At the heart of our organization are the EOQ National Representative organizations (NR’s),who are leading non-profit organizations from a European country, of whom we accept only one member per country. Only NR’s have voting rights in the EOQ General Assembly.
If EOQ is already represented in a specific country by an NR, a non-profit organization can apply for an EOQ Associated Membership. The associated membership can be a temporary membership before your application for National Representative has been approved by the GA of EOQ, in a European country where there is no NR.
If a profit or non-profit organization is willing to have a link to EOQ and its mission, strategy and targets, it may be accepted as an EOQ Affiliated Member.
Overview membership specificities per category
| Category | National Representitive | Associated member | Affiliated member | Partner | Individual Networking Partner Member | Honoray Member |
| Legal entity established in accordance with the laws and customs of the country of origin | * | * | * | * | ||
| Individual | * | * | ||||
| Activities in the field of Quality | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Leading non-profit organization | * | * | ||||
| Profit or Non-profit Organization | * | * | ||||
| European organization | * | * | ||||
| Non-European | ||||||
| European and beyond | * | * | * | * | ||
| One Official representative to the EOQ General Assembly (GA) with voting rights | * | |||||
| Invited as non-voting guest at the General Assembly | * | * | ||||
| Only 1 organization per country | * | |||||
| Formal involvement in (new) projects and exchange of experience | * | |||||
| Potential candidate for the election of vice-president to the EOQ exectuive board | * | |||||
| Contribution to the development and deployment of the EOQ vision, ambition and mission | * | * | * | |||
| Welcome to become an active member of the EOQ Competence Center (CC) | * | * | ||||
| Free official digital Membership Certificate | * | * | * | |||
| Free official digital Anniversary Certificate | * | |||||
| Free official digital Membership Statement | * | |||||
| Invited to the main EOQ events | * | * | * | |||
| Informed about the main EOQ events | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Right to use logo indicating the type of membership | * | * | * | |||
| Direct links with EOQ | * | |||||
| Mandatory (additional) membership (if any) or advice (in the absence of membership) of the relevent national EOQ representative organisation | * | |||||
| Free membership subject to a proposal by the President of an official EOQ NR member and subject to approval of the General Assembly | * | |||||
| Mutual cooperation (through financial resources, expertise, participation in projects, etc.) to promote the general interest of quality in Europa | * | |||||
| Increase mutual effectiveness through partnership in order to have a greater positive impact toghether | * |
