International Alliance Partners
Peer associations advancing educational facilities management around the world.
APPA maintains formal alliances with associations that serve educational facilities professionals in other parts of the world. These relationships connect APPA members with counterparts across the United Kingdom, Southern Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region — extending the profession’s shared knowledge well beyond any one country’s borders.
AUDE
Association of University Directors of Estates
United KingdomAUDE’s members manage all aspects of managing, planning, constructing, and maintaining all types of accommodation for higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. Though arrangements vary between institutions, most Directors of Estates are also involved in managing a wider range of services including cleaning, security, grounds maintenance, space planning and management, car parking and traffic, and, in some institutions, services such as catering, conference and sports facilities, insurance, furniture and equipment, and printing.
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HEFMA
The Higher Education Facilities Management Association of Southern Africa
Southern AfricaHEFMA was developed from TIMCON, the Tertiary Institutes Maintenance Conference, established to serve as an annual forum for the mutual discussion and education of maintenance and facility managers at higher education institutions in Southern Africa. The need to develop this organization into a more permanent association for the benefit of facility managers at higher education institutions across the Southern African countries led to the establishment of HEFMA in 2000.
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TEFMA
Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association
Australasia & Asia-PacificThe Australasian Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association was established in October 2003 as an independent association of facilities managers operating in the tertiary education sector of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore. TEFMA assists facilities managers in universities, colleges, and other educational institutions in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting excellence in the planning, construction, maintenance, operations, and administration of educational facilities.
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