Types of membership and corresponding annual fees*

1. Criteria for Industry – Full, Associate or Affiliated Members

FULL – Access to: Industry Working Groups and Open Standards Working Groups

• - has an extensive position on the value-chain of the identity life cycle management – both physical and digital (registration/enrolment, validation, biometrics, credentialing, authorization, authentication, federation and decentralization); and
• - has international operations; and
• - holds information technology security certification(s), recognized by the Member States of the European Union, in a form and quantity to be specified in the Internal Rules.

ASSOCIATE – Access to: Industry Working Groups and Open Standards Working Groups

• - is active on the value-chain of the identity life cycle management; and/or
• - is active in the ID ecosystem and adjacent industries (e.g. public services/civil ID, public security, Government ID, or ID regulated/based on Government ID used by the private/commercial sector).

AFFILIATED – Access to: Open Standards Working Groups

• - is active on the value-chain of the identity life cycle management; and/or
• - is active in the ID ecosystem and adjacent industries (e.g. public services/civil ID, public security, Government ID, or ID regulated/based on Government ID used by the private/commercial sector).

Abides by the SIA’s Internal Rules

2. Criteria for Governments & Academics – Affiliated members

AFFILIATED – Access to: Industry Working Groups and Open Standards Working Groups

• - Is a government or academic entity; and alternatively
• - is active in the ID ecosystem and adjacent industries (e.g. public services/civil ID, public security, Government ID, or ID regulated/based on Government ID used by the private/commercial sector); and/or
• - wants to advance positive ID policy to protect people while tackling today’s biggest societal challenges such as digital inclusion, climate change and sustainability; and/or
• - promotes innovation, open standards and technical frameworks to guarantee a level playing field for all market players (owner, open source, large companies, SMEs, start-ups, local and international etc.) and allow digital sovereignty, security and sustainability; and/or
• - contributes to/ develops open standards and technical frameworks to meet the above objective.

Abides by the SIA’s Internal Rules

3. Criteria for Foundations/ Think Tanks/ Associations/ Consultancies

ASSOCIATED – Access to: Industry Working Groups and Open Standards Working Groups

• - is incorporated as a non-profit foundation (or has a comparable status), as a think-tank, an association, a consultancy; and alternatively
• - wants to advance positive ID policy to protect people while tackling today’s biggest societal challenges such as digital inclusion, climate change and sustainability;
• - promotes innovation, open standards and technical frameworks to guarantee a level playing field for all market players (owner, open source, large companies, SMEs, start-ups, local and international etc.) and allow digital sovereignty, security and sustainability; and/or
• - contributes to/ develops open standards and technical frameworks to meet the above objectives.

AFFILIATED - Access to: Industry Working Groups and Open Standards Working Groups

• - is incorporated as a non-profit foundation (or has a comparable status), as a think-tank, an association, a consultancy; and alternatively
• - wants to advance positive ID policy to protect people while tackling today’s biggest societal challenges such as digital inclusion, climate change and sustainability;
• - promotes innovation, open standards and technical frameworks to guarantee a level playing field for all market players (owner, open source, large companies, SMEs, start-ups, local and international etc.) and allow digital sovereignty, security and sustainability; and/or
• - contributes to/ develops open standards and technical frameworks to meet the above objectives.

Abides by the SIA’s Internal Rules