ICOFORT adopts clear admission criteria and a transparent methodology to assess and verify the candidates’ individual skills and knowledge. The ICOFORT Bureau establishes a Member Working Group, composed of 5 Specialist Members from different countries, who will be responsible for the preliminary assessment of each request and will produce a recommendation to be submitted to the Bureau.
The membership committee currently consists of the following expert members:
Dr Milagros Flores-Román – President ICOFORT (Puerto Rico – USA)
Dr Fernando Cobos-Guerra (Spain) – Coordinator
Dr Antonio Bravo- Nieto (Melilla)
Dr Isabelle Warmoes (France)
Dr Riichi Miyakle (Japan)
Expert Members
- ICOMOS Members experienced and engaged in the areas relevant to the objectives
of ICOFORT may apply for Expert Membership, either upon personal application or by proposal of the NC to which they belong;
- Expert Members shall be accepted based on their individual profile, in particular their knowledge of and / or associations with historic fortifications and military heritage; all Expert Members must be members of ICOMOS and may remain members so long as they are ICOMOS members and meet the ISC’s criteria for participation;
- Expert Members have the right to participate in any aspect of the work of the Committee;
- The representative of an Institutional Member may not be designated by a NC as a voting member;
- Only the individual Expert Voting Members may vote at elections of the ICOFORT’s Bureau or concerning the amendment of its By-Laws;
Associate Members (Included Emerging Professionals)
- ICOMOS Members interested in gaining knowledge and building up expertise in areas relevant to the objectives of ICOFORT may apply for Associate Membership, either upon personal application or proposal by the NC to which they belong;
- Associate Members shall be accepted in unlimited number.
- Associate Members are conditionally accepted for a period of three years, after which time their contribution to ICOFORT will be evaluated in a transparent manner; the Associate Membership shall then be: Extended for another similar period of time, with a maximum of two such triennial extensions, or Upgrade to Expert Membership, or Rejected on the basis of non-participation or unsatisfactory performance;
- Associate Members do not have voting rights;
Institutional Members:
- When in the interests of ICOMOS and of ICOFORT, and at ICOFORT discretion, the category of Institutional Membership may be established;
- ICOFORT Board may opt to invite an Institution to become an Institutional Member of ICOFORT for one triennium, and the membership may be renewed indefinitely for additional three-year periods;
- An Institutional Member may designate from its staff one person with the required qualifications to be its representative and spokesperson in ICOFORT;
- Institutional Members do not have voting rights.
Honorary Members
- Honorary Members may be elected by the Expert Members of ICOFORT and may participate in all activities of ICOFORT;
- They need not be members of ICOMOS and are appointed in recognition of the services and / or in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field covered by the aims and activities of ICOFORT;
- Honorary members who are not Expert Members have no voting rights;
- Honorary members may use the title: “Honorary Member of ICOFORT”.
Instructions for submission of Membership Application Form
Please complete this Form and send via Email along with a copy of your CV, to the following email address: milagrosfloresicofort@gmail.com :
