Membership is open to representatives of organizations and any interested persons concerned about social development issues. Voting members are those individuals who represent organizations in Consultative Status with the UN through ECOSOC; there is one vote per organization. Individuals may be members without vote.
Membership Benefits
Members will receive notices and summaries of monthly meetings, important upcoming conferences related to social development, and meetings sponsored by the Committee on Social Development. Committee members prepare joint statements voicing the opinions of NGOs concerned with social development issues. NGOs interested in voicing their opinions on an international level can contribute ideas to these statements or sign on to the agreed Committee statements. After these statements have been circulated for endorsements, they are submitted to appropriate UN bodies and become official documents.
Full Member Organizations (with ECOSOC status):
- Action Lab for Development
- American Psychological Association
- Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)
- Baha’i International Community
- Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
- Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
- Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
- Congregations of St. Joseph
- Congregation of the Mission
- Dominican Leadership Conference
- ECPAT-USA
- Fondazione Proclade Internazionale-onlus
- Fundacion para Estudio e Investigacion de La Mujer (FEIM)
- Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra – Brazil
- Graduate Women International (GWI)
- Gray Panthers
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- International Association of Charities
- International Association of Schools of Social Work
- International Consortium for Social Development
- International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) – University of Montreal
- International Movement ATD Fourth World
- International Presentation Association
- International Public Relations Association
- Kolping International
- League of Women Voters of the United States
- Life Project 4 Youth (LP4Y)
- Make Mothers Matter
- Maryknoll Sisters
- Medical Mission Sisters
- Mercy International Association
- Red Dot Foundation
- School Sisters of Notre Dame
- Sikh Human Rights Group
- Sisters of Charity Federation
- Sisters of notre dame de Namur
- Society of the Sacred Heart
- Soroptimist International
- The Congregation of the Passion Holy Cross Province – Passionists International
- The FRED Hollows Foundation
- The Inclusivity Project
- The Institute of the Blessed Virgin
- The International Relations Students’ Association Of McGill
- UNANIMA
- VIVAT International