For people outside UIMLA…
Our full member associations can confirm this to you.
For UIMLA members or those wanting to join…
UIMLA does not have any office or support staff, all communications are sent to our member associations or published on the website. You should contact your own association and their delegates who receive all UIMLA communications for circulation in their own associations.
Each association has two “delegates” with two substitutes or deputies who attend the general assemblies. Members of the UIMLA executive (BEx) are elected from the delegates and by the delegates. Only the delegates of full member associations are able to vote in UIMLA decisions but delegates from aspirant member associations can address the assembly in a consultative role.
The UIMLA executive (BEx) are elected from the delegates and by the delegates. The BEx consists of a five persons who are the president, a vice president, a treasurer, general secretary and the technical head.
This area has information and files which are circulated to delegates. These are financial reports, details of UIMLA assessments, internal policies and planning documents. There are also personal details of UIMLA delegates and assessors including their phone numbers, private email addresses and related items. Internal logistical information is also held including hotel and rooming details for assemblies. None of these items should be visible to the public and all are available to the delegates of member associations.
You can become a member of one of our full member associations; an individual can not become a member of UIMLA.
Normally if there is an association in your country the preferred option is to join that training system. Where there is no association you may be able to contact another country association and apply to join their system.
When a national association joins UIMLA its training system is assessed in the national context. No association, or training provider, has been appointed as an international provider or as a default provider.
UIMLA assures that each member country uses a common training standard. In normal practice, an individual with a UIMLA diploma should be able to join the association that provided their training, their own national association or the association in their country of residence. In some countries there are national laws controlling the profession and additional requirements may be imposed by the government or other national authorities.
UIMLA works with member associations and their national authorities to improve working rights of our members. The UIMLA goal is that the diploma should be recognised where a person has the right to reside or work in a country.
An EU citizen (or EEA plus Switzerland) has a right to work on a temporary basis in other EU countries. That applies in the normal case to EU citizens holding a diploma from any (current) EU member state.
In other situations this right is either not automatic or subject to additional tests by national authorities, these situations include (but are not limited to):
– an EU national with an award from a non-EU member state.
– a national of a non-EU member (known as a third country) with a diploma from any country.
UIMLA assures that each country meets the same common standard but does not control the exact content of each training module. It is not possible to provide an automatic right to switch between countries.
Our full member associations provide the training and assessments for becoming an IML.
Our full member associations can provide them to you.