Membership

Associate membership is open to clinical neurologists and/or neuroscientists (including residents, fellows and trainees), registered in national registers, as well as (allied) health professionals, such as clinical psychologists, social workers, nurses and nurse-practitioners, physical/physiotherapists, dietists, music and speech therapists, active in the field of movement disorders, who live in one of the countries associated with the World Federation of Neurology. No one shall be denied membership based on race, religion, age, sex, creed and/or sexual orientation. Associate members have the same rights and obligations as full members, but may not attend the general meetings and do not have a voting right.
Apply here for associate membership.

Full membership is open to associate members. To qualify for this membership, a person must be proposed by at least five full members to the president of the board. They are required to demonstrate the importance of the candidate for full membership with respect to the work area of Parkinson's disease and related disorders. The president of the board will introduce the candidate at the general meeting, at which meeting a decision shall be taken concerning the admission to full membership. If a decision is taken to admit the candidate, the member shall be given full membership immediately and therefore be granted a voting right, and the status of associate member will end. There is a maximum of one hundred-fifty (150) full members. The membership of a full member ends after 10 years. After this period, full members will be given the associate membership, including the right to be re-elected as full member.

Both associate and full members are given a free subscription of the official journal 'Parkinsonism & Related Disorders'. Members are exempt from paying an annual membership fee, though are due to pay postal handling of the journal (35,00 Euro/year) when not participating to the biannual World Congresses (the participation of which includes this postal handling costs for the first two consecutive years). They are entitled to attend the congresses, symposia and other gatherings and to participate in the activities organised by the association.

Honorary membership is only open to full members who has held the office of president of the board, president of a 'World Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders', editor of the official journal of the association, or served the WFN Association in a comparable way. The decision regarding the award of an honorary membership shall be taken in the general meeting in the manner stipulated in the bylaws of the association. Honorary members are not required to pay for participation in activities such as congresses and similar events organised by the association.

The membership ends:
a. when the member dies;
b. when the member cancels membership; cancellation of the membership by the member or by the association can only occur at the end of a financial year, observing a four-week period of notice. This notwithstanding, the membership can be terminated forthwith if the association or the member cannot reasonably be required to continue the membership any longer.
c. when the association cancels membership. This can occur when a member has ceased to meet the requirements for membership established in the charter or when he/she does not fulfil his/her obligations towards the association; cancellation by the association is done by the board.
d. through expulsion. This can only be decreed when a member acts in violation of the charter, regulations or decisions of the association, or harms the association in an unreasonable manner.
Associate membership is open to clinical neurologists and/or neuroscientists (including residents, fellows and trainees), registered in national registers, as well as (allied) health professionals, such as clinical psychologists, social workers, nurses and nurse-practitioners, physical/physiotherapists, dietists, music and speech therapists, active in the field of movement disorders, who live in one of the countries associated with the World Federation of Neurology. No one shall be denied membership based on race, religion, age, sex, creed and/or sexual orientation. Associate members have the same rights and obligations as full members, but may not attend the general meetings and do not have a voting right.