2023 UIA Round Tables to take place in Brussels and Seoul
64th International Meetings Statistics Report
The recovery continues (in-person & online)
Union of International Associations releases 64rd International Meetings Statistics Report
The Report provides two views of a sector continuing to face multiple challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic: data for meetings in the year 2019 are presented in-full, the “last good year” before the crisis, in addition to an analysis of what took place in 2022.
The data in this report are drawn from the UIA database, the source of the International Congress Calendar and the Yearbook of International Organizations. Covering international association meetings held around the world in 2019 and 2022, the Report provides comprehensive data for the-year-that-was, the last good year, and also a twenty year perspective on trends from 2001 through 2022.
The report is available for free in June/July each year as part of the Associate Membership package. It is available for sale in September to the general public.
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UIA Survey on International Association Meeting Issues – 2023
The COVID 19 pandemic continues to have an impact on the global travel and meetings industry and on the meetings behaviour of international associations. UIA Survey on International Meeting Issues – 2023 focuses on the changed approach of associations, when planning and organizing their international events.
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Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
UIA is proud to present Volume 6 of the Yearbook of International Organizations, entitled Global Civil Society and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
There can be little question as to the relevance of the new topic. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (the UN SDGs) are informed by and in turn inform all gobal civil society actors. What, we asked, is their link with the UN SDGs? Which of the UN SDGs concern them? With which SDGs should they be concerned? What communities of international bodies form around each of the SDGs?
Choose a goal below to view more information and a list of associated organizations:
UIA and Relevant News
2023/09/15
The 2023 SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York. It will mark the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals with high-level political guidance on transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030.
2023/09/08
Amsterdam Convention Bureau: Known for its progressive and liberal spirit, Amsterdam is the ideal destination for purpose-driven meetings, conferences or business events. World-class venues, exceptional connectivity, a collaborative business and knowledge network, and expert support from the Amsterdam Convention Bureau make the city ideally placed for meetings to achieve success and inspire progress towards the creation of a better future.
2023/06/26
The Report provides two views of a sector continuing to face multiple challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic: data for meetings in the year 2019 are presented in-full, the “last good year” before the crisis, in addition to an analysis of what took place in 2022.
2023/06/21
From the 21st to the 24th of May 2024, the XVII International Congress of Educating Cities will be held in in Curitiba (Brazil).
Event website: http://cidadeseducadoras.curitiba.pr.gov.br
Curitiba will host the Congress in 2024 with the theme: "Sustainability, Innovation and Inclusion in Educating Cities: transforming the present".
News of Associations and Members
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