{"id":9110,"date":"2026-08-26T19:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/?page_id=9110"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:38:29","slug":"purpose-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/en\/purpose-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Purpose<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together for sustainable building \u2013 worldwide<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of the IFD is set out in its statutes. It describes what the federation stands for and how it works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Statutory purpose<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three tasks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The International Federation for the Roofing Trade exists in order to:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A lasting bond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Serve as a lasting bond between the members belonging to it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shared knowledge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Study shared professional questions and draw conclusions from them for individual members or for the organisation as a whole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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International representation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Represent and support the shared economic, technical, social, cultural and professional interests of its members at international level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Methods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the IFD works<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Documentation and statements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The IFD exchanges professional documentation and issues statements on shared questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meetings and congresses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It organises international working meetings and congresses and holds the competition for young roofers, where possible in connection with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Promoting young talent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The IFD promotes young professionals, in particular vocational training and further education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Standardisation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It contributes to technical standards such as CEN, approvals such as EOTA and other rules for the roofing sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research and studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The IFD undertakes and promotes research and studies on the roofing profession and publishes literature on the subject.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Its own rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It issues its own recommendations, guidelines and technical bulletins for its members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Beyond this, the IFD cooperates with other international organisations, in particular skilled trade organisations, in order to improve the social and economic situation of the roofing trade on the basis of the social market economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Statutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The full text of the statutes is available as a PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Purpose Together for sustainable building \u2013 worldwide The purpose of the IFD is set out in its statutes. It describes what the federation stands for and how it works. Statutory purpose Three tasks The International Federation for the Roofing Trade exists in order to: A lasting bond Serve as a lasting bond between the members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9110","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifd-roof.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}