Membership Agreement

for the International Association of NLP-Institutes (IN)

This membership agreement is an expression of the mission of IN and of the commitment made by each IN-Member.

Membership is possible as experienced NLP-Institute or on each stage of IN-Qualification: NLP-Practitioner, Coach/NLP-Master, Mastercoach/NLP-Trainer, NLP-Master Trainer. Each IN-Member has signed the IN-Member-Statement which you will find below. 

Only IN-Members  on the level of a NLP-Master Trainer or NLP-Institute are authorised to certify with the IN-Seal.  

The presupposition to become a member of the IN is the gradution of a NLP- Master Trainer. Furthermore is obligatory, that:

• you have passed successful the NLP Master Trainer Colloquium of the IN

• you do not offer short NLP-Standard-Trainings (NLP-Practitioner, NLP-Master or NLP-Trainer) and that you certify below the IN-Standards (18 days/130 hours)

• you have not yet accomplished 7 NLP-standard trainings (after that amount of experience and after a cooperative talk with a member of the IN-Board you switch to the level of a seal-authorized IN-Member- Institute)

• you have a cooperation with an experienced NLP-Institute of the IN

The presuppositions to become a NLP-Institute Member of the IN are, that:

• you have finished successfulat least 7 NLP-Standard-Trainings (NLP-Practitioner, NLP-Master or NLP-Trainer) with at least 130 hours training in a minimum of 18 days

• you do not offer short NLP-Standard-Trainings (NLP-Practitioner, NLP-Master or NLP-Trainer) that you certify below the IN-Standards (18 days/130 hours)

• at least two Institute-Members of the IN are so convinced of your professional standards and integrity, that they guarantee for you

• the board of directors of the IN decides to admit you as an Institut-Member of the IN

The yearly IN-Membership fee for IN Institute-Members with a seal-licence is 150 Euros plus 100 Euros for each NLP Master Trainer.

The yearly IN-Membership fee for an NLP-Master-Trainer with a seal-licence is 150 Euros. 

The yearly IN-Membership fee for an NLP-Master-Coach / NLP-Trainer  is 90 Euros. 

The yearly IN-Membership fee for an NLP-Master / Coach is 70 Euros. 

The yearly IN-Membership fee for an NLP-Practitioner is 50 Euros. 

Each seal is 15 Euros.

Every year NLP-Institute-Members write a professional article about NLP, which will be published on the IN-Website.

IN-Members link their website with the IN-Website.

IN-Members update their profile on the IN-Website on a regular basis.

Agreement and conditions for IN-Members 

I confirm hereby, that:

• I abide by the Code of Ethics of the IN

• I stand up for the IN, take an active part in the IN and promote the publicity of the IN

• I abide as a IN-Master Trainer or IN-Institute the participation standards and requirements of IN in all my certification courses

• I, as an IN-Master Trainer or IN-Institute, continuously expand my abilities, knowledge and courses, in order to keep up with changes regarding standards, guidelines, requirements and conditions determined by the IN

• The board of directors of the IN has the right to modify the agreements, requirements, and conditions that concern the IN-Members, in order to continuously improve the IN as a professional, international high quality standard organization

• I abide by the IN-Guidelines regarding the use of the IN-Logo and the IN-Seal

• I, as an IN-Master Trainer or IN-Institute, use the logo and the IN-Seal only for trainings that meet the guidelines, standards, and the Ethics Codex of the IN

• I, as an IN-Master Trainer or IN Institute, do not claim ownership of the logo, the seal or other materials; I only use these in accord with this agreement for the duration of my registered membership in the IN

• I acknowledge the certificates issued by all IN-Member-Institutes and IN- and NLP-Master Trainers worldwide

• I act responsibly and ethically in my interactions with clients

• The board of directors of the IN has the right and the liability to remove my name from the register and to withdraw my status and its privileges, if I should offend against one of the predetermined agreements and conditions

• The IN is an organization, whose members commit themselves through the membership itself to meet the quality standards developed by the IN, while the IN takes no responsibility regarding the marketing or the day-to-day business of each member

• Especially concerned for IN-Member-Institutes: Once a year I write a professional article, that can be published on the website of the IN

• Especially concerned for IN-Member-Institutes: My IN-Member-Institute and its NLP-Mastertrainers will be presented and made public on the IN-Website www.NLP-Institutes.net with the asked member profil and I will provide unrequested all the respective data as well as any changes

• Especially for IN-Member-Institutes applies: I, as the director of my member institute, take full responsibility for the adherence of the IN-Guidelines at my institute

• Especially for IN-Member-Institutes applies: I recommend only those institutes with more than 7 NLP trainings for membership at the IN of whose integrity I am so convinced that I vouch for these institutes within the IN

Guidelines concerning the IN-Logo and the IN-Seal

The IN-Logo may only be used on marketing materials that advertise a training that is in accord with the IN-Guidelines. With the IN-Logo, the following statement needs to be written on the materials:

“This training is conducted in accord with the quality standards of the International Association of NLP-Institutes”

• The IN-Logo can be used on business cards, on letterheads, advertisements and websites

• If the IN-Logo is used by IN-Members on flyers or advertisements that annouce different trainings or events, it should be clear which of these will be conducted according to IN-Standards and which not.

• The IN-Seal may only be used on IN-Certificates, that confirm the participation in a training, that was conducted by an IN NLP-Master Trainer who is registered on the website of the IN.

IN-Member-Statement^*1

I requests my admission to the IN on the level: 

O NLP Practitioner,   O NLP Master,   
O NLP Trainer,   O NLP Master Trainer^*2,   O experienced  NLP-Institut 

1. I actively support the good reputation of the IN and abide by the 

    Code of Ethics and quality guidelines of the IN. 

2. I only recommend and take part in such certified NLP-Trainings, 

    which correspond to the quality standards of the IN. 

3. My behavior in interaction with seminar participants, 

    colleagues and competitors is fair and cooperative. 

4. I stand up for the IN and I am also a contact person for others, 

    who want to be informed about the IN and keep my personal 

    information on the IN website updated.

5. I commit myself with my resources and in my way to use NLP in 

    high quality and to support networks and quality circles in the IN. 

Place, date:_______________________  Signature:__________________________ 

You find the printable form here

The yearly^*3 IN-Membership fee^*1 for 

- IN Institute-Members with a seal-licence is 150 Euros plus 100 Euros for each NLP Master Trainer.

- an NLP-Master-Trainer with a seal-licence is 150 Euros^*2. 

- an NLP-Master-Coach / NLP-Trainer  is 90 Euros. 

- an NLP-Master / Coach is 70 Euros. 

- an NLP-Practitioner is 50 Euros. 

*1 IN members with coaching qualifications are at the same time without additional fees members of our sister association ICI: International Association of Coaching-Institutes, www.coaching-institutes.net

*2 this membership is possible only through a co-operation with an existing IN Member Institut and only as long as the NLP Master Trainer hasn’t accomplished 7 standard trainings

*3 Membership fees in the admission year are reduced to the actual membership months.