Pricing thatshows seriousness.
Fees
Transparent, without pretending every assignment is interchangeable. Every engagement is quoted after triage and scoping; evaluator pay never depends on the outcome.
Every price is published. Every fee is itemised. No fee depends on an outcome.
(Fee principle)
Services for organisations carry a published price or pricing basis; certification follows a three-grade schedule. See all prices.
§ 01Fee architecture
Five categories, from triage to retainer.
§ 02Commercial safeguards
Published separately, every time.
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Itemised, always
Evaluator fees, any institutional administration or nomination fee, taxes, expenses and translation are shown separately.
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Cancellation and replacement
Terms for cancelling, or replacing an evaluator, are agreed in the mandate.
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Allocation among parties
Who pays what share is written down before work begins.
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Payment and refunds
How payment is handled, and when it is refunded.
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Never linked to outcome
Evaluator pay never depends on findings, settlement or a favourable result.
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Referral income disclosed
Any referral or platform compensation is disclosed, and cannot influence certification or a conflict decision.
§ 03For Neutrals
Three grades. The evaluation decides which.
Applying is free at every grade. Your grade is decided by the evaluation; the fee is set by the grade you are awarded and is due only after a positive decision.
Next-Gen Neutral™
US$395
A year · on award
- Qualified professionals entering neutral practice
- 10 CPD hours a year
- Registry profile and Credential Passport
- Exchange and Academy access
Accredited Neutral™
US$495
A year · on award
- 5+ years of relevant practice
- 20 CPD hours a year, 5 on INDS™ or ethics
- Bench consideration in your sector
- Eligible for Practice Builder™
Fellow of TheNeutrals.ORG™
US$795
A year · on award
- 10+ years, 3 years as Accredited, 3 peer nominations
- 30 CPD hours a year, 10 mentoring
- FTNO post-nominal and Fellow seal
- Decided by the Fellowship Committee
Bounded benefits
Real, published and deliverable.
- Certificate and unique Credential Passport (TNORG ID)
- An authenticated Registry profile at /neutral/your-name
- Mark-usage rules and the Practitioner’s Kit
- CPD Passport and The Neutrals Exchange
- Consideration for appropriate engagements, subject to conflict checks
- Technical learning, roundtables and the Global Neutral Dialogues
No purchased outcomes
No payment substitutes for meeting the criteria.
- Work or guaranteed referrals
- A higher grade than the evaluation supports
- Preferred legal standing or practising rights
- Client revenues
§ 01Waivers
Access is part of the standard.
Waiver decisions are made by the certification office under published criteria and reported in aggregate each year.
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Least-developed countries
Applicants resident in a UN least-developed country pay 50% of the grade fee, or nothing on a hardship application.
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Students
Full-time students in a recognised programme may hold Next-Gen Neutral™ at no fee for the first year.
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Social-impact neutrals
Neutrals whose practice is mainly pro bono or community-based may apply for a reduced fee.
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How to apply
Tick “request a waiver” on the application; the decision is made before any invoice and never affects the evaluation.
§ 02Administrative fees
Small, published, and only when used.
§ 03Fee schedule
Edition 2027, effective 1 January 2027.
- Edition
- Fee Schedule and Financial Regulations, Edition 2027
- Effective
- 1 January 2027; supersedes the schedule of 1 January 2025
- Set by
- The Global Council, on the advice of the Finance & Certification Committee
- Status
- Not-for-profit institution; surplus reinvested in the standard, the Register and access
- Payment
- Card (Stripe), PayPal or bank transfer within 10 working days of invoice
- Refunds
- Grade fees are non-refundable once a credential is issued; appeal fees are refunded if the appeal succeeds
- Existing neutrals
- Renew at your current grade and price; no transition step is needed
§ 04Questions
How fees work.
Who pays?
In joint matters, usually shared equally unless agreed otherwise. In a single-commissioner review, the commissioner. The mandate says so.
Are fees ever linked to the outcome?
Never. Evaluator compensation never depends on findings, settlement or a favourable result.
Does the institution earn from referrals?
If it receives any referral or platform compensation, it discloses it, and that income cannot influence certification or a conflict decision.
What if the matter cannot proceed?
If conflicts, competence or lawful authority rule it out, no evaluation fee is charged and we say why.
People who cannot pay
We point to free or low-cost community, court-connected and public schemes where they exist.