Edition 1 l August 2018

Creating benefits in local
communities and organisations
the world overNine major CIGRE member benefits
There are many benefits in belonging to and participating within the world of CIGRE. Our members tellus that there are nine major benefits that stand out. For individual professionals, collective members
and their wider organisations each benefit is enabled and substantiated by the CIGRE organisation,
programme and outcomes it delivers.

01

Be prepared for the future

CIGRE’s unique structure and approach plugs members in to afuture focused industry perspective simply not accessible fromwithin a single organisation.
•	CIGRE’s knowledge programme is derived from the latest
collaborative expertise of thousands of industry professionals.
•	CIGRE draws all this together into a strategy firmly focused on
addressing the key issues, challenges and trends of the powersystem of today and tomorrow.
•	CIGRE’s Technical Council channels the strategy into acomprehensive, pragmatic, constantly evolving technicalprogramme of work.
•	Using state of the art technology and techniques, CIGRE
Working Groups systematically develop the workable, on theground solutions the industry needs to succeed.

from real world experiences,
02 Learnlessons and successes
As a collaborative, global community of pragmatic professionals,
CIGRE members share best practice, technical expertise andsolutions, openly and inclusively discussing and debating theirreal world experiences, lessons and successes. By connecting andlearning in this way they save time and money and reduce risk.

your decisions with diverse
03 Inform
perspectives from every corner of the globe
To make optimal power system decisions at home it is essential
to take a world view about approaches to the environment,legislation, regulation, technologies and markets. CIGRE’s uniqueglobal network of practitioners allows experts to be deliberately
selected to ensure a wide geographical representation. EachWorking Group usually has experts from each continent, not justEurope or USA.

04 Solve local challenges
At the heart of CIGRE are its 59 National Committees (NCs)spanning over 90 countries. NCs are on the ground, local volunteer
driven organisations. They implement CIGRE’s global strategic andtechnical plans to develop solutions to power system challenges.
The solutions are shared across CIGRE’s global network, butultimately applied locally.
NCs are where you’ll find the most motivated, knowledgeable
power system professionals in your local industry. CIGRE gives youaccess to them and therefore the greatest opportunity to solve
your local challenges, whether they be known or emerging.

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05 Sourcereference information

with your09 Connect
industry in

Like the organisation itself, CIGRE publications stand alone as an
authoritative technical source of power system knowledge andreal world solutions. The continuously growing body of thousandsof CIGRE publications available at e-cigre.org is consistent in its
unbiased, rigorous, pragmatic, applied nature. Around the world
power industry professionals use CIGRE publications to informtheir planning, decision making, product, service and solution
development.

06 Get unbiased facts
Another unique aspect about CIGRE is its not for profit, volunteer
based, global make up. CIGRE’s fact-based approach is completelyunbiased, vendor neutral and open to inclusive, frank discussion
and debate about any issues, trends and challenges facing thepower industry. There are no hidden agendas at CIGRE.

07 Gain access to world leading experts
The calibre of CIGRE members is very high. Key CIGRE positions
are filled by top technical people who have built their expertiseover many years of power system experience, often internationallyrecognised by senior peers as world leaders. This applies at alllevels of CIGRE, from Working Group members to Study Committee
and Technical Committee chairs.

a technical setting
Grow your individual and organisational
network, profile and influence byparticipating at CIGRE events, on Working
Groups and by writing and revising ofreports and brochures.
Transmission and distribution utility professionals
can connect with product and consulting firms and learn
their innovations in a non-commercial environment where thetechnical side is their focus.

For power system expertise
Not only is CIGRE the world leading, most authoritative
source of power system knowledge and expertise, whencompared with other seminar, conference and formal
training providers CIGRE is also the most cost-effective.

Testimonial and case studies
Watch videos from the community talking about theirexperiences with CIGRE on our website here.

The Technical Council is peer elected to the level of leadership in
their particular domain, thereby forming a group of experienced
experts covering all aspects of power delivery.
Access CIGRE experts as your peers in inclusive, collegial
situations, learning from them at a nominal cost.

CASE STUDIES

08 Grow your skills
Grow your individual and organisational skills through CIGRE’s
unique peer to peer environment and broad training andeducational opportunities.
Professional team development is made easy through CIGRE
participation, particularly relevant for smaller or isolatedorganisations, who can’t easily access a peer to peer relationship.

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For a summary of the valueof a CIGRE membershipwatch this short video.