Affiliated Organizations IFMA Alliance Partners The IFMA Alliance is a partnership representing the pinnacle of the association's organizational relationships and denoting the closest ties between IFMA and other professional groups. The individual members determine what information they wish to share with, or receive from, IFMA, and IFMA Alliance member organizations retain their own identity, culture and business practices. IFMA Alliance Partners include: Memoranda of Understanding IFMA has memoranda of understanding with associations, networks and government entities to facilitate exchanging information, advancing the facility management profession and sharing educational initiatives. These are bilateral agreements between IFMA and the other organizations. IFMA has memoranda of understanding with: American Societyfor Healthcare Engineering ASHRAE Building & ConstructionAuthority (Singapore) DFM-netvaerk European FacilityManagement Network German FacilityManagement Association ISSA Japan FacilityManagement Association Society of AmericanMilitary Engineers South African FacilitiesManagement Association U.S. GreenBuilding Council U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency