Join IDCDC

01Choose how to take part

• Become a member

  Create your account, accept the charter and choose your country programme.

  Create your accountYour profile

• Bring your organisation

  Associations, schools and professional bodies can apply as Institutional Members.

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• Start a group in your city

  Help form a local Chapter cell where none exists yet.

  Country programmes

• Offer your expertise

  Join a community of practice in the Academy: write standards, review work and teach.

  Communities of practice

• Learn first

  Browse the planned courses before you join.

  Academy

02How joining works

1. 1

   Create your account

   A username, an email address and a password. The name others see can be a pseudonym.

2. 2

   Accept the charter

   Read the six commitments every member makes.

3. 3

   Admission

   Your membership is confirmed under the charter’s rules.

4. 4

   Choose your programme

   Pick the country and city where you want to take part.

03What everyone commits to

1. 1

   I am independent and non-partisan in everything I do here.

2. 2

   I disclose conflicts of interest and step aside when they apply.

3. 3

   I protect other people’s safety and never expose them.

4. 4

   I do not use the Council for money, markets or investment.

5. 5

   I never claim to speak for the Council without authority.

6. 6

   I act with dignity and do no harm.

Read the charter

04What you never have to share

• Your identity, beyond what accountability requires
• Where you live
• Your employer
• Your immigration status
• Your family’s details

The charter forbids making these a condition of taking part, unless the law requires it and it is safety-cleared.

Protected participation

05Questions