IFCM and the Human Development Index (HDI)
Membership

Membership Groups according to the United Nations' Human Development Index 

The IFCM membership fees vary according to three country groups, based on the United Nations' Human Development Index - HDI list. The 'human development index' is published by the United Nations. This index is not based on the economic situation only. It takes into account the life expectancy, the under-five mortality rate, etc... If you wish to know more about this index, you will find more on:

http://www.hdr.undp.org/en/2020-report

 

Group 1

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Denmark, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macau SAR (China), Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA

 

Group 2

Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Aruba, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Georgia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Iran, Rep. Islamic of, Jamaica, Jordan, Kosovo Republic, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Martinique, Martinique, F.W.I., Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Oman (Sultanate of), Palau, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Republic of Kazakhstan, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa West, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan – China, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

 

Group 3

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, State of, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tadjikistan, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

 

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Official magazine of the International Federation for Choral Music, the International Choral Magazine is published quarterly in the four official languages of IFCM: English, French, German and Spanish. It is distributed in more than 80 countries on the five continents and is the official voice of choral music around the world.

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