INTECOM

The ISTC is a member organisation of INTECOM (International Council for Technical Communication). INTECOM's main activity is the promotion of an international forum for the exchange of ideas and techniques on technical communication. The Forum is held every five years in various countries, and is organised by one of the member organisation.

INTECOM also offer Guidelines for Writing English Language Technical Documentation for an International Audience (PDF download).

England was the host country for INTECOM's FORUM 2000. For details of forthcoming INTECOM events, click here.

INTECOM Members

Member organisations of INTECOM currently represent approximately 29,000 technical communicators in the following countries:

ISTC	UK, The Institute of Science and Technical Communicators
ASTC	Australia, Australia Society for Technical Communication
CRT	France, Conseil des Redacteurs
Dantekom	Denmark
FTI	Sweden, Foreningen Teknisk Information
IEEE/PCS	US and Canada
ITCSA	South Africa
NFTI	Norway
STC	US, The Society for Technical Communication
STIC/QTD	The Netherlands, Society for Technical Information and Documentation/Society for Quality of Technical Documentation
TCANZ	Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand
Tekom	Germany, Gesellshaft fur Technische Kommunikation e.V.
Tecom	Switzerland

For more information about INTECOM, contact the ISTC Office.