de los beneficios de convertirse en un Miembro Asociado son:
Para ser Miembro Asociado, las instituciones deben:
Please note we are temporarily unable to process applications from organisations based in the Russian Federation, Belarus or Iran.
Procedimiento para convertirse en Miembro Asociado
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. Los formularios de solicitud de Membresía Asociada son revisados trimestralmente por la Secretaría de ALTE y los representantes del Consejo de Administración de ALTE. Envíe su solicitud antes de la "Fecha de cierre de solicitudes" indicada a continuación para que se le notifique si su solicitud ha sido aceptada antes de la "Fecha de notificación" correspondiente. Si su solicitud es favorable debe firmar el Acuerdo de miembro asociado antes de la "Fecha límite para devolver el Acuerdo" en la tercera columna. También se muestra la fecha y el importe (total o parcial - véase el punto 4 a continuación) de la primera factura de la cuota de suscripción.
| Fecha de cierre de solicitudes | Fecha de notificación |
Fecha límite para devolver Acuerdo |
Mes de la primera factura | Importe 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 el Consejo acepta su institución, se le pedirá que complete y firme el acuerdo de Membresía Asociada de ALTE. Esto debe hacerse dentro de las 4 semanas siguientes a la notificación de aceptación como Miembro Asociado, de acuerdo con el plazo anterior (tercera columna). No enviar el Acuerdo de Membresía Asociada firmado a tiempo dará lugar al reinicio del procedimiento de solicitud de membresía asociada. Si desea examinar el Acuerdo de Membresía con anticipación póngase en contacto con la Secretaría de 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:
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Regular |
€500 |
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Small-scale |
€200 |
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National Developmental |
€200 |
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Regular (Half amount - new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only) |
€250 |
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Small-scale (Half amount – new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only) |
€100 |
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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:
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:
5. La cuota anual debe ser pagada a tiempo de acuerdo a los términos de la factura. Delays in payment may affect your membership with ALTE and/or your chances of being re-accepted in the future.
Nota: por lo general, no se permite la transferencia de membresía, pero consulte las Reglas sobre la transferencia de membresía.
Rellene el Formulario de solicitud de Membresía Asociada ALTE
Tenga en cuenta que al completar el formulario de solicitud de membresía asociada de ALTE, usted acepta que ALTE vea, use y procese todos los datos que ingrese, que pueden incluir datos personales, y que ALTE almacene estos datos para procesar su solicitud y, si su solicitud es exitosa, conserve el archivo durante el tiempo que sea miembro de ALTE.