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:

• Uso del logo de Miembro Asociado ALTE
• Mención en el sitio web de ALTE
• Oportunidad de colaborar en proyectos
• Acceso a secciones de la web de ALTE
• Invitación a asistir a conferencias bianuales de ALTE y otros eventos organizados para Miembros
• Tarifas reducidas para delegados en eventos ALTE específicos y seminarios de capacitación (cursos)
• The opportunity to receive ALTE communications 
• La oportunidad de participar en los eventos ALTE pertinentes
• La oportunidad de trabajar en los Grupos de Interés Especial de 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 'Hacerse Miembro de pleno derecho de 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. 

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 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
31 March 2025	12 May 2025	9 June 2025	June 2025	Half amount for 2025
30 June 2025	11 August 2025	8 September 2025	September 2025	Half amount for 2025
30 September 2025	17 November 2025	15 December 2025	January 2026	Full amount for 2026
31 December 2025	16 February 2026	16 March 2026	March 2026	Full amount for 2026

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 subscription fees for Associate Members depend on which payment tier your organisation falls into:

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.

Associate Member Payment Tier	2024 rates	2025 rates
Regular	€500	€650
Small-scale	€200	€260
National Developmental	€200	€260
Regular (Half amount - new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only)	€250	€325
Small-scale (Half amount – new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only)	€100	€130
National Developmental (Half amount – new Associate Members invoiced in June or later in the year, for first year only)	€100	€130

 

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.