Our Means

To reach our goals, the association endeavors among other means (thanks to partnership with its own members or by direct creations):



• The creation of representations in other countries where the association conducts its activities.
• The creation of Disaster Medicine Formation Centers for all stakeholders such as Disaster Medicine Assistance Teams and Emergency Medical Teams as well as those who interact with them, in other words, doctors, carers, rescuers, logisticians, administrative staff, interpreters, ....Nouveau paragraphe

Our Commitments

The CIMC-ICDM commits itself to: 

1. Steer a collaborative initiative to develop and propagate such evidence based knowledge and training as to enhance global Disaster Medicine capabilities.  
2. Promote the exchange of information necessary to develop the common core of discrete knowledge that defines inter- and multi-disciplinary Disaster Medicine.  
3. Commit to the creation of standards and best practices, the certification of approved training and testing centers, and establishment of a globally recognized credential of core competency in Disaster Medicine.  
4. Advance a common framework and lexicon related to Disaster Medicine that can be translated into multiple languages and applicable to myriad cultures.

Those commitments will increase the collaborative capacity of both organizations and individuals to cooperate, better knowing that no matter how national team are taught, certified, and trained, they will have to work with counterparts from other nations as well as local rescue teams, and thus need to share a common operational construct.  

Joining Us

Every physical or moral person can become a member of the CIMC-ICDM, without distinction of social or political origin, of race, of sex, of nationality, of religion, possessing civic and moral rights and having the same aspirations as those of the CIMC-ICDM, residing anywhere over the world.

You may join the CIMC-ICDM as:

• Active Members (organizations, government entities, academic institutions, and individuals that signed the Declaration of Intent to the Promotion of the Principles of and Common Interest in Disaster Medicine).
• Honored members (organizations, government entities, academic institutions, and individuals disposed to provide significant contributions, funding, or endorsement to the CIMC-ICDM).

To be part of the association, Active Members must:

1. Sign our declaration of intent (hyperlink)
2. Fill out our application form (hyperlink)
3. Be accepted by the executive office, at the time of each of its meetings, upon the requests presented for admission. The executive office, to the majority of the 2/3, can accept or refuse all request for admission or presented readmission request.
4. Disburse a membership fee (for Active Members only).

Active members regularly pay their dues and contribute in the realization of the activities. They can become members of the board and therefore of the executive office.

Honored members are free of dues and cannot become members of the board. Their name and logo (if any) appear in any official release of the CIMC-ICDM as for the Founding Members.

Privately owned companies can subcontract with the CIMC-ICDM but cannot become Active Members.

Privately owned Universities, College, Schools, or Training Centers can either subcontract with the CIMC-ICDM or become Active members.

Get Involved

Consider making a difference in the field of International Disaster Medicine.

As an Active member, you can get Certified by the International Commission on Disaster Medicine (CICDM), become a Fellow of the International Commission on Disaster Medicine (FICDM), a Licentiate of the International Commission on Disaster Medicine (LICDM), an Assessor of the International Commission on Disaster Medicine (AICDM), an Examiner of the International Commission on Disaster Medicine (EICDM) or a Designer of the International Commission on Disaster Medicine (DICDM).