IED was founded in 1986, largely to represent the interests of local authority economic development officers. The membership organisation is now one of the UK’s leading independent professional bodies representing economic development and regeneration practitioners working for local and regional communities. The IED membership is a valuable network of economic development professionals from both the private and public sectors.
It is a non-profit organization run by a Board elected by its membership. Board members are each elected for a three-year term. Details of Board members and branch representatives can be found on the IED website.
There are four categories of membership: Student, Associate, Full and Fellow. The criteria for each category are published on the IED website and acceptance of all membership application requires the approval of the Board.
IED's current Chair is Dawn Hudd, Head of Commercial and Economic Development at Maidstone Borough Council and its Vice Chair is Mark Pearson, Chief Executive of Surrey Connects.
Copies of IED responses to government consultations and other submissions to government are published on the IED website. This also contains other information that may be of interest to those employed in economic development/regeneration or considering a career in the sector. IED also publishes a Directory of Consultants and regular e-bulletins, both of which are freely available.
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The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) is a learned society and a professional body for navigation, founded in 1947 as a forum for mariners, pilots, engineers and academics to compare their experiences and exchange information. Today it is a leading centre for promoting knowledge in navigation and its associated sciences, including positioning, timing, tracking and conduct of a journey, whether on, in, over or under land, sea, air or space. The Institute has members in over 50 countries worldwide.
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is a professional body in the United Kingdom. It was formed as a charitable trust company in 1997 by members of the former Association of Conservation Officers. The object was to widen the scope of the profession from those mainly concerned with the statutory regulation of the historic environment to all those who practice professionally in historic and built environment conservation.
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