Criteria & Benefits

Who are BCCIC Members?

A BCCIC member is an organization, group, private entity or individual based in British Columbia who supports projects overseas and/or promotes an understanding of sustainable development and global citizenship through related work within the province.

Members join an active group of British Columbians engaged in international cooperation and dedicated to sustainable human development for all. With over 100 members and growing, the BCCIC network is a provincial hub for local-global sustainable development providing space and opportunity for civil society to come together alongside other community stakeholders to learn and grow with one another. 

As growing and thriving network, BCCIC actively seeks new members and partnerships that align with our mission of engaging our members and others to share knowledge, build relationships, and develop their capacity towards achieving sustainable global development.

Learn more about what it means to join the network in this post. 

Organizational Membership (Full Membership)

  • be a non-profit organization registered in British Columbia or
  • a non-profit organization registered in Canada and working in British Columbia, or
  • a BC based research center or academic entity affiliated with a recognized British Columbia college, university or School District or
  • a registered Chapter of BCCIC with a minimum of 5 BCCIC individual chapter members
  • Adhere to BCCIC’s constitution, mission statement and bylaws
  • Have been an incorporated society for at least two years
  • Accept the Istanbul CSO Development Effectiveness Principles as integral in guiding the work of their organization.
  • Be an identifiable provincial or local organization including a membership constituency with an elected executive
  • Have a provincial/local annual budget related to its overseas projects and/or international development education program of activities geared to its local and/or provincial constituency
  • Show evidence of commitment to international development education programming
  • Engage in sustainable development work in Canada and/or around the world in the context of universality and reciprocity
  • Provide representation to and participation in BCCIC activities as appropriate and when necessary 
  • Acknowledge that the only spokespersons for BCCIC are the BCCIC Board of Directors, BCCIC Executive Director or a BCCIC designated spokesperson
  • Pay an annual membership fee, based on a scale that accounts for the organization’s annual budget

Total Organizational Revenue for Previous Fiscal Year = Annual Fee
$0 -$100,000 =  $150
$100,001 -$200,000 = $200
$200,001 – $500,000 = $250
$500,001 – $1, 000,000 = $350
$1,000,001 – $3,000,000 = $400
$3,000,001 and up = $500

Affiliate Membership Criteria

  • be an organization, union, group, coalition, institution or private sector enterprise or
  • does not choose to be a full member, or
  • does not currently fulfill all the criteria for full membership.
  • Adhere to BCCIC’s constitution, mission statement and bylaws
  • Accept the Istanbul CSO Development Effectiveness Principles as integral in guiding the work of their organization
  • Engage in sustainable development work in Canada and/or around the world in the context of universality and reciprocity.
  • Acknowledge that the only spokespersons for BCCIC are the BCCIC Board of Directors, BCCIC Executive Director or a BCCIC designated spokesperson
  • Pay an annual membership fee of $50

Individual Membership Criteria

  • Be a person interested in sustainable development and the work of BCCIC

  • Adhere to BCCIC’s constitution, mission statement and bylaws
  • Accept the Istanbul CSO Development Effectiveness Principles as integral in guiding their thinking and exploration of sustainable development.
  • acknowledge that the only spokespersons for BCCIC is the BCCIC Board of Directors, BCCIC Executive Director or a BCCIC designated spokesperson
  • Pay an annual membership fee of $30, or $15 for students and low-income individuals

Chapter Membership Criteria

Chapter membership falls under BCCIC’s ‘full membership’ category. A new addition to BCCIC’s membership offerings, please see the ‘Chapters’ section of the website for details on Chapter creation and commitments.

Summary of Services and Benefits of Membership:

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Please feel free to connect with us at membership@bccic.ca or 604-899-4475

Fee Exemptions

In recognition of time dedicated by our volunteers toward network activities, BCCIC will waive Individual Membership fees for young people aged 30 and under volunteering a minimum of 10 hours to any BCCIC activity. Volunteers who qualify for the fee exemption are asked to check the applicable box on their application form. BCCIC’s volunteer program runs on a rolling as-needed basis – postings for volunteer positions can be found under the “opportunities” section of the BCCIC website.

To renew membership, fees are due in September of each year. For new members, fees paid after the month of March are prorated to half a year’s cost for the remainder of the year until September.

Voting Rights

BCCIC is a membership-based organization comprised primarily of groups and representatives of collectives. As such, our governance structure and voting regulations are reflective of the council’s collective nature. When an issue is put to vote, each vote is viewed as representing the sentiments of a collective, rather than the sole sentiment of the representative holding the voting card. 

Individual members do not have the ability to vote on their own behalf, however, individual members have the opportunity to either form, or join a BCCIC Chapter which allows a group of individual members to have a single collective vote.

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