Under the leadership of Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the GCSP, the Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security was initiated by Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, and Ms Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Director of the Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark. It seeks to reward groundbreaking concepts that offer exceptional promise in addressing peace and security challenges.
UIA News & Press
14th of November 2025
Call for input - Draft General Comment No. 38 on Article 22 (Freedom of Association) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-draft-general-c...
12th of November 2025
Announcement of the First UIA Academic Forum Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, and Call for Participants.
5th of November 2025
The European Association of Centres for Medical Ethics (EACME) and the KU Leuven Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law are delighted to announce the EACME Annual Conference 2026, to be held in Leuven, Belgium, from September 24 to 26, 2026.
14th of July 2025
14 July 2025 – Immediate Release
Union of International Associations (UIA) opens registration for its Associations Round Table Europe 2025UIA’s 19th Associations Round Table Europe will take place at the Marriott Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium on 21 November 2025
14th of July 2025
[BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, JUNE 2025]
Union of International Associations releases 66th International Meetings Statistics ReportThe Report provides a global view of international association meetings.
14th of January 2025
The Union of International Associations (UIA) is excited to announce a new, customizable service designed to meet the unique needs and interests of professionals, institutions, and organizations around the world. With this paying service, users can name any city or country, and UIA will provide a comprehensive report on international association activity specific to that location.
14th of January 2025
The meetings organized by international associations are many and varied, from world-wide congresses to regional assemblies. The situation is gradually becoming clearer after the impact of the pandemic and the cancellations forced on the sector, but conditions have yet to return to the levels of 2019. The advent and spread of virtual and hybrid formats may make permanent changes to the way conferences are run.
17th of September 2024
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (IIIC), UNESCO’s precursor:
International Conference Celebrating
A Century of International intellectual Cooperation: from Legacy to Future Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w6_Jf1EkaM
18th of July 2024
PCAAE has teamed up with Andrew Chamberlain, FSAM, FRSA, MIoL of U.K.-based Elevated and Elisa Pratt, MA, CAE, CVF of U.S.-based Brewer Pratt Solutions LLC in offering a new credentialing program, the “Certificate in Association Governance” which is open to members and nonmembers, both in the Philippines and overseas.
5th of January 2026
Under the leadership of Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the GCSP, the Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security was initiated by Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, and Ms Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Director of the Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark. It seeks to reward groundbreaking concepts that offer exceptional promise in addressing peace and security challenges.
14th of November 2025
Call for input - Draft General Comment No. 38 on Article 22 (Freedom of Association) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-draft-general-c...
12th of November 2025
Announcement of the First UIA Academic Forum Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, and Call for Participants.
5th of November 2025
The European Association of Centres for Medical Ethics (EACME) and the KU Leuven Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law are delighted to announce the EACME Annual Conference 2026, to be held in Leuven, Belgium, from September 24 to 26, 2026.
14th of July 2025
14 July 2025 – Immediate Release
Union of International Associations (UIA) opens registration for its Associations Round Table Europe 2025UIA’s 19th Associations Round Table Europe will take place at the Marriott Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium on 21 November 2025
14th of July 2025
[BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, JUNE 2025]
Union of International Associations releases 66th International Meetings Statistics ReportThe Report provides a global view of international association meetings.
14th of January 2025
The Union of International Associations (UIA) is excited to announce a new, customizable service designed to meet the unique needs and interests of professionals, institutions, and organizations around the world. With this paying service, users can name any city or country, and UIA will provide a comprehensive report on international association activity specific to that location.
14th of January 2025
The meetings organized by international associations are many and varied, from world-wide congresses to regional assemblies. The situation is gradually becoming clearer after the impact of the pandemic and the cancellations forced on the sector, but conditions have yet to return to the levels of 2019. The advent and spread of virtual and hybrid formats may make permanent changes to the way conferences are run.
17th of September 2024
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (IIIC), UNESCO’s precursor:
International Conference Celebrating
A Century of International intellectual Cooperation: from Legacy to Future Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w6_Jf1EkaM
18th of July 2024
PCAAE has teamed up with Andrew Chamberlain, FSAM, FRSA, MIoL of U.K.-based Elevated and Elisa Pratt, MA, CAE, CVF of U.S.-based Brewer Pratt Solutions LLC in offering a new credentialing program, the “Certificate in Association Governance” which is open to members and nonmembers, both in the Philippines and overseas.
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20th of February 2024
2024 APCDA Hybrid Conference April 15 - 27, 2024, Trivandrum, India
According to the European Commission, Industry 5.0 “provides a vision of industry that aims beyond efficiency and productivity as sole goals and reinforces the role and contribution of industry to society.” How will the fifth industrial revolution change our world?
19th of February 2024
The Dutch city of Maastricht presents the upcoming arrival of a new conference in 2025: The European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, scheduled for June 23-26, 2025. Bringing together 1500 experts in animal nutrition from around the globe, the event will delve into the latest insights and techniques in healthy poultry nutrition.
15th of February 2024
EDU.int Digital Art Contest 2024
Prize: $100,000 USD
(Paid in ETH Ethereum Cryptocurrency)
Deadline: 29 February 2024
Criteria:
Digital entries of artwork that showcase the capabilities of the digital medium while representing humanity across borders, culture, race, gender, age and religion. Entries may be a single image, or a themes collection of images.
Terms & Conditions:
This competition is completely free to enter.
12th of February 2024
Dear Members of UIA,
Greetings from Conferli & The Event Design Collective Netherlands!
Meetings are the heartbeat of associations, fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and financial health. However, the landscape is evolving, presenting challenges like staying connected with the next generation, increasing member interaction, and securing quality sponsors.
7th of February 2024
Finland's congress calendar is full of exciting association meetings and congresses in 2024.
In the latest UIA ranking of the most popular congress destinations, Finland ranks number 13 in the global comparison. Finland continues to draw international associations to hold their congresses, and 2024 promises to be another successful year.
31st of January 2024
The Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) in cooperation with Daegu Health College, South Korea will organize the 17th AUAP Learning and Sharing Forum (LSF), on Health: Together we build our health for all through higher education from an integrated healthcare and sustainable development perspective, hosted by Daegu Health College, South Korea in time for its 53rd Anniversary on May 9-11, 2024, in Daegu Metropolitan City.
23rd of January 2024
UAE Consensus Agreement recognizes Paris Agreement Article 5.2 as the way forward on rainforests conservation, with Article 6 as the tool for implementation.
19th of January 2024
ISTU prioritizes disadvantaged groups such as the disabled, veterans, victims of war, and terrorism.
Institution: INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
EDU Accreditation: 16 Jan 2024 - 16 Jan 2028
16th of January 2024
Leading scientific conference on imaging to land in Tampere, Finland in autumn 2026
The annual IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) will be held in Tampere on 13–17 September 2026. The event will bring to Tampere more than a thousand international experts from academia and industry to discuss the latest advances in the fields of image and video processing and computer vision.
8th of January 2024
EDU to commission $100,000 USD Art Contest in 2024
EDU.INT PRESS
"The competition will be promoted as an initiative to promote education through artistic expression, digital awareness, adoption and experimentation". Digital entries of artwork that showcase the capabilities of the digital medium while representing humanity across borders, culture, race, gender, age and religion". Secretary-General of EDU
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