International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
  
Managing water for sustainable agriculture
Water for food and rural development
 

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SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS : MEMBERSHIP, BENEFITS, COMPUTATION

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HOW TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP

Any geographical area/country independently administered by a sovereign government and having interest in the activities of the Commission can apply for membership of ICID on the prescribed form (see Appendix 1 and Appendix 2) through its National Committee (if constituted) or Representative. The membership application form duly filled up with all required details and signed by an authorized officer should be submitted to the ICID Central Office preferably two months in advance of the date of the meeting of International Executive Council (IEC), where the application shall be placed for consideration.For any clarifications/details the Central Office of ICID can be contacted.

FOR ON-LINE COMPUTATION OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION

 

COMPUTATION OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION

REVISED SUBSCRIPTION

   

Annual Subscription w.e.f. 1991 = (A) + (B) + (C) - (D)

   

Where (A), (B) and (C) are :

(A)

 

FIXED BASIC SUBSCRIPTION = US $ 1,045.00

(B)

 

INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY :

 

(i)

Subscription = $ 940 X (A)0.50

   

Where (A) is the area irrigated + drained + flood protected, in million ha, up to 9.35 million ha

   

OR

 

(ii)

Subscription = US $ 1315 X (A)0.35 where A is the area in million ha above 9.35 million ha

(C)

 

CAPACITY TO PAY

 

(a)

Countries paying less than half of world average of UN Contribution, i.e. less than 0.30 per cent : Normal contribution.

 

(b)

Countries Paying 0.30 per cent or more but less than 0.6 per cent : US $ 500

 

(c)

Countries paying 0.6 per cent (world average) or more but less than 1.5 per cent (ICID countries average) of UN Contribution : US $ 1000

 

(d)

Countries paying 1.5 per cent or more, but less than 2 times the ICID average (3.0 per cent) : US $ 1500

 

(e)

Countries paying more than 3.00 per cent (double the ICID countries average) : US $ 2000

(D)

 

CONCESSION

   

Fifty per cent concession to be given in "Interest of the Country" element to countries paying UN Contribution up to and including 0.03 per cent.

     
   

For the year 1996 : 10 per cent over and above the subscription for 1995

     
   

For the year 1999 : 4.5 per cent over and above above the subscription for 1998

     
    For the year 2008 onwards: An increase of 3% every year
     
    For the year 2009 onwards: An increase of 3% every year

 

APPENDIX 1

APPLICATION FORM FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

 

The International Executive Council
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
48 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri
NEW DELHI, 110 021
INDIA

Dear Sir :

I have the honour to apply on behalf of Government/National Committee of ................. ............................................................................................................ for the admission of ............... ......................................................................... to membership in the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage :The Government/The National Committee of .............................................. ............................................... pledges itself, if admitted as a participating country in the international Commission on Irrigation and Drainage :

  • to abide by the rules of procedure laid down in the Constitution and By-laws,

  • to accept the obligations contained in the Constitution and the By-laws,

  • to make the financial subscription fixed by the International Executive Council as its share of the Commission’s expenses.

The address of our representative or National Committee at which correspondence may be addressed in future will be :

Name: .................................................................................................................
Street Address: ..................................................................................................
P.O. Box: ...........................................................................................................
Country: .......................... Postal Code: ................................................................
Phone #: .......................... Fax #: ......................................................................
E-mail: ................................................................................................................
Website: ................................................................................................................

or

It is not possible to arrange a National Committee in the country under the present set-up or conditions and the country will be represented by the following (vide Article 3 of ICID Constitution) and will appoint only representatives to ICID meetings. (Please cut out which is not applicable.)

Name: .....................................................................................................................
Street Address: ......................................................................................................
P.O. Box: ..................................................................................................................
Country: .......................... Postal Code: ................................................................
Phone #: .......................... Fax #: ...........................................................................
E-mail: .....................................................................................................................
Website: ..................................................................................................................

As laid down in Article 4 of the Constitution of ICID, I enclose the Constitution of the National Committee/the Constitution of the National Committee is being framed and its copy will be sent to the Central Office as soon as finalized.

The Government/The National Committee of ........................................................................................ .......................................seeks admission with effect from the calendar year ..........................................In order to enable the Council to determine the amount of our Annual subscription, I give below the necessary statistical figures (based on the criteria set out in Appendix 2 to the By-Laws of ICID) relating to:

(a) Area irrigated annually in hectares .............................
(b) Area protected by drainage and flood control works in hectares ............................................................... .
Total : (a) + (b) = .................................................
Annual subscription to the United Nations as percentage of the total expenditure of the United Nations ..................................................Dated: ................................................................................................................
At the City of: ......................................................................................................
Signature of Authorized Officer : ....................................................................

Full Name of Authorized Officer:..........................................................................

(Affix official stamp if available)

 

APPENDIX 2

 

STATEMENT SETTING OUT CRITERIA FOR REPORTING FIGURES ON AREA IRRIGATED AND AREA PROTECTED BY DRAINAGE WORKS IN EACH MEMBER COUNTRY

Figures of areas benefited will be required under two headings :(a) Irrigation(b) Drainage (including flood control)

For the purpose of calculating each country’s interest, the area benefited will be taken as the sum of (a) plus (b).

IRRIGATION :

The figure required is the area capable of being irrigated by existing installation or equipment together with the additional area which will be capable of being irrigated during the next five years.The word "capable" should be interpreted as including the whole irrigable area covered by irrigation systems and not simply the area irrigated in each year.

It applies to the net area and should exclude such things as channels, roads, buildings and the like.

DRAINAGE :

The figure required is the area which for agricultural purposes depends upon any form of artificial (man-made) drainage works together with any areas depending upon the maintenance or improvement of natural channels.

Note :(1) Land depending upon more than one form of drainage works should be included once only.

(2) Land which is irrigated and also drained should be included under irrigation and not under drainage (that is, it counts once only).

Bank Transfer to ICID's Account in New Delhi, India

Option I (Remittance in US Dollars)
Option II (Remittance in Euro)

EEFC A/c No. 0157241000002
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
Canara Bank, Diplomatic Enclave Branch
Chanakyapuri, NEW DELHI – 110021, INDIA
Swift Code: CNRBINBBDFS

Through

Acct No. 6550791917 of Canara Bank
International Division, Mumbai
(Swift: CNRBINBBBID) with Bank of America,
NY (BOFAUS3N)

EEFC A/c No. 0157243000001
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
Canara Bank, Diplomatic Enclave Branch
Chanakyapuri, NEW DELHI – 110021, INDIA
Swift Code: CNRBINBBDFS

Through

Acct No. 40087502001 of Canara Bank
International Division, Mumbai
(Swift: CNRBINBBBID) with COMMERZ Bank, Frankfurt (SWIFT: COBADEFF)

 

 

 

BENEFITS FROM ICID MEMBERSHIP

(1) The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) was established on 24 June 1950 as a Scientific, Technical and Voluntary, Not-for-Profit, Non-Governmental International Organisation (NGO) with headquarters in New Delhi, India. The Commission is dedicated to securing the world-wide supply of food and fibre by improving water and land management and the productivity of irrigated and drained lands through appropriate management of water and environment and with application to irrigation, drainage and flood management.

(2) The mission of ICID is to stimulate and promote the development and application of the arts, sciences and techniques of engineering, agriculture, economics, ecological and social sciences in managing water and land resources for irrigation, drainage, flood management and river training applications, including research and development and capacity building for achieving sustainable irrigated agriculture.

(3) ICID organises International Congresses, Regional Conferences, and Special Technical Sessions frequently. So far 62 International Executive Council (IEC), 21 highly successful International Congresses, 10 Afro-Asian Regional Conferences, 25 European Regional Conferences, 2 Special Technical Sessions, 4 Pan-American Regional Conferences and 10 International Drainage Workshop (IDW) 6 Asian Regional Conference, 3 African Regional Conference were successfully held. The forthcoming technical conferences of ICID are as follows :

(4) Experts from all over the world participate at ICID Congresses and Conferences and are available for consultation and exchange of views on problems particularly facing the developing countries. ICID membership covers over 90% of the irrigated area in the world.

(5) Meetings of International Executive Council (IEC) which comprises representatives from ICID member countries and over 31 technical committees/workbodies take place annually by rotation in one of the member countries where top experts from all over the world gather, providing an excellent forum for interaction and deliberations.

(6) ICID helps in organisation of seminars/workshops, on problems facing a country, with the assistance of international bodies like World Bank, FAO and others.

(7) ICID helps to arrange financial assistance from donor organisations for delegates from developing countries to attend ICID Congresses and other ICID meetings; and also for organising special ICID meetings.

(8) Being closely associated with such programs as International Program for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage (IPTRID), ICID helps its member National Committees to receive field projects/programs in their countries.

(9) ICID sponsors/organises workshops on specific subjects. So far 10 International Drainage Workshops and other workshops have been held.

(10) ICID brings out highly informative and useful special publications and congress transactions from time to time in which the rich experience of other countries is reported on topical problems.

(11) ICID, through M/s. Wiley-Blackwell (UK), publishes (five issues in a year) a peer reviewed technical journal 'Irrigation and Drainage', carrying selected articles for its members. Some Special Issues are also brought out to focus on hot issues of the period. The annual 'Best Paper Award' has also been instituted. The biggest benefit is that a member country ( National Committee) gets 10 free hard copies + on-line access to ICID Journal for all WG members from that country. Many a times, the market value of all the copies of the Journal that a country gets, exceeds the concerned ICID subscription.

A quarterly ICID News (ICID Newsletter renamed as ICID News from 2010/1 issue) and a monthly News Update are also published for its members. Some of the publications have received worldwide appreciation. They include Irrigation and Drainage in the World - A Global Review (3 volumes), A Global Review on Flood Control in the World (2 volumes) - A Worldwide Survey on Irrigation and Salinity, Environmental Checklist, and ICID-World Bank Guide 'Planning the Management, Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Systems'. The ICID Multilingual Technical Dictionary (revised in 2010) has been translated into 14 languages. Some publications are also brought out in cooperation/collaboration with other international organizations such as FAO. An ICID-FAO publication on Management of Agricultural Drainage Water Quality and second ICID "WatSave Scenario" has been published. ICID has published numerous publications over the years. Some select publications are listed below:

(12) ICID collaborates with several international water related organisations on issues of topical interest and importance. The outcomes of such deliberations are presented to the International Executive Council and communicated to all ICID member countries regularly. Presently, ICID is participating in the `Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment' together with nine other international organisations.

(13) ICID promotes broadbasing of its constituent member National Committees through involvement of professionals from different disciplines and organisations. Mutual co-operation/collaboration of National Committees is encouraged. It is observed that participants in these Committees benefit from the wider peer group that is provided by co-operation under the ICID umbrella, both at home and abroad. A number of Committees have developed under this umbrella into strong autonomous organizations with their own programs and an ever-broadening membership of all the key stakeholders. To provide further encouragement to member Committees' development, a 'Best Performing National Committee Award' has been instituted. Similarly, to give a further impetus to the activities of the technical workbodies, a `Best Performing Workbody Award' has also been instituted.

(14) Through communications, the member National Committees are apprised of ICID's Strategy and Position/Stand on important water-related issues which help them to formulate activities in their countries.

(15) At the time of the International Congress of ICID triennially, 'N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture for International Cooperation' is delivered by an eminent and distinguished personality, bringing out significant developments in irrigation and drainage engineering, including all allied aspects like environment, sociology, economics, etc.

(16) ICID has, through its conferences and meetings, addressed the challenges facing irrigated agriculture in the increased competition for water. Official statements and declarations have been issued setting out action plans to promote and increase the conservation of water. WatSave brings together all the major irrigated countries in the world to promote progress in this area. Special WatSave Awards for technology, management and for young professionals, who have made an outstanding and innovative contribution to the conservation of water in irrigation, are also presented.

(17) ICID welcomes participation of committed irrigation professionals from all disciplines, and invites all countries to participate in its activities in pursuit of its fundamental objectives.

For further enquiries kindly contact :

Central Office
Executive Secretary
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
48, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi - 110 021, India
Phone : 91-11-2611 6837 or 91-11-2611 5679
Fax : 91-11-2611 5962
E-mail : icid@icid.org
Website : http://www.icid.org

 

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