How to Apply ??

The key process that will clinch your involvement in all IPSF events and activities is becoming an IPSF Member!
The process is amazingly quick, easy, and will lead you down the path to being a motivated, enthusiastic, contributing member of your profession!
 
After your first encounter with IPSF as a pharmacy student or a graduate within your first 4 years of graduation you will probably have to do some steps before taking the decision to have your association a part of IPSF or applying for IPSF as an Individual Member yourself.
 
Those steps will help you know more about IPSF get acquainted with the required information to be a strong and solid future member whose participation will ensure effective and sustainable progression of IPSF objectives, goals and projects.

 

 

 

After reading and digesting the NMHB (download), extend your interest and passion about IPSF to the rest of your association executives and members do not hesitate to send an email to pr@ipsf.org asking for a promotional kit.
 
This contains;
IPSF Publications: News Bulletin, Annual Report and Phuture.
IPSF promotional posters
Non Members Hand Book. ” Translated versions available”
IPSF News Letter- last 3 issues.
CD – Including IPSF promotional presentation.” Translated versions available”

 
You can feel free to use these materials for your student organisation, to tell them about the IPSF role and projects, also in any activities for your association such as national congress, lectures or campaigns.
 
So now what do you think?, if you think that it’s really important for you or your association to be part of an International organization, that aims to improve pharmacy profession and education all over the world, you are more than welcome to join the IPSF growing family.

For information on how you can become an IPSF member, please download the Non-Member's Handbook (download). 
IPSF offers four kinds of membership, each given its own unique consideration:

- Full Membership (FM),

- Member in Association (MiA),

- Individual Membership (IM),

- Friends of the Federation (FoF).
 

The IPSF executive committee can grant IM and FoF Memberships at any time throughout the year after the application has been considered,
Whereas FM and MiA is granted by the General Assembly (GA), at the annual congress.

So what are your duties towards IPSF and what are the privileges that you will gain from Joining IPSF:

Privileges :
1. Participation in the student Exchange Program ( SEP )

2. Participation in development fund (DF )

3. Receive IPSF publications: News Bulletin, Annual Report and Phuture.

4. Receive materials for Organizing IPSF campaigns and projects.

5. Participation in international research projects. I.e. Moving On research projects.

6. Receive “call for applications” for internships in IPSF headquarters in The Hague, The Netherlands.

7. Receive “call for applications” for internships in WHO-World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and other IPSF partner organisations.

8. Receive invitation to the IPSF world congress of pharmacy students. Receive invitation to participate in many national and international events among other fellow pharmacy and health sciences

9. Full Members have the right to vote during the General Assembly as well as the right to run a motion. A motion in IPSF language is an intervention during or before the General assembly with the aim of introducing, amending or canceling articles in IPSF constitution, project or idea.


Duties:

1) - Appoint a CP. Contact Person, this person will be your association ambassador to IPSF he is the link between IPSF and your association.

2) - Work in IPSF framework. This means to endorse IPSF projects and methodology in implementation of national projects.

3) - Provide information of your organization to IPSF. Through continuous Participation in the discussions on the Contact Persons group and through submitting your associations’ annual report for the congress folder

4) - Pay the annual IPSF fee as IPSF is a non profit organization with a budget depending mainly on the membership fees paid annually by its members.
Notes;
“Some developing countries which facing financial obstacles hindering them from paying the annual fee can apply for the DF grant to request paying their membership fee though the grant. “But only after being a member and paying the 1st fee”
“Failing to pay the annual membership fee to IPSF for 2 continuous years results in the association being in arrears in the first year losing some membership privileges and complete losing of membership after the second year”.


 

9 Steps for being a Full Member (FM) / Member in Association (MiA) of IPSF

1) - Find out if your country is recognized as an independent nation by the United Nations Organization (for FM only). You can check the United Nations website www.un.org.

2) - Visit www.ipsf.org and download the application form or make a request for the application frompr@ipsf.org or ipsf@ipsf.org.

3) - Complete the application form and have it signed by the president and two other executives of the organization.
“Note: The application form should be hand signed, if you are going to send it by email then after signing the application scan it and then send it by email to ipsf@ipsf.org and pr@ipsf.org”

4) - Attach to your application a copy of your associations’ constitution/statutes or by laws.

“Note: IPSF recognizes Arabic, English French and Spanish as its official languages. Submitting your constitution to IPSF for a membership application should be done in any of the aforementioned languages.”
Associations applying for full membership FM should be the main representative of the biggest number of pharmacy students in their respective countries, and they should have relations with country’s National Pharmacy board ( i.e. Pharmacy syndicate, pharmaceutical association or pharmaceutical society ) this to ensure continuity of the association and the national support for IPSF projects implemented in their country .
They also need to provide an official (i.e. signed and stamped) letter of recommendation from their respective national pharmacy board on the board’s letter head…..download.

5) - Submit the application two months before the next General Assembly. The General Assembly ( GA )…….Read more about GA.
“Note: Submitting your application form on time and abiding to the deadline ensures that your associations’ application will be accepted for admission in the upcoming General Assembly and not postponed to next year.”

6) - Payment of the 1st annual membership fee before the start of the general assembly is crucial for the admission of your file during the GA. You can pay the fees until 12 hours before the General assembly commences. Regarding how is the fee calculated and methods of payment contact treasurer@ipsf.org.

7) - Prepare a five minute presentation about your organization and its activities. Be sure to make it interesting and focus on both what your organization will gain and give to IPSF! Include photos and videos if possible!

Note: Presentations have to be done in English language – Working Language of IPSF and the congress.

8) - Attend the GA and make your presentation.
Note: IPSF understands that not all students from all countries can fund themselves to attend the General Assembly during the IPSF congress due to the expenses of registration fees and flight tickets, In accordance IPSF provides financial support for students who prove their financial need and inability to attend the congress through the Development Fund Grant- DF Grant,
“IPSF allows countries / associations applying for membership in IPSF to nominate a representative who confirmed to attend the congress – IPSF chairperson of Public Relations can do the presentation on behalf of associations not attending the congress due to financial or visa problems”.
 

9) - Wait for approval (10-15 min.) Voting takes place during the GA through secret ballots and then the result is announced. Upon acceptance of the membership the official delegate of the association granted membership –if present- should join the General assembly and have a voting card “in case of Full Membership”.

 

 

How to become an Individual Member(IM)/Friend of the Federation (FoF)


1. Visit www.ipsf.org and download the application form or make a request for the application form at ipsf@ipsf.org
2. Complete the application form and send it to the IPSF secretariat
3. Wait on evaluation (1-2 days)
4. Payment of fees.

(Only students who are not part of an IPSF member organization and graduates within four years of graduation from their 1st degree in pharmacy are eligible to become an IM, however any individual who wishes to support and advance the aims of the Federation both morally and financially, may become an IPSF Friend of the Federation ).