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FHRD MEMBERSHIP
Membership to the Foundation is open to all those bodies or persons who, through the particular nature of their work or professional activities, can contribute towards the furtherance and/or implementation of the aims of the Foundation.
FHRD currently offers four (4) categories of membership as follows:
- Corporate Member
- SME Member
- Individual Member
- Student Member
Who is FHRD?
FHRD is a national non-governmental organisation, established by statute in 1990 on the joint initiative of government and the private sector. It was set up to promote people management and development practices as well as the development of the human resource profession in Malta.
The Foundation is an autonomous and independent body and it benefits from close working relationships with the Ministries responsible for Employment, Education, and Industry.
The Foundation works in partnership with its corporate members from private and public sector organisations, the professional HR community of practitioners and service providers, and other key local players in the field of human resource management and development. On the international scene, FHRD has a formal agreement with the Centre for Labour Market Studies (CLMS), University of Leicester, UK, to act as its agent in Malta. FHRD on behalf of CLMS provides Certificate, Diploma, Masters and Doctorate programmes and also participates in numerous networking and research opportunities. FHRD also has established a good working relationship with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). FHRD is a member of the European Association of Personnel Management (EAPM) and the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA) and is the first organisation on the Maltese Islands to have achieved the Investors in People Standard.
What is FHRD Membership?
Annual membership to the Foundation is open to all organisations and institutions in the public and private sectors, to individuals and to students and entitles you to access a number of services offered by our organisation.
What are the benefits of membership?
The Foundation seeks to provide both direct and indirect benefits to its members through various means:
- The opportunity to network, share ideas and discuss with other HR professionals;
- Networking of products, services and expertise between members coordinated by FHRD both locally and abroad.
- Practical encounters with other members through activities organised by FHRD.
- The opportunity to input ideas and raise issues which need to be addressed in the field of human resource management and development at both an organisational and national level.
- FHRD Resource Centre – a comprehensive information resource on people management and development. This resource centre contains books, videos and magazines.
- Sounding Board Service. An opportunity for members to use the expertise of staff at FHRD as a confidential sounding board on any HRM/HRD related issue.
- At a policy level we keep members abreast of new policy developments through FHRD’s website and activities.
Support
The FHRD Website (www.fhrd.org) provides a number of interesting and useful tools for the HR practitioner:
- Access to a large number of local and foreign sites
- A section on local Legislation making it easier to access the more relevant employment and Health & Safety Laws and Legal Notices.
- Access to the HR Services Directory, Malta's comprehensive register of providers of HR products & services. It provides useful contacts of companies and individuals who offer products, services and support for the people working in human resources and their organisations.
- Information on Distance learning programmes in Human Resources Management and
- Development offered by the Centre for Labour Market Studies, University of Leicester for which the FHRD is the local agent.
- HR related articles
- News on forthcoming FHRD activities
- Access to the FHRD on-line Calendar of Training Events (www.trainingmalta.org), a regularly upated service aimed to disseminate information about training courses, workshops, seminars and activities, training providers and training best practice to the general community.
- Updated information on HR issues.
Development
- Conferences – FHRD members get special package prices for CIPD Conferences.
- Seminars and training activities – from professional speakers on subjects directly related to promoting best practice in human resource management. Reduced rates for members.
- The HR Practitioners Meetings - An opportunity for HR professionals to meet, share experiences and discuss challenging issues in the work environment. Reduced rates for members.
- Commissioning of research projects on important issues affecting employing organisations. Results are fed back to members.
Contact us for more details and to receive an application form
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