Join us

If you represent a national European patient organisation in the field of (in)fertility, please join us!

We are an association of European patient organisations and associations involved with fertility / infertility issues. All of us, in our national organisations, are involved in various activities, mostly assisting those affected by difficulties in conceiving.

Fertility Europe, in addition to sharing best practice and many other useful ideas, projects and experiences, has three main goals:

• Build a strong European network among European patients and professionals to achieve the exchange of best practices
• Promote education in the field of protection of reproductive health and a proactive approach to family planning
• Improve the situation concerning the rights of those affected by difficulties in conceiving in many areas.

Networking and sharing of best practices, information, fundraising tools, policies, and advocacy strategies are extremely important. We learn from each other, our work together is based on transparency and democratic principles, and we become more responsible and play a more important role both nationally and at the European level. With a clear structure, transparent financing from diverse sources, elections, democracy and co-operation on all levels of fertility/infertility issues, Fertility Europe respects all views and differences among people in Europe.

The application process

1) Read the Articles/Statutes of Fertility Europe on our website.
2) Send an email to membership(at)fertilityeurope.eu and to office(at)fertilityeurope.eu and provide your contact information:

• name
• email address
• telephone number
• internet communicator contact – if available

3) Send the following documents by email to membership(at)fertilityeurope.eu and to office(at)fertilityeurope.eu

• Registration in the country (if necessary/available)
• Statutes
• Financial Report
• Annual Report
• Sponsoring / Fundraising System / Structure
• Information on the relationship between your organisation, doctors and hospitals/clinics
• Disclosure Explanation

Please note that you do not have to translate the documents.

4) Follow us on Facebook.

The approval process

After applying to be an Effective, Candidate or Associate Member and sending all the required documents, the Executive Committee of Fertility Europe scrutinises your documents to check whether your Association/Organisation operates according to the Articles/Statutes of Fertility Europe. If the Executive Committee finds that your Association/Organisation fulfils the requirements for membership, they will recommend approving your application to join Fertility Europe at the following Council Meeting. Before the Council Meeting, you may be invited to introduce your Association/Organisation at our Spring Meeting.

The Council Meeting is held once a year around the ESHRE‘s Annual Meeting (usually the first week of July), and you are invited to join the meeting. At the meeting, the current Effective Members either accept or reject your application. If you are accepted, you will receive an official approval letter a few weeks after the Council Meeting, and you will be asked to pay the membership fee, subject to the type of membership you were granted.

Membership fees

Our fees are based on the income of your national patient organisation:

Last update: May 2025