CEPI

The European Council for Real Estate Professions (in French: Conseil Européen des Professions Immobilières - CEPI) is a non-profit international association with headquarters in Brussels associating major professional organizations and associations for real estate agents and property managers in the EU member States. It represents over 80,000 European real estate professionals. It has two branches: EPAG - European Property Agents Group and CEAB - European Confederation of Property Managers.

In June 2000 Polish Real Estate Federation and CEPI signed a bilateral agreement under which PREF became a candidate member of CEPI. The Federation was the first Central and East European organization which was invited for membership by CEPI.

CEREAN - CENTRAL EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATIONS’ NETWORK

The Federation is one of the founding members of CEREAN which was created in June 1995 in Kraków, Poland. The network links thousands of real estate professionals from 12 Central and Eastern European countries: Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATIONS (ICREA)

The International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA) was formed in May 2001 as a global alliance whose members are leading national real estate organizations in the world's major markets. Through a multilateral agreement and specific business practice protocols, this alliance provides significant benefits not only to its constituent members who seek to do transnational business but to its domestic constituents as well. ICREA's primary objective is to assist members of the respective organizations in efficiently and profitably facilitating transnational business. It is done mainly through the ICREA website www.worldproperties.com. ICREA and its member associations are committed to high standards of professional conduct for member brokers. Each member association has a country-specific code of conduct and, collectively, the organization has adopted a statement on International Principles of Conduct.

PREF is one of the founding members of ICREA.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

National Association of Realtors® (NAR), based in Chicago, is the largest organization associating real estate specialists in the world. It was founded as the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges in 1908. Members of NAR are licensed to practice real estate in the 50 states and Washington, D.C., and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Today, the National Association of Realtors® has about 1,000,000 members.

In October 1996 a Bilateral Cooperation Agreement was signed between PREF and NAR.

CCIM Institute

The CCIM Institute (CIREI till 2000) based in Chicago is an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). It confers the CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member). The CCIM movement began more than 40 years ago with commercial real estate practitioners who wanted to elevate their business practices through education and networking. Then and now, education and networking remain the cornerstones of the CCIM designation and the reason for its success. Today more than 17,000 professionals hold the CCIM designation, among which there are 28 Polish newly designated practitioners. 

PREF signed an agreement of cooperation with the CCIM Institute in 2001. On the basis of the agreement PREF is the exclusive provider of CCIM training in Poland.

NVAR

Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) – the Federation is its honorary member since 1999 and has a bilateral agreement of cooperation. NVAR is a partner NAR association for PREF.

INTERNATIONAL REAL PROPERTY FOUNDATION (IRPF)

The IRPF is an independent organization created by National Association of Realtors in 1992 for the purpose of developing private sector, market - oriented real estate institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The general objective of the program has been to create a well structured, ethical and educated real estate profession committed to the protection of the public, promotion of home ownership, the establishment and preservation of private property, efficient and equitable real estate markets and a legal environment supportive of these objectives.

PREF signed an agreement of cooperation with IRPF in 1995.