INVITATION TO JOIN HEFMA AS A BUSINESS PARTNER

HEFMA is the acronym for the Higher Education Facility Management Association of Southern Africa, which is an association with members from institutions of higher learning across Southern Africa, generally functioning in the field of facilities management. HEFMA also has international strategic partnerships with TEFMA (the Australian Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association), AUDE (the British Association of University Directors of Estates) and APPA (the American Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers).

The mission of HEFMA is:

  • To develop and maintain high quality standards in the management, maintenance, operation, planning, utilization and development of the physical infrastructure of higher education institutions.
  • To promote professional ideals and standards that would assure the best academic environment; and to engage in such other related activities as may be desirable or required to fulfil the objectives of the organization.
  • To provide the best professional information to Higher Education through constant education and resource mobilisation.

The current membership of HEFMA comprises 23 Institutional Members with a contingent of Associate Members per Institution. Member Institutions outside South Africa currently include the University or Namibia, University of Botswana, National University of Lesotho, University of Swaziland and the Mkwawa University College of Education in Tanzania.

The leadership of HEFMA comprises a President Elect, President, Immediate Past President (moving through a three year cycle), Secretary, Treasurer and Information Services. The current Executive has identified the establishment of Business Partners as one of its strategic goals for 2009. Generally, Business Partners are companies which provide products and services to the higher education facilities management fraternity. Apart form the obvious benefit to reach a wide variety of facilities managers in the higher education environment, your Business Partner membership will offer the following specific benefits:

  • Access to the HEFMA website
  • A complimentary listing in the online Buyer's Guide per category, with a URL link to your own website
  • Opportunity to advertise on the HEFMA website
  • Access to the HEFMA membership list
  • Opportunities to provide HEFMA members with promotional materials
  • Access to the annual HEFMA conference at membership rates
  • Opportunity to deliver papers and to exhibit products and services at the annual conference
  • Networking opportunities during the conference
  • Access to the quarterly Hefmania newsletter
  • Opportunity to contribute and advertise in Hefmania
  • Conditional access to HEFMA’s annual benchmarking survey data

The success of an Association like HEFMA depends on the participation of professionals form the facilities management industry, and thus offers this opportunity to become a Business Partner at a cost of only R5 000.00 per company per year. Hence you are hereby cordially invited to join HEFMA as a Business Partner as soon as possible.

The year’s HEFMA activities culminate in the annual HEFMA Conference, hosted by a different Institution each year. The 2009 conference will be hosted by Rhodes University in Grahamstown from 19 to 22 October, and promises to be of exceptional standard.

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact the Treasurer, Mr Stuart Blignaut, at Stuart.Blignaut@nmmu.ac.za.