Joining BAJ

How to become BAJ mem­ber?

Any full-aged Belaru­sian cit­i­zen and any for­eign cit­i­zen who work in jour­nal­ism or fos­ter its devel­op­ment in Belarus, pro­mote the aims and tasks of BAJ, rec­og­nize and ful­fil the Statute and the Dec­la­ra­tion of the pro­fes­sion­al ethics can join BAJ.

The admis­sion process is con­duct­ed by the respec­tive branch of BAJ in each admin­is­tra­tive unit. If there is no such rep­re­sent­ing branch in the admin­is­tra­tive unit, the admis­sion is con­duct­ed by the Board of BAJ.

For admis­sion you need to sub­mit the fol­low­ing doc­u­ments to the head of the respec­tive branch or to the office of BAJ — office@baj.media.

Filled-in appli­ca­tion form (PDF);
writ­ten rec­om­men­da­tions from two BAJ mem­bers (the form is option­al, only date, sig­na­ture and name/surname of the peo­ple giv­ing the rec­om­men­da­tions are need­ed);

Ben­e­fits of BAJ mem­ber­ship:

By join­ing the orga­ni­za­tion, you become mem­ber of an offi­cial­ly reg­is­tered Belaru­sian jour­nal­ist orga­ni­za­tion, which rais­es your sta­tus while per­form­ing your pro­fes­sion­al duties in dif­fer­ent con­di­tions and sit­u­a­tions. You can get the press pass with the seal stamp con­firm­ing your mem­ber­ship.

By join­ing BAJ, you auto­mat­i­cal­ly become mem­ber of the Inter­na­tion­al Fed­er­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists (BAJ has been its asso­ciate mem­ber since 1997). You have a chance to get the inter­na­tion­al press pass which is offi­cial­ly rec­og­nized in many coun­tries. A year after you’ve been a mem­ber of BAJ, you can apply for a cer­tifi­cate of the IFJ.

You become enti­tled to free legal aid in case some prob­lems arise con­nect­ed with your work – includ­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tion in court.

You get the right to take part in edu­ca­tion­al pro­grams (train­ings, sem­i­nars etc.) orga­nized by BAJ and its mem­bers in both Belarus and abroad.

You can rely on BAJ when you have some pro­fes­sion­al prob­lems or some emer­gen­cies occur that need pub­lic sup­port.