The Role of the Membership Committee:

• examines the dossiers submitted by candidates wishing to join the Association.
• makes decisions with regards to these candidates and transmits it recommendations on each candidate’s application to the Board of Directors and indicates, for each, the status of the application: AGREE, REJECT, DEFER
• regularly reviews the status of each Member, identifies the inactive Members and proposes their withdrawal to the Members of the Board of Directors.
• recommends the procedure for joining and exiting the network for the approval of the Board.

Following these recommendations, the Board of Directors rules on the candidates’ applications, in compliance with article 19 of the Articles of the Association.

Composition:

The Membership Committee is set up by the Board of Directors and is composed of at least four Members.

Members of the Membership Committee (2022-2026) are :

	Chairperson of the Committee: Prof. Samir Makdisi, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Prof. Rafael De Arce, University Autonomous of Madrid, Spain	Prof. Anna Ferragina, CELPE, University of Salentro, Italy	Dr. Maryse Louis, General Manager FEMISE