DIN Financing: The FINA25 model
Transparent financing for future-proof standardization
Standards are a central pillar of the German economy. They promote innovation, quality and safety. To ensure that these standards can be further developed in a future-proof manner, DIN relies on sustainable and transparent financing.
The following information relates only to the internal standards committees of DIN.
How is DIN financed?
As a non-profit organization, DIN is mainly financed through the sale of standards, publications and services. Other sources include project funds from industry, public funding and membership fees. This broad funding enables independent standardization work at national, European and international level that is focused on the common good.
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Why FINA25?
DIN gives you, the expert, the opportunity to actively shape your markets — and to do so much more cost-effectively than with other approaches to market design. You gain access to several standardization bodies with just one contribution. In this way, we promote interdisciplinary cooperation and secure the competitiveness of the German economy — today and in the future.
The advantages at a glance:
- More transparency
- Increasing flexibility
- Better planning capability
- Easy involvement
The FINA25 model in detail
FINA25 is based on a two-pillar model. This model enables both the support of national standardization work and the financing of DIN-led European and international secretariats.
Pillar 1: Participation in our national standardization bodies
Pillar 1 comes into play if you are involved in our national standardization bodies, regardless of the standards committee. The contribution rates are based on the number of seats in the standardization bodies per expert.
Pillar 2: DIN-led CEN and ISO secretariats
Pillar 2 comes into play when DIN holds the secretariat of CEN and ISO bodies. Important secretarial tasks and services are secured on a permanent basis through project-related service contracts. Each secretariat (CEN or ISO committee) is calculated individually using a standardized tool and the service provided by DIN is contractually secured with the stakeholders.
Companies and institutions that participate in the financing of CEN and ISO secretariats can use a key visual to document both externally and internally that they support and promote standardization and thus also their economic innovation. The key visual can be used on the website, social media or even in the email template. It is therefore available in various formats. The key visual is provided internally by the standards committees. They are available in both German and English.
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Your benefits at a glance
With a unitary contribution, you can participate flexibly in various standardization bodies and benefit from a transparent cost structure. Cross-thematic cooperation opens up new networks and strengthens the transfer of knowledge.
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DIN members with fewer than 2,000 employees receive a contribution level I discount for an expert (1,320 euros) — the first two seats for an expert are therefore free of charge (only applies to internal standards committees).
The discount is simply applied via the Member Service — a particular advantage for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). For members with more than 2,000 employees, the previous vouchers no longer apply. They now benefit from the new contribution structure, which allows, for example, second seats at no additional cost.
Learn more about DIN membership and calculate the membership fee.
FINA25 provides associations with more predictability and advantages: DIN association members receive two discounts in the amount of contribution level I (1,320 euros each), each valid for one person (only applies to internal standards committees). This enables two experts to work in up to two standardization bodies free of charge. Membership fees for associations will only change in 2025 by the three per cent inflation adjustment decided by the DIN Presidial Board. With FINA25, associations can strengthen the international voice of their member companies. They benefit from transparently calculated price-performance packages with predictability. This strengthens the position of the associations as international representatives of their members.
Exemptions from the obligation to pay contributions
The following people, who are authorized by an organization based in Germany, continue to be exempt from the obligation to pay contributions to national and international standardization work:
- Experts from the public sector
- Experts from public research institutions
- Non-commercial end consumers
- Experts with the status “Gast zur Aufnahme” (Guest for admission)
- Experts with the status “MN” (employee authorized by another standards committee)
- Bodies that do not directly develop standards, such as steering, control and innovation bodies and coordination centres
Any questions?
You can find initial answers on our FAQ page (only available in German).
You are also welcome to get in touch with our contact persons at DIN:
Email: fina25@din.de
