Become a member

Full membership is open to all EU, EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) cities and towns that have democratically elected  their city councils.

Associate
membership is open to other organisations (Regional Authorities, Research Institutes, Universities) from EU and EFTA or cities from other European countries. Moreover private companies may also apply for associate membership status.

For the membership fees of each category please click here.
Membership must be submitted by a written application sent to
Q-Cities Coordination Office.

The written application must be filled on the appropriate
official application form. Each city/town shall appoint one elected or non elected official representative and up to two technical experts who will attend the meetings without any voting rights and actively participate in the joint tasks, approved by the Network.
All the applications must be authorised by a Municipal Council Decision.
The membership status is granted subject to the approval of the General Assembly.

The prerequisites for a city to be full member of Q-cities is either the implementation of CAF or EFQM, either to be certified by ISO, or to have implemented EMAS rules, either to have established an office for quality matters or to have developed an innovative action on these matters or to have implemented other quality initiatives.