Please complete the API Online Membership Form and pay annual membership fees at the API Secretariat or by bank transfer. Fields marked with * are required.
Applicants without EU or Belgian accreditation must provide proof of professional journalist status such as a letter from your employer, main client, or official national or professional press card.
Freelancers must provide proof that journalism is their main professional activity and primary source of income.
API’s Annual Membership Fee
API’s yearly membership fee is €120 for fully employed staff members and €70 for freelancers and retired journalists. The Belgian government stamp is included in this fee.
Please note that only journalists based in Belgium and working mainly for foreign media are entitled to become members.
You do not need to have the official European or Belgian accreditation to become a member though, but in that case you need to prove that you are a professional journalist (for instance by a letter from your employer or your main client, or an official press card from your national authorities or from a professional journalist organisation).
Freelancers must always prove that journalism constitutes their main professional activity and source of income.
Belgian journalists working for foreign media can also become members.
The Payment can be done at the API secretariat or via bank transfer to:
IBAN: BE36 1030 3877 2281
BIC (SWIFT): NICA BEBB
