professional association
Professional association refers to the voluntary association of persons, corporations and legal persons from a technical point of view to represent common interests. The trade association is a form of interest group , trade associations of companies are mostly branch associations , otherwise there are also trade associations as branch-specific departments of business associations.
organization
A professional association is usually financed from membership fees and donations. The members elect the board of directors and the chairman, who usually work on a voluntary basis . The management is mostly carried out by full-time employees. Often an association magazine is published, which is free for the members.
Regions
Germany (selection)
- Federation of German Industry (BDI)
- Federal Association for Construction and Facades in the Central Association of the German Building Industry (BAF)
- Federal Association for Cultural Work in Protestant Youth (BKA)
- German Society for Supervision (DGSv)
- German Association for Educational and Career Counseling (dvb)
- Association of Components Distribution
- Association of German Professional Choir Directors (FDB)
- Association of German Florists (FDF)
- Professional association for steam boiler, container and pipeline construction
- Electronics Design Association (FED)
- Powder Metallurgy Association (FPM)
- Industrial Masters Association Germany (IMV)
- Research Association for Spatial Electronic Assemblies (3-D MID)
- Association for International Bus Tourism (RDA)
- Society for Technical Communication (tkom)
- Central Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry (ZVEI)
- Association of Metal Goods and Allied Industries (FMI)
- Building Climate Association (FGK)
- Association of Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes (FSK)
- AVK - Reinforced Plastics Industry Association (AVK)
- General Association of the Plastics Processing Industry (GKV)
- Plastic Packaging Industry Association (IK)
Austria
In Austria, a trade association is specifically the representation of the individual industrial sectors within the Austrian Chamber of Commerce , e.g. B. the professional association of the film and music industry (FAMA) or the professional association of the mineral oil industry . In the case of commercial enterprises, the corresponding representation is the guild .